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Cleaner
Products Design Project
Description:
The goal of this project is to provide the automotive industry with the tools necessary to evaluate the cost, resource and energy consumption, and environmental impacts associated with the various stages of the automobile life cycle.The project is co-funded by Saturn (General Motors). Following the development of a life-cycle design Toolkit the project completed the analysis of one component of the automobile and incorporated the most environmentally-friendly design into the Saturn vehicle.The project is being conducted at the University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies with cooperation from Roy F. Weston, Inc., Battelle Memorial Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Materials Systems Laboratory. A review of available LCA software tools and Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methodologies was conducted.The scope of the total cost accounting portion of this project has been outlined, and the data quality objectives have been identified.
Status: The ToolKit is currently undergoing beta testing and a final report draft is expected to be available soon.
Estimated Completion Date: FY00
Available Deliverables:
- Kelly, K.E., Overly, J.G., Socolof, M.L., and Davis, G.A., "Environmental Evaluation of Molding Exterior Body Panels in Color," Paper 98212. Southern Automotive Manufacturing Conference, Nashville TN, August, 1998
- Davis, G.A., "Tools for Environmental Design: the Life-Cycle Design Toolkit," Paper 982102. Southern Automotive Manufacturing Conference, Nashville TN, August, 1998.
- Davis, G.A., and Resslar, J., AA Life "Cycle Design Toolkit for Automotive Designers,"SAE Total Life cycle Conference, Graz, Austria, December 13, 1998.
- Kelly, K., and Davis, G.A., A Comparison of Methodologies for Calculating Use "Stage Environmental Burdens for an Automobile", Paper 982199. SAE Total Life Cycle Conference, Graz, Austria, December, 1998.
Principle Investigator:
Jane Bare
bare.jane@epa.gov