Benchmark study

Benchmark study
• Comparison of the environmental burden of a number of
professional textile cleaning technologies with that of
domestic laundering.
• The comparison was executed by TNO, an independent
Dutch research institute, and TKT .
• Last year the comparison was performed with HCS, perc
and professional wet cleaning. In 2011-2012, the
comparison was expanded to other cleaning technologies
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Benchmark study
Professional cleaning technologies included:
• Perc
• HCS
• i-pura HCS
• Siloxane D5 (GreenEarth)
• i-pura Siloxane D6
• Solvon K4
• Rynex E3
• Professional wet cleaning
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Benchmark study
Procedure :
Comparing the different aspects of environmental
burden is like comparing apples and oranges.
To solve this problem, the method of the shadow
costs (in €) for all environmental aspects included is
applied.
Simapro software and databases, designed for this
type of analysis, were used.
The input is based on experimental results (e.g.
energy consumption) and literature data.
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Benchmark study
Example: Attribution to the greenhouse effect (in kg CO 2 / 4 kg laundry)
2,50
2,00
1,50
1,00
0,50
0,00
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Shadow costs in € per 4 kg laundry
0,450
0,400
0,350
0,300
0,250
0,200
0,150
0,100
0,050
0,000
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Relative shadow costs in % (domestic laundering is 100 %)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
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Conclusion
The environmental burden of domestic laundering is
up to 2-3 times higher that the environmental
burden of professional textile cleaning.
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Wash & Load
- EU-FP7 project with a large number of European
partners
- Partners from NL, D, I, and CH:
- R&D organisations
- Laundries and suppliers
- Laundry and textile associations
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4) Wash & Load
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Wash & Load
Goal :
- The development of a modular and multifunctional
refuntionalisation system for the textile service industry:
- Multifunctional textile products
- Refunctionalisation processes for these textile products
- Measuring methods to analyse these functionalities
- Business model
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3 functionalities :
1. Flame retardant
2. Soil and water repellent
3. Antimicrobial
Project aimed at application in PPE, in business model
however expansion to other market segments and products is
included
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Project duration: 3 years
Starting date : Oktober 1 st 2011
Project size :
2,8 mln Euro, of which 1,8 mln Euro supplied from
the EC
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State of affairs :
• Kick-off meeting at 10-25-2011 in Genova
• Work in progress, work packages 1,2, 3, 6 en 8
• WP 1 Process Requirements and conceptual reengineering
(Task leader TKT)
• WP 2 Scientific characterisation of functional agents and
processes (Task leader EFSM)
• WP3 Functionality monitoring (IRIS-SW)
• WP 6 Pre-normative study and compliance with
standards (Task leader STFI)
• WP 8 Training and dissemination (Task leader CINET)
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State of affairs Wash & Load :
• May 4 th Frankfurt
• First six-monthly progress meeting with all partners
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