GaBi 6 Software - GreenCo Rating System · •The framework for calculation of Life Cycle Assessments are the ISO-standards 14040/14044 • ISO definition: • Life Cycle Assessment

GaBi 6 Software Live Demonstration and

Hands-on Training

Agenda

1. Introduction to GaBi 6

1. GaBi Software Suite

2. GaBi Databases

3. Working Philosophy and Use cases

2. Live Demo and Hands-on training

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GaBi Software Suite

and Databases

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GaBi is the most widely used product sustainability

solution on the planet

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• Helps businesses achieve optimal product

sustainabilty performance:

- Environmental

- Social

- Economic

• GaBi is a modelling, reporting & diagnostic

software tool that drives product sustainability

performance during design, planning and

production.

• Powerful LCA tools and databases for product

and process sustainability

Intuitive, interactive

decision-guidance tool powered by

GaBi Software and Databases

GaBi Envision

Professional LCA

modeling software

GaBi 6

Design for x

[compliance,

recycling, etc.]

GaBi DfX

GaBi Software Suite

For:

LCA practitioners

For:

Instant scenario

analysis

For:

Non-LCA experts who

need expert answers

For:

Integration GaBi

with PLM/ERP

Comparable, robust and up to date industry LCI Data underlies expert LCAs

GaBi Databases 2012 Chemicals, Energy, Precious and Non-Precious Metals, Plastics, End of Life, Manufacturing,

Electronics, Renewables, …, and external databases like USLCI, ecoinvent

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= automated LCA generation (BOM import) + Design for…

… Environment – DfE

… Disassembly – DfD

… Recycling – DfR

… Compliance – DfC

GaBi DfX

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Import product LCA-relevant

info from an ERP/PLM

for automated LCA generation

Use LCA models for product

improvement or

even to create EPDs

GaBi Envision provides an easy user interface to access detailed LCA models and

create different product design scenarios based on key sustainability attributes.

consistent product sustainability approach company wide

GaBi Envision

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LCA plan model

generation in GaBi

Create i-report template

from GaBi plan model

GaBi Envision GaBi

Scenario analysis and

result communication

• In a GaBi Envision, tables and charts of results are interactively linked with

GaBi model parameters

• Designer does not need LCA expertise nor practice with GaBi since he/she

only deals with a pre-defined electronic report where results are calculated

automatically

• Therefore, a product designer only has to modify parameter values to try out

different alternatives and get instant environmental results in the i-report

• Developed to provide companies product development with a feature to

analyze new designs immediately generate their own Eco-Design tool

GaBi Envision

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The Expert Choice:

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Databases

& more

Industrial data

GaBi addresses real business sustainability

requirements

Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Footprinting

• Life Cycle Assessment, Product Carbon Footprints, modelling and simulation of any system in relation to environment, cost and social aspects

Design for Environment and Compliance

• Design for Compliance, Disassembly, Environment and Recycling, integration into BOM Systems

Sustainability Communications

• Communication of results, collaboration, Eco-Design, Environmental Product Declarations

CAD and PLM Integration

• CAD and PLM integrated or embedded GaBi calculation and content provision engine, providing LCA, Carbon Footprint and EcoDesign capabilities

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• The GaBi Database Manager shows the database content

• GaBi is an object-oriented software system

• Comparable functionality to Microsoft Windows Explorer

• Hierarchical information storage

• Drag and drop of objects

• Right mouse button function with changing content

GaBi Database manager

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Main Objects in GaBi

Philosophy of GaBi

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• The framework for calculation of Life Cycle Assessments are the ISO-standards

14040/14044

• ISO definition:

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the compiling and evaluation of the input and

outputs and the potential environmental impacts of a product system during its

lifetime.

• The results of Life Cycle Assessments are:

• A quantification of the inputs and outputs for a product life cycle

Life Cycle Inventory

• A quantification of the potential environmental impacts e.g. Global Warming Potential,

Acidification Potential, Ozone Depletion Potential

Life Cycle Impact Assessment

Basics of Life Cycle Assessment

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Life Cycle Thinking Methods & implementation – Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Goal and scope

definition

Inventory analysis

Impact assessment

Inte

rpre

tation

LCA framework Direct applications:

Product development

and improvement

Strategic planning

Public policy making

Marketing

Other

Basics of Life Cycle Assessment

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Phases of the

life cycle

Impact

assessment

Energy consumption, Raw material consumption,

Global warming, Summer smog, Acidification, Over fertilisation,

Environmental toxins, Waste etc.

Production phase Use phase End of Life

Life cycle

stages

Preparation of

raw materials

Manufacturing

Pre-products Production Use

Disposal

Recycling

Deposition

Inventory

analysis

I N P U T R e s o u r c e s

O U T P U T E m i s s i o n s a n d W a s t e

“Cradle to gate”

“Cradle to grave”

Process 2:

Waste incineration

Process 3:

Power generation

OUTPUT

INPUT

product flow

waste

INPUT

product flow

steam OUTPUT

OUTPUT

product flow

power

Process 1:

Waste storage

Waste incineration plant

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Philosophy of GaBi

Analyzing a process technology

Definition of processes and identification of the mass and energy flow

system!

Creation of the process model within the GaBi Software system

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Philosophy of GaBi

Analyzing a process technology

Live Demo

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