Life Cycle Analysis of Systems

A life cycle analysis of a system involves examining and quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions impact from each phase of your system.

System Analysis

An important step in the analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of a particular system is to determine the goal or purpose of the system. This allows you to finetune and increase the efficiency of your system. It also allows your company to compare its system to “common practice’’ methods for delivering the same product or service.

Calculate the Greenhouse gas input of the system

System analysis involves isolating each individual unit of the system. Once isolated, the analysis then involves the identification and quantification of the inputs into each system (whether material, service or energy) as well as greenhouse causing outputs (such as waste, or fugitive emissions). Once these facets are quantified, it is possible to calculate the greenhouse gas input of each unit within the system and then, of course, the system itself.

System analysis is particularly useful to companies that want to prove the efficiency of their practices against common place or business as usual methods for producing a given product, or providing a given service.

The Carbon Reduction Institute’s engineers and scientists will be happy to complete an LCA on your system. Our LCA’s are conducted in compliance with the ISO 14044 standard. To learn more, please contact us.