65420 - Life Cycle Assessment Basics and Application to Optimize the Environmental Sustainability of Gas Turbines During New Product Development 

Gas Turbines market, especially for the applications in Oil & Gas and Power Generation, is demanding rising sustainability requirements. Manufacturers are therefore required to implement actions and policies to continue playing a strategic role for the global goals of sustainable development and reduction of global warming. The application of environmental life-cycle assessment from the early stages of product design is becoming a critical driver to develop a competitive product also from an environmental perspective. As a matter of fact, the earlier application of design-for-environment techniques can effectively influence the decisions towards a comprehensive sustainability;
- What is Life Cycle Assesment;
- LCA methodology with reference to available ISO standards (ISO 14040, ISO 14044, ISO 14067);
- Goal and scope, functional unit, system boundaries;
- Inventory phase, attributional vs consequential LCA;
- Impact assessment, impact categories, end point vs mid point;
2sustainability;
- What is Life Cycle Assesment;
- LCA methodology with reference to available ISO standards (ISO 14040, ISO 14044, ISO 14067);
- Goal and scope, functional unit, system boundaries;
- Inventory phase, attributional vs consequential LCA;
- Impact assessment, impact categories, end point vs mid point;
- Interpretation, single score, product category rules;
- applications for the Oil & Gas sector, specifically on Gas Turbines;
- case study on the application of LCA during a new product development at Baker Hughes;
- potentiality to reduce the environmental impact during the design phase;
- conclusions
- Interpretation, single score, product category rules;
- applications for the Oil & Gas sector, specifically on Gas Turbines;
- case study on the application of LCA during a new product development at Baker Hughes;
- potentiality to reduce the environmental impact during the design phase;
- conclusions