Our current system is based on maximizing production and consumption. This has led to a situation where we end up with a growing amount of waste. This waste manifests itself in many ways, for example as microplastics in our food, or as carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. The consequences of this system are noticeable on a planetary scale. To solve this task, all parties involved in the entire product life cycle need to take their responsibility. With our engineering expertise, we at EDAG Group help our customers to contribute to a solution.
At EDAG Group, sustainability starts on day 1 of any project, because we have learned that this is the most efficient and cost-effective way to integrate sustainability into an engineering project. Adding sustainability to the agenda later on a project timeline makes the cost of change unnecessarily high.
To make the right decisions, we have created a toolset that allows the impact of different options to be quickly compared. The QLCA tool can be used to get a sustainability impact indication early in the process, when many details are still fuzzy. As the project continues and more details become known, we can improve our calculations to create a more detailed footprint calculation.
Apart from calculating and optimizing a carbon footprint, EDAG can also assist with material choices, lightweight construction, and geometry optimization. EDAG also has experience in the development of concepts that are suitable for innovative business plans based on refurbishment or remanufacturing parts between product lifecycles. Of course, during this whole project, we also bear technical performance and price in mind, to generate a total benefit for the customer.
