Global manufacturing and the embodied energy of products |
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| Authors: | S. Kara |
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| Affiliation: | a Life Cycle Engineering & Management Research Group, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
b Product- and Life-Cycle-Management Research Group, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF), Technische Universität Braunschweig Langer Kamp 19 b, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Manufacturing energy efficiency has become a key concern due to increasing energy costs and their associated environmental impact. It is important however, that investigations into the embodied energy of a product be in the context of global manufacturing rather than energy efficiency related to a particular product life cycle. This paper presents a model to assess the impact of global manufacturing on the embodied energy of products. Six different products manufactured from various raw materials in a global manufacturing network were used to carry out the assessment. The results show that product, material and key supply chain parameters play a crucial role. |
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| Keywords: | Manufacturing Energy Environment |
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