Fuel savings and carbon footprint using SolidWorks Sustainability

[josephv]

Hello, hope all is great. Here is a post on "fuel savings and carbon footprint" for anyone interested in learning more about SolidWorks Sustainability:

http://www.inkavera.com/2010/10/04/...arbon-footprint-in-solidworks-sustainability/

All the best,

Joseph

 

[BodyBagger]

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

 

[BodyBagger]

Does anyone else have real life situations on how the SolidWorks Sustainability has helped you? If so, please share them.

Thanks,
BB

 

[TheTick]

The new green movement: think globally, profit locally.

 

[SnowCrash]

The analysis skips over the recycle phase of the aluminum v. steel question. It is much less energy intensive to recycle aluminum or steel that to produce it from ore. Aluminum can be used plain; steel requires paint.
"plus they look cooler"

--
Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE

 

[josephv]

Hello SnowCrash,

Thank you very much for your feedback.

You are correct, we did cover recycled materials in the post; however the full inkavera study covers the use of recycled aluminum and steel in wheels. Furthermore, we are planning to expand on the benefits of using recycled materials in an upcoming post.

Here is some more info on the amount of recycled materials used in cars and the benefits:

http://www.worldautosteel.org/Environment/Recycling/Automobiles.aspx

http://aluminumintransportation.org/main/environment/environment-did-you-know

Thanks again,

Joseph

 

[josephv]

PS

Thanks again, SnowCrash

you made a great point, I'll update the blog post to mention recycling in the next day or so.

All the best,

 

[TheTick]

BTW...

[!]Best of luck to you on your new venture. Congratulations![/!]

 

[josephv]

Thank you very much!

BTW, we just added a Google docs spreadsheet calculator that demonstrates how using recycled aluminum reduces the carbon footprint.

http://www.inkavera.com/2010/11/03/calculator/recycled-aluminum-carbon-footprint-calculator/

all the best,

Joseph