University of West Bohemia. Faculty of electrical engineering. Department of electrical power engineering and environmental engineering
Abstract
The paper deals with the definition of Life Cycle Check, it is very practical and usage tool for
environmental assessment of products. In the first part of the paper there is described the instruction
on how to proceed step by step. The Life Cycle Check helps to identify where the environmental
impacts lie and to identify on which stage of lifecycle we should focus on to reduce the negative
environmental impact. To obtain a complete overview of environmental issues of the product system
can be used a tool called the MECO matrix. The next part of a paper is demonstrated on practical
example that is focused on the life assessment of a fruit dryer. The practical realization was carried
out in the computer program CES Edu Pack