life cycle cost News

Siemens Water Technologies introduces AquaCarb 1240CAT catalytic carbon, an addition to the company’s Westates carbon product line for the North American market. It uses coconut shell-based carbon specially processed to offer enhanced performance capabilities over traditional catalytic carbons in water treatment. The new product can provide improved results in water quality targets for ...

Feb. 10, 2011

For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, World Watch. This print-exclusive content is now available for free to Eye ...

Apr. 16, 2010

By Worldwatch Institute

For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, World Watch. This print-exclusive content is now available for free to ...

Jun. 25, 2010

By Worldwatch Institute

The resources used for a building, the resulting environmental impact and the costs caused during its useful life exceed the costs emerged from its production and construction. In particular, this concerns the expenditure of energy and CO2 emissions.With the development towards a more intensified sustainability in the building sector, an extreme increase of requirements to buildings came along ...

Dec. 16, 2009

By thinkstep

As the building technologies market strides toward optimizing intelligent building investments by managing end-user experiences, energy efficiencies, and monitoring and maintenance of assets, life cycle costing (LCC) proves of paramount importance. Through collaborative research between the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) and Frost & Sullivan, findings show that cost ...

Aug. 15, 2013

By Frost & Sullivan

Too many purchases of products and services are based on inadequate knowledge of the alternatives or lack of life cycle cost claim verification by the vendors. A whole new environment created by KNOWLEDGE BASED SALES will change this situation. A knowledge bridge using all the latest digital technology has been created between the supplier and end user. The suppliers now reach the purchasers who ...

Jul. 15, 2010

By The McIlvaine Company

 Organizations can create value by conducting Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) to analyze a number of sustainability metrics to better inform business decisions and activities, says a new Deloitte report. LCA is designed to measure and quantify the end-to-end environmental and economic impacts of a product, process or service in alignment with specific sustainability goals.  "Enhancing the ...

May 30, 2012

By Deloitte & Touche Sustainability Services

As one of the main sponsors of the conference, ifu Hamburg GmbH staff will be present to inform about material flow management and life cycle costing with the software Umberto. The 18th episode of the Conference on Life Cycle Engineering will be held on May 2-4, 2011 at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Machine Tools and ...

Apr. 14, 2011

By ifu Hamburg GmbH

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy today released a new report - requested by the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent - that identifies the need for Life Cycle Approaches in environmental and economic decision-making by companies and government. A Life Cycle Approach is a systematic way of looking at the life of a product, technology, or process. By identifying and ...

May 16, 2012

By GLOBE Foundation

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a holistic approach to determining the total environmental impacts of a product, from extraction of raw materials and processing, to distribution, use, and end of life. By translating input/output data into more environmentally relevant information, LCA can offer a window into the environmental performance of a product. Used as an internal document, LCA is an ...

Mar. 11, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents Fundamentals of Life Cycle Costing for Energy Conservation, a new e-Training Core Course that provides knowledge and skills to improve Federal economic-based decision making, determine the total ...

May 22, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Currently available advanced battery technologies for cleantech applications fall short of market needs. While lithium ion batteries have emerged as an early leader in cleantech applications such as energy storage and electrified vehicles, after nearly 20 years of commercialization efforts, the competitive field remains open. According to a new research brief from ...

Feb. 13, 2013

CH2M, an industry leader in the management of major projects and programs, has developed a new Resiliency and Sustainability Framework for infrastructure that offers public and private sector planners a comprehensive program development and decision support system. The Framework is being utilized today in San Mateo, California, for the city's Clean Water Program, to understand how resilient and ...

May 1, 2017

By CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a science-based method of analyzing the environmental impact of products or processes across their full life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials, through manufacture, use, recycling and disposal. Corporate interest in LCA is surging. LCA tool vendors and consultants are reporting sales growth of 30-40 percent annually and, by one measure, the number of ...

May 12, 2011

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

In keeping with its commitment to produce vehicles with reduced CO2 emissions at sustainable, energy-efficient plants, Honda has announced several initiatives under new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. As a hallmark of this new initiative, Honda also announced a $210 ...

Sep. 28, 2015

By Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Recently, policy makers, facility owners and other solid waste entities have engaged in discussion regarding whether mass is the best means to evaluate recycling and diversion practices versus a focus on measuring environmental burden through life-cycle analysis. To establish dialogue and provide more information on this question, the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) is ...

Feb. 7, 2017

By Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF)

Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, today announced the release of InfoMaster LCCA for developing a sound long-term, cost-efficient asset rehabilitation program based on a Life Cycle Cost Analysis that takes total ownership costs into account. ...

Sep. 13, 2016

By Innovyze

'New perspectives for the environment' - this is the theme of IFAT ENTSORGA to be held in Munich, Germany, from 13th to 17th September 2010, with water treatment and raw materials management being key focuses. Siemens is to exhibit in Hall A1 a wide range of technologies that spans the water cycle and applications, ranging from process water and industrial wastewater treatment to municipal ...

Aug. 17, 2010

In the future, policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that affect the type of energy used in the U.S., as well as the cost of energy and emissions, could significantly impact the strategic direction of solid waste management (SWM). SWM systems must proactively adapt to changing waste composition, policy requirements, and an evolving energy system to cost-effectively and sustainably ...

Mar. 6, 2017

By Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF)

Over its full cycle of production, distribution, and use, natural gas emits just over half as many greenhouse gas emissions as coal does for equivalent energy output, according to a new study from the Worldwatch Institute and the Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors. The analysis clarifies the role of methane releases in the calculation of comparative emissions between the two fossil fuels and ...

Aug. 26, 2011

By Worldwatch Institute