Eco-efficiency: Inside BASF and Beyond

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Eco-efficiency Inside BASF and BeyondCharlene
Wall, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey
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Eco-efficiency Inside BASF and BeyondCharlene
Wall, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey

• Introduction to Eco-efficiency
• Eco-efficiency Decision Tool Case Studies
• Textile dyeing
• Logistics
• Refrigerators

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Sustainable Development is based on three Pillars
Economy
Society
Ecology

Eco-Efficiency Analysis
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What is Eco-Efficiency Analysis?

• A comprehensive assessment of products and
  processes.
• Ecological and economic aspects are equally
  weighted.
• The products are analyzed from the end customers
  perspective.
• Potential scenarios and their effects are
  evaluated.
• Eco-efficiency analysis is a standard tool in
  the BASF Group more than 150 analyses have been
  carried out.

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Costs Analysis
Total costs
Costs in per functional unit
1.0
high
low
costs
Alternative 1
Alternative 4
Alternative 3
Alternative 2

Alter- native 1
Alter- native 2
Alter- native 3
Alter- native 4

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Development of Ecological Value
1 greatest effect on the environment 0
smallest effect on the environment
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Social Assessment Factors
Energy consumption
20
Greenhouse warming potential
50
Raw material consumption
20
Land Use
10
Ozone depletion potential
20
Emissions
20
Wateremissions 35
Photochemical ozone creation potential
Toxicity potential
20
20
Wastes 15
10
Risk potential
10
Acidification potential
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Ecoefficiency Portfolio Links Costs and
Environmental Impact
0,3
high eco-efficiency
Alternatives investigated
Alternative 3
Customer - related benefit 1 unit of .
Alternative 1
Alternative 1 x Alternative 2 z Alternative
3 y Alternative 4 t The circle area is
equal to the relative market position.
relative market position
Environmental impact (normalized)
1,0
Alternative 4
Alternative 2
low eco-efficiency
1,7
0,3
1,0
1,7
Costs (normalized)
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Dyeing Eco-efficientlyHelping small and medium
enterprises make the best decisions

• Pilot project with UNIDO and UNEP as part of the
  United Nations - Global Compact initiative
• A software tool which allows the user to assess
  the eco-efficiency of various processing methods

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Dyeing Eco-efficiently System Boundaries
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Dyeing Eco-efficiently Inputs and Outputs

• User Inputs
• Fabric quantity, number of processing steps,
  processing time
• Chemicals
• Utility consumption
• Process emissions
• Costs
• Eco-efficiency Manager Outputs
• Portfolio which alternative is the most
  eco-efficient?
• Environmental Fingerprint what are the impacts
  of each?
• Relative comparisons for each of the categories
  Emissions, Energy and Raw Material Consumption,
  Land Use, Toxicity and Risk Potential

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Process Improvements

• A two-step dyeing process for mixed fabric was
  changed to a one-step process, by using a new
  chemical.

• Decreased energy and water consumption resulted
  in improvements in almost all environmental
  categories.

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Process Improvements

• The new chemical provided environmental benefits
  at the same overall costs, even though the
  chemical price was more expensive.

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Getting from here to there eco-efficiently
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Getting from here to there eco-efficiently

• User Inputs
• Payload
• Chemical hazard class
• Shipping fees
• Distances for land, sea
• Number of transfers
• Open/closed filling systems
• Eco-efficiency Manager Outputs
• Portfolio which alternative is the most
  eco-efficient?
• Environmental Fingerprint what are the impacts
  of each?
• Relative comparisons for each of the categories
  Emissions, Energy and Raw Material Consumption,
  Land Use, Toxicity and Risk Potential
• CO2 savings potential

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Logistic alternatives for supplying product to
another site (14.000 t pro Jahr)
Ludwigshafen
Rail, Tank-car (58 t Load, 755 km)
Tank-truck (23 t Load, 698 km)
Destination Site
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Getting from here to there eco-efficiently
Alternatives
0,5
Customer Benefit Transport of 14.000 t of
product from Ludwigshafen to a customer
Road transport, conventional tank-truck 23 t
Load Rail, Tank-car, 58 t Load
Environmental Impact (normalized)
1,0
1,5
0,5
1,0
1,5
Costs (normalized)
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Cooling Eco-efficiently Refrigerators

• A project done by BASF for the German Green Party
  and the Wuppertal Institute
• Helps the consumer decide
• Should I buy a new refrigerator or continue to
  use my old one?
• Considers production and disposal of the
  appliance itself, as well as energy consumption

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Refrigerators the Customer Benefit
Customer Benefit
New Alternatives
Product Use

• Buy a new refrigerator and dispose of/recycle the
  old one two energy efficiencies (A B)

• Use of a 143 l cooling capacity refrigerator over
  5 years

• Continued use of a 10 year old refrigerator with
  260 kWh/y or
• 330 kWh/y average energy consumption

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Cooling Eco-efficiently the Portfolio
0,5
Alternatives considered
High eco-efficiency
Customer benefit Use of 143l of cooling
capacity over 5 years
Environmental impact (normalized)
New A Highest Efficiency
New B Lower Eff.
1,0
Old 1 Higher Eff.
Old 2 Lower Eff.
Low eco-efficiency
1,5
0,5
1,0
1,5
Costs (normalized)
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Cooling Eco-efficiently Refrigerators

• Buying a new more energy-efficient appliance
  brings the greatest environmental benefit
• at only slightly higher cost
• Energy efficiency is key!!!

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Eco-Efficiency Analysis Our Innovative
Instrument for better Products
With an eye to the markets of the future, we
believe that it is prudent to consider the
environmental friendliness of ones own products.
That is why we felt it was important to develop
an effective means of monitoring ecological and
economic performance.
Eco-efficient products and processes give BASF
and our customers a competitive edge.
For more information www.basf.de/en/corporate/su
stainability/oekoeffizienz/ or send an email to
wallc1_at_basf-corp.com