Energy LCA-Oriented Sustainability Analysis Assessment Approach for Visualization of Energy-Efficient Manufacturing

Authors:

• Aldona Kluczek,
• Bartłomiej Gładysz

Abstract

In recent years, manufacturing processes have interacted with sustainability which are implemented in the cost-effective ways to minimalize energy, decrease negative impact on the environment and are safe for society. However, the attention has been on separate sustainability assessment methods combining energy Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to evaluate environmental impact, Life Cycle Cost to analyze costs, and Social Life Cycle Assessment to consider energy in human resources through mapping them in “energy LCA-based value stream map” (eVSM). In this paper, the energy LCA-oriented sustainability assessment approach is used to visualize the energy sustainability of the milk processing in terms of technologies. It enables interventions in the considered technologies through the effective analysis of energy flow. The results pictured that the appropriate integration of technologies into eVSM offers LCA-indicators database regarding the energy sustainability.