ifu
Free
Training: Visualizing and Calculating Material and Energy Flows, Costs and
Environmental Impacts applying the Software Tools e!Sankey and Umberto
In Research and Industry visualizing different Aspects as flows has become more
and more important and rather popular as such visualizations improve the
understanding and communication of life cycles and related production systems,
the related interdependencies between material flows, costs and environmental
impacts. The training will provide basic
methodology and skills in applying the software tool e!Sankey for
visualizing any type of flow and its applicability in different contexts of sustainability, such as reporting,
communication, decision-making. For further details have a look at the related
PDF file:
<http://www.igidr.ac.in/ISSF-2010/ifu_free_trainingsflyer_EN_India%5b1%5d.pdf>
Full
Training: Material Flow Cost Accounting and Material and Energy Flow
Modelling using the software tools e!Sankey and Umberto
Especially Small and Medium Sized Companies hesitate to adopt life cycle
thinking and related tools, such as Life Cycle Assessment or Life Cycle
Management, reasoning among other aspects that their influence in Life Cycle is
too small and the application of such tools is too complex. In the training it
will become clear that although Material Flow Cost Accounting is a simple internal instrument,
that aims to improve material and energy efficiency in production system it
provides opportunities of reducing environmental impacts along the supply chain
of a product and especially helps to make such effects visible and
understandable. The primary advantage of introducing Material Flow Cost
Accounting from the perspective of Life Cycle Thinking is, that Companies are
always motivated to improve material and energy efficiency and as the required
internal data are basically the same for MFCA and LCA. For further details
please refer to PDF file:
<http://www.igidr.ac.in/ISSF-2010/ifu_full_trainingsflyer_EN_India%5b1%5d.pdf>