Sustainable Design and Manufacturing
Bert BrasSustainable Design & Manufacturing
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0405www.sdm.gatech.edu
Sustainability: Common Definition
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“development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations.”
United Nations’ World Commission on Environment and Development in their report “Our Common Future”, 1987
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Sustainability: Working within the Physical Limits
Earth
Ecosystems Urban Regions
Industry
Sourcing
Material
Production
Distribution
Use
Waste (land, water, air emissions
Product Re-X
Extraction
Power Sources(Sun, Moon, Earth)
SocietyNature
Bottom-line: The extractive capability of humanity (and its industrial system) must be balanced with the regenerative capacity of the Earth.
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Sustainability’s “Triple Bottom Line”
Sustainability is defined in three dimensions:
• Environmental
– Destroying our resources will hurt us long term
– Some materials already getting scarce
• Financial
– Being bankrupt helps nobody
• Social
– Quality of Life should go up
– Workforce education and retention
Goal is to have win-win-win technologies and solutions
“Green Economy”
“People-Planet-Profit”
Some Business Drivers• Legislation:
– Clean Air Act has limited use of a number of materials.– (European) take-back legislation is driving Design for Recycling efforts.
• Risk & Liability– Using hazardous materials can be risky and create many liabilities
• Customers: – Awareness of environmental issues is increasing among customers. In Europe, some customers
will already pay more for a product if it is green.– Industrial customers (e.g., Original Equipment Manufacturers) do not want (future)
environmental liability for your product.
• Image: – Being “green” is good.
• ISO 14000:– ISO 14000 (environmental management standards) certification has become an important element
in doing business, like ISO 9000 (quality management standards).
• In addition, many have noted that DFE makes good business sense and has many other positive effects.
– Reduction of waste, driver for new creative solutions, etc.
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Sustainability Challenges Overseas• China, India, etc., are all facing severe environmental,
health, and quality of life problems as a result of their industrial growth
• As a US designer and firm, you are contributing to their problems
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Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040)
• LCA is one means to try to investigate some of the issues for these systems
• LCA examines the environmental burdens and impact of a product over its entire life-cycle (see ISO 14040)
Disposal
MiningMaterial
processingProduct
manufactureDistribution
Product take-back
Material de-manufacture
Energy recovery with incineration
Use +
Service
Product demanufacture
Environment: air, sea, land 1234
Clean fuel production via pyrolysis
2 = Remanufacture of reusable components
3 = Reprocessing of recycled material
4 = Monomer / raw material regeneration
1 = Direct recycling / reuse
Manufacture
Demanufacture
Bras, B. (1997). "Incorporating Environmental Issues in Product Realization." United Nations Industry and Environment 20(1-2): 7-13.
Schematic of Product Life-Cycle
Takes a lot of work
Materials Issues
• Many materials are subject to legislations/regulations, e.g.:
US:
• EPA “list of lists”– The “Title III List of Lists” is the key to EPCRA and is available from:
• http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/pubs/title3.pdf
EU:
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
• REACH
Industry:
• GADSL (Global Automotive Declarable Substance List)• http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/doc.asp?CID=1106&DID=9293
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RoHS
• RoHS is often referred to as the lead-free directive, but it restricts the use of the following six substances:– Lead (Pb)
– Mercury (Hg)
– Cadmium (Cd)
– Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+)
– Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
– Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)
• PBB and PBDE are flame retardants used in several plastics.
• Lots of companies want suppliers to certify that they are “RoHS compliant”
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EPA and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
• You have to fill in a TRI (like a tax report) if you use certain hazardous chemicals in manufacturing and it is posted online:– www.epa.gov/triexplorer/
• In the US, look at the EPA “list of lists” to see when you should worry about permits and special rules– www.epa.gov/ceppo/pubs/title3.pdf
• Best thing is not to use any of these chemicals or let somebody else (your supplier) deal with it
• Biggest air polluters: coal fired power plants• Biggest land polluters: mines
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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• Check MSDS of materials if you want to be safe w.r.t. any health risks from a material you want to use in your design– Also think about worker safety (OSHA)
• MSDS can be obtained from material providers– Should be available upon request or onlinE
• GREAT list of online MSDS and related databases is at:– http://www.ilpi.com/msds/
• Quick and easy online (free) MSDS database:– http://hazard.com/msds/
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Example - Two Automotive Parts
• Simple question: What is better? – Virgin manufacturing & disposal
– Recycling
– Remanufacturing
Aluminum transfer case
Steel pinion gear
… and by how much?
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Al Process Energy Consumption (kWh/ton)E
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ELECTROLYSIS ALUMINAPRODUCTION
SORTING MELTING CASTING
15 000
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MACHININGRecy/dispo
15 000
14 000
5 000
1400450 20
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MACHININGRemanufacturing
38
CLEANING
14
Ore extracting
Refining processes have the highest energy consumption
Machining processes energy consumption is low
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De-Materialization should be higher priority from an energy point of view → product design
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Steel Processing Energy ConsumptionE
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MACHININGRecy/dispo
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Steel MAKING
350
4000
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Ore extracting
Refining processes have the highest energy consumption
Machining processes energy consumption is low
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De-Materialization again will result in higher gains from an energy point of view
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Energy Consumption in Manufacturing SectorsMECS Survey Years
NAICS Subsector and Industry 1998 2002311 Food 1,044 1,123
312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 108 105
313 Textile Mills 256 207 314 Textile Product Mills 50 60 315 Apparel 48 30 316 Leather and Allied Products 8 7 321 Wood Products 509 377 322 Paper 2,747 2,363 323 Printing and Related Support 98 98 324 Petroleum and Coal Products 7,320 6,799 325 Chemicals 6,064 6,465 326 Plastics and Rubber Products 328 351 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 979 1,059 331 Primary Metals 2,560 2,120 332 Fabricated Metal Products 445 388 333 Machinery 217 177
334 Computer and Electronic Products 205 201
335Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components
143 172
336 Transportation Equipment 492 429 337 Furniture and Related Products 88 64 339 Miscellaneous 89 71
Manufacturing 23,796 22,666
• Manufacturing process energy savings are small when majority is embodied in upfront material production/refining
• Relocating a manufacturing facility to a locality with renewable power often has a larger carbon footprint effect than any process efficiency improvement
GA Power Plant Bowen (Cartersville):
– CO2 emission: 0.9 kg/kWh
– H2O evaporation: 0.4 gallons/kWh
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Consumption of Energy (Site Energy) for All Purposes (First Use) for Selected Industries, 1998 and 2002 (Trillion Btu)
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-846, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys, 1998 and 2002, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/efficiency/mecs_trend_9802/mecs9802_table1a.html
DoE Energy information Agency
• One of the best sites to find all kind of info on energy:– http://www.eia.doe.gov/
• For checking how much greenhouse gas emissions are created by burning gasoline, coal, methane, etc, see:– http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html
– http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/emission_factors.html
– Example: gasoline => 19.564 lbs CO2/gallon
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Regional Variation in CO2 Emissions
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• http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/emission_factors.html
Region Carbon Dioxide (Metric tons/ MWh)
(1) New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine 0.466(2) New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan 0.782(3) Illinois and Wisconsin 0.638(4) Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia 0.69(5) Florida 0.678(6) Texas 0.73(7) Oklahoma and Kansas 0.867(8) North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa 0.875(9) Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana 0.909(10) New Mexico and Arizona 0.658(11) Oregon, Washington and Idaho 0.147(12) California 0.35(13) Hawaii 0.858(14) Alaska 0.749(15) U.S. Territories 0.858U.S. Average 0.676
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Aluminum Steel
Refining metal requires large amount of water specially for cooling and rinsing
systems
High water consumption related to the geometry of
the transfer case part and the material
Processes Water waste[kg/ton
Water waste[kg/ton steel]
Metal refining 10,000 15,000Casting 105 105Melting 320 4,000Cleaning 4,150 320
Machining 1,830 190TOTAL 16,405 19,615
This does not include water use from electricity generation (about 0.4-0.7 gallons/kWh for thermo-electric plants)
Water
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Use Phase
• Typically, any energy consuming product has the largest environmental in its use phase– Exceptions always exist
• Conservation is good!– Every kWh or Joule saved by the product saves another 2-3 upstream
• Beware of “rebound effect”– You created a more efficient product, but it is going to be used more
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End Of Life
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Linear Production: “Take, make, waste” (our current system)
MaterialProcessing
ProductManufacture Distribution
DisposalUse
Materials Extracted from Biosphere
Materials Mined from Lithosphere
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Manufacture Distribution
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Materials Mined from Lithosphere
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ProductManufacture Distribution
ProductTake-Back
ProductDemanufacture
MaterialDemanufacture
Disposal
Manufacture
Demanufacture
Energy recoverywith incineration
Clean fuelproduction viapyrolysis
1= Direct reuse2= Remanufacture of reusable components3= Reprocessing of recycled material4= Monomer/raw material generation
1234 Use
Materials ExtractedFrom Biosphere
Materials MinedFrom Lithosphere
Closed Loop Production (future system)
WEEE Directive
• The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) which sets collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical goods.
• Original Equipment Manufacturers are responsible for appropriate collection and treatment.
• Each country can have different implementation
• Think about how you will ensure that your (electronic) product will not end up on a landfill and can be recycled
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Design for Environment Guidelines & Scoring
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1 Selection of low-impact materials Non-hazardous materials Non-exhaustable materials Low energy content materials Recycled materials Recyclable materials
0 New Concept Development Dematerialisation Shared use of the product Integration of functions
Functional optimization of product (components)
2 Reduction of material Reduction in weight Reduction in (transport) volume
3 Optimization of production techniques Alternative production techniques Fewer production processes Low/clean energy consumption Low generation of waste Few/clean production consumables
4 Efficient distribution system Less/clean packaging Efficient transport mode Efficient logistics
5 Reduction of the environmental impact in the user stage Low energy consumption Clean energy source Few consumables needed during use Clean consumables during use No energy/auxiliary material use
6 Optimization of initial life-time Reliability and durability Easy maintenance and repair Modular product structure Classic design User taking care of product
7 Optimization of end-of-life system Reuse of product Remanufacturing/refurbishing Recycling of materials Clean incineration
Brezet, J. C. and al., e., 1994, PROMISE Handleiding voor Milieugerichte Produkt Ontwikkeling (PROMISE Manual for Environmentally Focused Product Development), SDU Uitgeverij, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Opportunities
• Think “holistically” about your product.
• Your product is part of a bigger system
• Thinking bigger may actually reduce cost– Can you reuse parts?
– Can you lease instead of sell/buy?
– Is the product really the end, or is it just a provider of a function?
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Plus Digital
ADVANTiX Switchable
MAX Water & Sport
MAX Flash
MAX HQ
Black & White
FUN SAVER 35 Flash
MAX Outdoor
Disposal
MiningMaterial
processingProduct
manufactureDistribution
Product take-back
Material de-manufacture
Energy recovery with incineration
Use +
Service
Product demanufacture
Environment: air, sea, land 1234
Clean fuel production via pyrolysis
2 = Remanufacture of reusable components
3 = Reprocessing of recycled material
4 = Monomer / raw material regeneration
1 = Direct recycling / reuse
Manufacture
Demanufacture
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Importance of Sound Engineering
• Many systems are over-engineered
• Appropriate technology and sound engineering can go a long way towards sustainability
• Switching from Class 8 High Duty Diesel trucks to Ford F750 can provide significant savings.
• Ideas were triggered by quest for fuel savings.
Human Rights: Think about the social consequences of your products - Image is Everything
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In Closing
• In your project, you can – Calculate energy consumption and corresponding CO2 emissions– Check for RoHS compliance– Check and include MSDS sheets for potential problem materials– Increase recyclability by reducing number of different materials– Use recycled materials and/or reused parts– Etc.
• Achieving sustainability problems is a very complex, multi-scale problem requiring multi-disciplinary teams and approaches
• Think about the social and environmental consequences of your products
• But don’t forget the basics – good engineering & decision making is good for people-planet-profit!
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