GSOE9340 – Life Cycle Engineering Assignment One - Term 2-2024

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GSOE9340 – Life Cycle Engineering

Assignment One - Term 2-2024

Assignment weight: 30%

Due date: Thursday, Week 5, 27 June 2024

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop an understanding of the first step of operationalizing the framework for LCE, which is the total space allocation for the selected industry, organisation and a product based on allocation principles discussed in week2. This will increase your familiarity with how the environmental space is allocated to achieve the 2°C reduction goal, and the relevant reduction pathways towards decarbonization. As a result of completing this assignment, you will be able to determine the environmental space allocated or the emission budget of your industry and product, and the reduction required to meet the 2°C reduction goal.

Task: The assignment will require week 1 and week 2 lectures. Therefore, you should attempt the following tasks by using both week’s lecture materials. Before you attempt the following  tasks, find an industry sector, a company and a product that you want to investigate, ideally from your technical background. It is also critical to remember that the assignments throughout the term will be a rolling one, therefore, the chosen product will be used for assignments 2 and 3 as well. The annual Share of the Safe Operating Space for climate (SoSclimate) in 2022 reference year is estimated to be 52.069 MtCO2eq/year based on IPCCs SSP1-1.9 scenario (IPCC, 2018). By using this and the chosen product and the company:

.   Determine SoS for the sector (SoSsector), the company (SoScompany) by using one  of the  allocation principles  discussed  in the week 2  lecture  for the reference year 2020 after clearly justifying the choice of allocation principle.

.   By using another allocation principle from the week 2 lecture notes, determine the SoS for your chosen product (SoSproduct) for the reference year

2020 after clearly justifying the choice of allocation principle.

.   Determine the estimated volume growth / year of your chosen organization and the product from 2022 to 2050 by using the publicly available data. You may use simple regression analysis to do this by using past data if the data is not available. Resulting growth should be shown as a graph after providing data set or regression model used.

.   Determine the change in the SoSproduct  from 2022 to 2050 and show a graph

after providing data set or regression model used.

.   Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of the chosen SoS allocation method and discuss potential implications for your organization, sector and for the planet.

Note:

.    You may make assumptions if you need one after clearly stating them.

.   All tasks are not equal value.

Assessment Criteria:

NOTE: Everything needs to be clearly documented. If it is not in your report, it does

NOT exist. Your intention is not evidence for the task.

.    Providing a detailed references for the background data used and demonstrating rigorous data analysis.

.    Providing a formula for the allocation methods used for both chosen organisation and product.

.    Providing a formula for volume prediction, predicted volumes for each year and estimation of

.    volume growth annually.

.    Providing a graph to show the change in the SoSproduct

.    Providing all calculations, in addition to graphs, so that the results can be replicated.