Geberit and Eco-Design 27th LCA Discussion forum, November 17th, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Roland Högger Head of Environment and Sustainability

Geberit and Eco-Design

27th LCA Discussion forum, November 17th, 2005

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Contents

• Company Profile
• Geberit and Environment
• LCA Duofix WC-Element
• Ecodesign in practice

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• The European market leader in Sanitary Technology
• Headquaters in Jona, Switzerland
• Sales 2004 of CHF 1,907 Mio.
• 5,200 employees across 37 countries
• 30 sales and marketing companies
• 16 specialized production sites in Europe, USA and

China

• Nearly 500 technical advisors
• Training of approx. 25‘000 installers, planners and

architects per annum

Company Profile

Market Leader in Sanitary Technology

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• Two product ranges
• Sanitary Systems
• Piping Systems
• Core Competences
• Improved building procedures
• Acoustical insulation
• Water conservation
• Drainage hydraulics
• Fire protection

Electronic faucets Flushing Systems Waste Fittings and Traps Installation Systems Water supply Building drainage Roof drainage

Company Profile

Integrated solutions

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Environmental Pioneer in Sanitary Industry

• Company-oriented
• Operational improvement (processes, energy, etc.)
• Environmental Management according to ISO 14001
• Corporate eco-balances
• Product-oriented
• Development of eco-efficient products
• Use of LCA’s (long tradition)
• Minimisation of problematic substances
• Market-oriented
• Take-back of old products (historic waste)
• Information and training of customers and other

stakeholders (analysts, public authorities, etc.)

• Cooperation with environmental organisation (BUND)

Geberit and Environment

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Geberit and Environment

My Role (within Eco-Design)

Industry Germany Switzerland Scandinavia Netherlands Products Sanitary Systems Production/Log. Piping Systems Procurement Quality Services Treasury Controlling Internal Auditing Informatics Law France Belgium OEM Italy North America Products Piping Systems Production/Log. Sanitary Systems Human Resources Corporate Communications Environment/Sustainability Marketing Asia/Pacific

President and CEO

Board of Directors

President Günter F. Kelm Albert M. Baehny

Sales Products Finance

Michael Reinhard Randolf Hanslin Roland Iff

Austria Expansion markets Great Britain

• Competence Center
• Moderator
• Communicator
• Motivator/Initiator

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Environmentally friendly products create value

• Characteristics of environmentally

friendly products

• Long durability (incl. spare parts, exchange

sets, etc.)

• Unproblematic materials
• Good recyclability, easy disposal
• Low water and energy consumption during use
• Examples
• Intelligent electronic faucet
• 1 liter water saving technology for urinals
• Noise reducing pipe technology

Geberit and Environment

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Framework

LCA Duofix WC Element

• Object of investigation
• WC-Element, dual flush (6/3 l)
• Flushing actuators (white, mat chromium-plated)
• Functional Unit
• Complete cistern, 25a
• Scope
• Whole life cycle
• No panels, no ceramic
• Assumptions
• Production: internal energy use
• Utilization: family, 18 l per person.day, 650m3 total

1 liter flush scenario 5 l instead of 18 l (-70%)

• Disposal: Cardboard and metal recycling, rest incineration

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Results whole life cycle

LCA Duofix WC Element

• Highest impact during use (94%), 5% raw material Water saving
• Water saving limitations (flushing technology, sewer system)
• Optimization of the existing system (on the short/long run)
• New system (e.g. 1 liter), leap of technology (on the long run)

Raw materials Production Use Disposal

Umweltbe lastung Spülkasten nach Le be nsphasen

200'000 400'000 600'000 800'000 1'000'000 UBP97 AW 58% TW 42%

Environmental impact during life cycle

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Optimizing Geberit Duofix WC Element

LCA Duofix WC Element

1 2 5 4 3 1 6

White flush actuator 40% better compared to the chromed one

Frame Cistern Flushing valve Filling valve Flush actuator, chr. Flush actuator, white Rest

1 2 3 4

5'000 10'000 15'000 20'000 25'000 30'000 35'000 40'000 UBP97

Rohmaterial Produktion Entsorgung

5 6

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Flushing Technology in future

LCA Duofix WC Element

Open system boundaries

• House + Supply + Disposal

Completely new product requirements, new technology Besides water saving ...

• Use of „grey“ water
• Separation urine - excrements
• (Intermediate)Storage
• Controlling (intelligence)
• Etc.

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Ecodesign Workshops

Ecodesign in practice

• Project-specific, punctual
• Eco-design workshop at an early stage (2-4 hours)
• Rough analysis based on
• Existing LCA
• Grey energy
• Qualitative aspects
• Legal compliance check increasing importance
• Benchmark, incl. existing product (☺, )
• Definition of measures
• To go into detail
• Eco-Design pilot / assistant
• LCA
• Internal experts

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LCA and Ecodesign-Tools

Ecodesign in practice

• LCA
• Strong focus on product
• Tool for analysis
• (Relatively) complex
• Detailed information necessary
• Convenient for comparisons and

discussing scenarios

• Basis for external communication

(leaflets, EPD‘s, etc.) and marketing

• Experts are needed
• Ecodesign-Tools
• Broad view (benchmark, legal compliance,

social aspects, etc.)

• Easy integration into R&D process (at an

early stage)

• Rough data pool is sufficient
• Easy to understand
• Moderating and inspiring
• Support by experts is necessary

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Challenges

Ecodesign in practice

• Integrate Eco-Design into product development process at an early stage
• Acceptance within project team
• Good moderation
• Speaking developer’s language
• At the beginning: get an overview instead of going too much into detail
• Finding all important eco aspects
• Communication of realised measures to the customer

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Geberit and Eco-Design

Thank you for your attention !