Environmental effect analysis EEA

Question 1

Where are the most influential part of PD that you can lower the product environmental impact?

Answer 1

In the earlier phases

Question 2

Whats is EEA?

Answer 2

A qualitative method for environmental PD that is used in PD early phases

Question 3

What are the benefits of using EEA?

Answer 3

Its easy to learn, dont take too long to do and give konkreta förslag på miljöförbättringar

Question 4

Vad är det grundläggande syftet med EEA?

Answer 4

Att tidigt identifiera och bedöma betydande miljöpåverkan tidigt i PD för att kunna utvärdera andra material, processer m.m. Genom detta kan en negativ miljöpåverkan hindras eller begränsas genom produktens livscykel på ett enkelt och kostnadseffektivt sätt

Question 5

What do you want to find in an EEA?

Answer 5

The products hot spots

Question 6

What is a hot spot?

Answer 6

Environmental effects that is considered extra important to work with

Question 7

What is truly important in the EEA methodology?

Answer 7

• Integration –> makes a method successful
• Multi-functional tema
• Done in early phases with low-quality data and is time efficient
• Easy to learn and use
• Life cycle perspective
• Marketing aspects is important because it cant only focus on the environmental aspects

Question 8

How is EEA a ramping up process?

Answer 8

You start with low knowledge and no data. In the beginning the knowledge increases rapidly. Over time you build in data in the process and understand what type of data you need. Continuely improving.
KUNSKAPEN OM PRODUKTEN ÖKAR FÖR VARJE CYKEL. Den ständigt ökade kunskapen om produkten underlättar analysen vilket ökar säkerheten i analyserna som görs. Kan ses som produktgeneration. Varje generation tar med kunskap in i nya generationen.

Question 9

Where in the PD project should an EEA be planned to do?

Answer 9

Right after the introductory technical/environmental specification of requirements

Question 10

What is the idea of an EEA?

Answer 10

Constantly buildning knowledge

Question 11

Name the main steps done in an EEA

Answer 11

1. Preperations
2. Inventory
3. Analysis
4. Implementation
5. Follow-up

Question 12

What happens in the first step - preperations?

Answer 12

You make a goal and scope definition with time and system boundaries.

You create the EEA-team

Introduction of product related environmental demands (authority, market and internal)

Question 13

What happends in the second step - Inventory?

Answer 13

You do an inventory of the product’s life cycle. Here you use the EEA form to search for activities and environmental effect/aspects.

Question 14

What is the SIO 1-3 method?

Answer 14

You evaluate in the EEA form to following criteria:

• Controlling document
• Public Image
• Environmental consequences.

Each criteria gets a point from 1-3 –> EPN number

Question 15

What is the EPN-number

Answer 15

An indicator from the SIO 1-3 method on how serious the environmental problem is from an activity.

Question 16

What is improvement possibility?

Answer 16

The possibility of improvements on the different factors of the activities. Such as available techniques, cost and time. Each activity gets a improvement possibility point from 1-9 where 9 stands for very large improvement possibility

Question 17

What is the point of SIO 1-3 and improvement possibility?

Answer 17

To find the hot spots

Question 18

Where does SIO 1-3 and improvement possibility occur in the EEA method?

Answer 18

In analysis

Question 19

What happends more happends in step 3 - analysis?

Answer 19

You leave proposals for action for the hot spots

Question 20

What happends in step 4 - implementation?

Answer 20

You implement the proposals for action

Question 21

What happends in step 5 - follow up?

Answer 21

You follow up on the implemented actions.