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    A study by the IFEU found that lightweighting vehicles through the use of materials like aluminum could significantly reduce transportation GHG emissions. Replacing 1kg of conventional materials with aluminum has the potential to eliminate 20kg of CO2 over a vehicle's lifetime. The study analyzed two vehicles - an aluminum bumper that saved 48kg of emissions over a steel bumper, and an aluminum engine block that saved approximately 280MJ of energy and 20kg of emissions per kg of aluminum used. Using 7 million tons of aluminum in cars globally in 2006 could save around 140 million tons of emissions.

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    A study by the IFEU found that lightweighting vehicles through the use of materials like aluminum could significantly reduce transportation GHG emissions. Replacing 1kg of conventional materials with aluminum has the potential to eliminate 20kg of CO2 over a vehicle's lifetime. The study analyzed two vehicles - an aluminum bumper that saved 48kg of emissions over a steel bumper, and an aluminum engine block that saved approximately 280MJ of energy and 20kg of emissions per kg of aluminum used. Using 7 million tons of aluminum in cars globally in 2006 could save around 140 million tons of emissions.

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    A study by the IFEU found that lightweighting vehicles through the use of materials like aluminum could significantly reduce transportation GHG emissions. Replacing 1kg of conventional materials with aluminum has the potential to eliminate 20kg of CO2 over a vehicle's lifetime. The study analyzed two vehicles - an aluminum bumper that saved 48kg of emissions over a steel bumper, and an aluminum engine block that saved approximately 280MJ of energy and 20kg of emissions per kg of aluminum used. Using 7 million tons of aluminum in cars globally in 2006 could save around 140 million tons of emissions.

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    A study by the IFEU found that lightweighting vehicles through the use of materials like aluminum could significantly reduce transportation GHG emissions. Replacing 1kg of conventional materials with aluminum has the potential to eliminate 20kg of CO2 over a vehicle's lifetime. The study analyzed two vehicles - an aluminum bumper that saved 48kg of emissions over a steel bumper, and an aluminum engine block that saved approximately 280MJ of energy and 20kg of emissions per kg of aluminum used. Using 7 million tons of aluminum in cars globally in 2006 could save around 140 million tons of emissions.

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    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector

    A study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) in Heidelberg, concludes that lightweighting passenger cars, trucks, rail vehicles, nautical vessels and aircraft would have a significant impact on global, transportation-related GHG emissions.

    As a general indicator 1 kg of aluminium replacing conventional vehicle materials

    has the potential to eliminate


    20 kg of CO2 during the operating life of the average vehicle

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Measures to reduce energy consumption should concentrate on the in-use stage
    The in-use stage of the average vehicles life cycle represents more than 80% of total energy consumption Whereas the material production, manufacturing and end-of-life stages represent less than 20%

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Life cycle example 1: Bumper
    The bumpers of two similar European cars were compared
    Similar vehicle weight (1,100 to 1,200 kg) Similar diesel consumption of 6 litres per 100 km Same crash testing requirements

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Life cycle example 1: Bumper
    Bumper specifics:
    Mass of aluminium bumper: 3.2 kg Mass of high strength steel bumper: 5.8 kg The aluminium solution gives 45% direct weight savings No indirect saving included in this example Total recycling rate 91% for both bumpers

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Life cycle example 1: Bumper
    The full life cycle of both solutions were compared, including the full production chain, use and recycling.
    Utilizing public available information on production, usage and recycling. Observing the principles of life cycle assessment per ISO standard 14044 with regards to energy and greenhouse gas emissions.

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Life cycle example 1: Bumper
    With a lifetime of 200,000 km the aluminium bumper saves
    48 kg greenhouse gas emissions compared to the equivalent high strenght steel bumper. Or 15 kg CO2eq per kg aluminium

    Carbon footprint
    Aluminium bumper: 67 kg CO2eq Steel bumper: 115 kg CO2eq

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Life cycle example 2: Motor block
    This medium weight compact car has a mass of 1,250 kg and a gasoline consumption of 7.5 litres per 100 km. The car manufacturer has studied an aluminium version and a steel version with identical performance characteristics Mass of aluminium component: 16.4 kg Mass of steel component: 31.0 kg Mass difference: 14.6 kg Indirect mass savings: 23% of 14.6 kg = 3.4 kg Effective weight savings: 18.0 kg

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    Life cycle example 2: Motor block
    Results for this compact car show, after a lifetime driving distance of 200,000 km, savings
    of approximately 280 MJ per kg of aluminium in primary energy and about 20 CO2eq per kg of aluminium in greenhouse gas.

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    The use of 7 million tonnes of aluminium for passenger car components manufactured in 2006, instead of heavier materials, will result in potential global savings of:
    approximately 140 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions primary energy equivalent to around 55 billion litres of crude oil

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Aluminium industry will:
    Continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its production facilities

    Transport design should:


    Optimise vehicle recycling
    Aluminium scrap is recyclable, has a high value and low energy needs during the recycling process

    Optimise energy inputs in manufacture and use

    Improving Sustainability in the Transport Sector


    Full report available on IAI website
    www.world-aluminium.org

    Model and case studies available on request


    [email protected]

    IFEU reports
    H. Helms, U. Lambrecht and U. Hpfner: Energy savings by light-weighting, IFEU (2003) H. Helms and U. Lambrecht: Energy savings by lightweighting, part II IFEU (2004) H. Helms and U. Lambrecht: The Potential Contribution of Light-Weighting to Reduce Transport Energy Consumption. Int. J. LCA 12 (2) 140 (2007), pp. 5864

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