INTEGRATING LCA WITH DESIGN TOOLS (PLM, CAD)

One of the barriers to green product design remains the cost to collect or to share data between Design and Environmental Design tools. The proposal is to favor sharing data between Environmental Design and Design activities, integrating the Life Cycle Assessment [LCA] tools with the Product Life Cycle Management [PLM] tools. Three software prototypes will be presented based on the ENOVIA v6 PLM platform (by Dassault Systemes) and Simapro, openLCA and the ReSICLED recycling tool. The options for the interface implementation, the data pattern mapping and the materials and processes reconciliation between PLM and LCA databases will be detailed with the benefits to support “Design for Environment” use cases and business scenarios. Perspectives of that work will be discussed.