Use of Life Cycle Assessment to support in the Eco-Design of a glass-wool process

Conclusions and perspectives LCA : A powerful tool for eco-design 1. Better understanding of the environmental impact 2. Help to prevent impact transfers from an impact category to another or between life cycle steps. 3. Quantifies environmental performances which is useful for communication Introduction Building sector : Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)  Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Knauf Insulation (glass wool producer) : LCA  EPD and eco-design  GaBi model [3]. Here: reducing climate change: How ? Influence on others impacts categories ? LCA: environmental aspects/impacts for all the stages of a product's life. Energy and material fluxes for the entire life-cycle analysed. 4 interdependent steps (ISO 14040 and 14044 norms [1,2]),