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Table 4 Impact categories for manufacture of 30,000 pieces using production optimization principles and improving the power factor

From: Development of green manufacturing implementation framework based on life-cycle assessment

Impact categories

Electricity

Metal working operation

Transport

Agricultural land occupation (m2*a)

36.709069

53.0386367

0.19400731

Climate change (kg CO2-Eq)

685.98713

1562.20664

12.5706517

Fossil depletion (kg oil-Eq)

167.96525

337.858443

4.19699593

Freshwater ecotoxicity (kg 1,4-DCB-Eq)

12.107575

16.5934892

0.03266872

Freshwater eutrophication (kg P-Eq)

0.5682917

0.55725583

0.00112353

Human toxicity (kg 1,4-DCB-Eq)

85.805505

113.677027

0.26817305

Ionising radiation (kg U235-Eq)

71.498209

139.761361

0.33950572

Marine ecotoxicity (kg 1,4-DCB-Eq)

10.858419

13.2968304

0.03072613

Marine eutrophication (kg N-Eq)

0.8063947

1.55607123

0.02764145

Metal depletion (kg Fe-Eq)

237.88404

469.744824

0.69457165

Natural land transformation (m2)

0.0880356

0.25373197

0.00331353

Ozone depletion (kg CFC-11-Eq)

0.0001138

5.3913E-05

7.7447E-07

Particulate matter formation (kg PM10)

1.656864

3.2062944

0.0273051

Photochemical oxidant formation (kg NMVOC)

2.5791287

4.40913743

0.08818656

Terrestrial acidification (kg SO2-Eq)

4.2314619

6.8655411

0.05060749

Terrestrial ecotoxicity (kg 1,4-DCB-Eq)

1.1094719

0.1029759

0.00207501

Urban land occupation (m2*a)

6.7603835

26.2564092

0.57582205

Water depletion (m3)

3.0150938

11.7709445

0.01402163