Is It Useful to Improve Modelling of Usage Scenarios to Improve the Environmental Footprint of Energy-Using Product ?
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Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies : From Science to Innovation, LCM 2017 (Life Cycle Management ), 2017-09-03, Luxembourg. 2017
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When considering the Life Cycle Assessment of an energy-using
product, usage is often modelled by average scenarios of use. One challenge of
modelling is the availability of data to model the specific scenario in each ...Lire la suite >
When considering the Life Cycle Assessment of an energy-using
product, usage is often modelled by average scenarios of use. One challenge of
modelling is the availability of data to model the specific scenario in each case. This
type of modelling requires the collection of data from several inputs. Also, it can be
expensive and time-consuming to collect the specific data to improve the modelling
of the use phase. This case study examines a truck refrigeration unit, for which the
most environmentally impactful phase is the use phase. The energy consumption of
the unit depends on usage. We highlight the importance of modelling a detailed
usage scenario specific to each user and examine if it is enough to consider an
average usage scenario. This study shows how a specific end-user Life Cycle
Assessment and customized recommendation can contribute to improving the
global environmental footprint. This is demonstrated by using the energy con-
sumption life cycle inventory analysis of specific end-user behaviour based on
experimental data and average scenarios. The results show how far we have to go in the collection of data< Réduire
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