Coffee Machine Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
Introduction
The major objective of the report is to illustrate the coffee machine environmental life cycle analysis, so as to satisfy the increasing demand of the customer for the expectation of the environmental protection as well as to response to the new implemented environmental legislation. As one of the responsible manufacturers located in U.K. specialized in the production of coffee machines dedicated for the public and domestic application, the conduction of the environmental life cycle analysis for the coffee machine would be undergone. As a pilot testing, the filter type coffee machine is selected. After the completion of the environmental life cycle analysis, the environmental performance is accessed with the approval and investigation of the environment system engineer.
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis in Brief
The life cycle assessment or analysis (LCA) is a process to accessing the environmental burdens inserted by the production process. With the identification and qualification of the energy types adopted, material used and the corresponding process of wastes releasing to the natural environment so as to evaluate the impact of those usage in terms of energy & material consumption and the released by-product to the nature with the reorganization and estimation to the opportunities for the achieving of environmental improvements [ (SETAC, 1991; SETAC, 1993; SETAC Europe, 1997) ].
Under the framework of LCA, it enables the estimation for the environmental impacts resulting from each stage of product life cycle in all aspect in a cumulative manner. The process is nicknamed cradle-to-grave approach, and it is designed for the assessment to all the potential impact in terms of environmental aspects during the manufacturing process, so it is particularly useful in the environmental assessment on the coffee machine. Practically, the analysis is consists of three major steps. First, the inventory for the related inputs and outputs of the system
The major objective of the report is to illustrate the coffee machine environmental life cycle analysis, so as to satisfy the increasing demand of the customer for the expectation of the environmental protection as well as to response to the new implemented environmental legislation. As one of the responsible manufacturers located in U.K. specialized in the production of coffee machines dedicated for the public and domestic application, the conduction of the environmental life cycle analysis for the coffee machine would be undergone. As a pilot testing, the filter type coffee machine is selected. After the completion of the environmental life cycle analysis, the environmental performance is accessed with the approval and investigation of the environment system engineer.
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis in Brief
The life cycle assessment or analysis (LCA) is a process to accessing the environmental burdens inserted by the production process. With the identification and qualification of the energy types adopted, material used and the corresponding process of wastes releasing to the natural environment so as to evaluate the impact of those usage in terms of energy & material consumption and the released by-product to the nature with the reorganization and estimation to the opportunities for the achieving of environmental improvements [ (SETAC, 1991; SETAC, 1993; SETAC Europe, 1997) ].
Under the framework of LCA, it enables the estimation for the environmental impacts resulting from each stage of product life cycle in all aspect in a cumulative manner. The process is nicknamed cradle-to-grave approach, and it is designed for the assessment to all the potential impact in terms of environmental aspects during the manufacturing process, so it is particularly useful in the environmental assessment on the coffee machine. Practically, the analysis is consists of three major steps. First, the inventory for the related inputs and outputs of the system