The Comeback of the Hydraulic Lift

摘要

The ELCA association (European Lift & Lift Component Association) asked the ITAINNOVA laboratory (Saragossa university - Aragon, Spain) to do a series of Life Cycle Assessments of both hydraulic and traction lifts and compare the results obtained, in terms of environmental impact. ITAINNOVA collected data on recent generations of both types of lifts and compiled them for comparison. Calculation method using as CML-IA, baseline EU25 and ReCIPe as recommended by the PCR draft for lifts (Environdec). LCA software used is SimPro 8.0.3. The database implemented in this software is Ecoinvent v3.1. Environmental impact categories included in the study are Climate change: kgCO2e and ReCIPe: Pt (points). The results show that hydraulic lifts have a lighter environmental footprint than traction lifts for Usage categories 1 and 2 (50 and 125 trips/day), and partly for category 3 (300 trips/day) during the first 20 years. Traction lifts have a better environmental performance for Usage category 3 (over a 20 years life span) and higher.