Life Cycle Assessment Framework: Incorporating an extended environmental perspective in the Haldex Project Management Model
(2015) MIO920Production Management
- Abstract
- Background: An increased concern of environmental
issues have made companies, including
Haldex, look for new engineering and
design practices to keep up with
legislations and stakeholder pressure,
often by analyzing products’ total
environmental impact over their life
cycles, in so called life cycle assessment
studies. The Haldex Project Management
Model is a company specific project
model where Haldex projects move
through, till their completion, and the
concern is that life cycle assessment
studies have not been included as a
deliverable in the Haldex Project
Management Model before.
iv
Purpose: The purpose of this Master’s Thesis is to
develop and present Haldex with a life
cycle analysis tool and a framework for
... (More) - Background: An increased concern of environmental
issues have made companies, including
Haldex, look for new engineering and
design practices to keep up with
legislations and stakeholder pressure,
often by analyzing products’ total
environmental impact over their life
cycles, in so called life cycle assessment
studies. The Haldex Project Management
Model is a company specific project
model where Haldex projects move
through, till their completion, and the
concern is that life cycle assessment
studies have not been included as a
deliverable in the Haldex Project
Management Model before.
iv
Purpose: The purpose of this Master’s Thesis is to
develop and present Haldex with a life
cycle analysis tool and a framework for
environmental impact assessments of new
products or changes to existing products,
providing evaluation of projects in the
Haldex Project Management Model.
Methodology: In this thesis a mainly qualitative research
style was used in order to provide the
specific life cycle assessment framework,
as the work required an exploratory
procedure, studying behavior and
practices from the inside. Data gathering
was conducted using several methods such
as interviews, observations, content
analysis and an extensive literature
review. The framework was developed
gradually by analyzing and screening
various tools.
Results & Presenting Haldex with a suitable life
Conclusion: cycle assessment framework, including
assessment tools that are applicable in the
Haldex Project Management Model and a
product’s R&D stages, has been achieved
through a preliminary study and analysis.
By conducting a preliminary study and
examining environmental processes and
areas both internal and external to Haldex,
a number of criteria for life cycle
assessment tools at the company could be
set. A screening and analysis of bestpractice
tools then helped to identify
suitable tools for Haldex to begin working
with, which are presented in the Haldex
Life Cycle Assessment Development
Framework, which allows environmental
v
assessment progress over time. This
includes a semi-quantitative Design for
Environment-matrix and accompanied
guide, as well as a quantitative carbon
footprint analysis where a prototype,
accomplished through the spreadsheet
software Excel, may be used to start
working with the latter tool. (Less)
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- author
- Knutsson, Ola
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MIO920
- year
- 2015
- type
- M1 - University Diploma
- subject
- keywords
- Life cycle assessment, tool framework, LCA, corporate social responsibility, design for environment, carbon footprint, simplified LCA, life cycle.
- other publication id
- 15/5533
- language
- English
- id
- 7869275
- date added to LUP
- 2015-09-18 09:59:43
- date last changed
- 2015-09-18 13:41:14
@misc{7869275, abstract = {{Background: An increased concern of environmental issues have made companies, including Haldex, look for new engineering and design practices to keep up with legislations and stakeholder pressure, often by analyzing products’ total environmental impact over their life cycles, in so called life cycle assessment studies. The Haldex Project Management Model is a company specific project model where Haldex projects move through, till their completion, and the concern is that life cycle assessment studies have not been included as a deliverable in the Haldex Project Management Model before. iv Purpose: The purpose of this Master’s Thesis is to develop and present Haldex with a life cycle analysis tool and a framework for environmental impact assessments of new products or changes to existing products, providing evaluation of projects in the Haldex Project Management Model. Methodology: In this thesis a mainly qualitative research style was used in order to provide the specific life cycle assessment framework, as the work required an exploratory procedure, studying behavior and practices from the inside. Data gathering was conducted using several methods such as interviews, observations, content analysis and an extensive literature review. The framework was developed gradually by analyzing and screening various tools. Results & Presenting Haldex with a suitable life Conclusion: cycle assessment framework, including assessment tools that are applicable in the Haldex Project Management Model and a product’s R&D stages, has been achieved through a preliminary study and analysis. By conducting a preliminary study and examining environmental processes and areas both internal and external to Haldex, a number of criteria for life cycle assessment tools at the company could be set. A screening and analysis of bestpractice tools then helped to identify suitable tools for Haldex to begin working with, which are presented in the Haldex Life Cycle Assessment Development Framework, which allows environmental v assessment progress over time. This includes a semi-quantitative Design for Environment-matrix and accompanied guide, as well as a quantitative carbon footprint analysis where a prototype, accomplished through the spreadsheet software Excel, may be used to start working with the latter tool.}}, author = {{Knutsson, Ola}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Life Cycle Assessment Framework: Incorporating an extended environmental perspective in the Haldex Project Management Model}}, year = {{2015}}, }