02014238A-TR Abstract: Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) White Paper

SEMATECH DOC ID #: 02014238A-TR

Title: Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) White Paper

Author(s): Holly Ho;Jennifer Schuppe;

Document date: 01/17/2002

Descriptor(s): applications programs;CARRI;cost of ownership;equipment development lifecycle design for ESH;lifecycle assessment;

Abstract: This white paper summarizes current lifecycle assessment (LCA)
tools being used and being developed to identify further needs
for additional efforts. An LCA assesses the environment, safety,
and health (ESH) burdens of a product or process beginning with
the extraction of raw materials, material manufacturing, then
product manufacturing, use, and disposal. This report includes a
review of related International SEMATECH (ISMT) and industry
project results, including CARRI, ESH Cost of Ownership
(COO)/Return on Investment (ROI), and the S70 Design for ESH
(DFESH) Mass and Energy Balance model, Applied Materials'
Environmental Values Systems (EnV-S), and Agere Systems' Target
Method; and a literature search of documented case studies and
commercially available software packages applied in the case
studies.

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