II. İLERİ TEKNOLOJİLER ÇALIŞTAYI (İTÇ 2011) - Bilgesam

The renewable energy sources are often presented as clean sources, not considering
the environmental impacts related to their manufacture. The production of renewable
plants, like every production process, entails a consumption of energy and raw
materials as well as the release of pollutants. Furthermore, the impacts related to
some life cycle phases (as maintenance or installation) are neglected.
The need to strengthen the “green market” has been successively confirmed in another
official document named “the green paper on Integrated Product Policy -
IPP”. Once the product is put on the market, there is relatively little that can be
done to improve its environmental characteristics. The IPP approach seeks to reduce
the environmental impacts occurring throughout the entire life cycle of the
product since the early stage of the product design and development. For IPP to be
effective, LCA represents an important support tool and the best framework for
assessing the potential environmental impact of the products currently available.
Life Cycle Analysis of The Production
A life-cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life-cycle analysis, ecobalance, and
cradle-to-grave analysis) is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated
with all the stages of a product's life from-cradle-to-grave (i.e., from raw material
extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and
maintenance, and disposal or recycling). LCA’s can help avoid a narrow outlook on
environmental concerns by:
� Compiling an inventory of relevant energy and material inputs and environmental
releases
� Evaluating the potential impacts associated with identified inputs and
releases
� Interpreting the results to help you make a more informed decision.
Here; we have studied the energy and the environmental performances of the
SELEKTIF surface.
To obtain reliable results, data is collected and managed following international
ISO 14040 and 14044 standard procedures.
The aim is to trace the SELEKTİF’s eco-profile that synthesises the main energy
and environmental impacts related to the whole product’s life cycle. The following
phases have been investigated: production and deliver of the energy and the raw
materials, production process, installation, disposal and transports occurring during
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