Automated Life Cycle Assessment in Scalable and Flexible Manufacturing

Fredrik Hellman; Janne Hakala; William Antus; Andrë Norrback; Andreas Lundell; Jerker Björkqvist

Automated Life Cycle Assessment in Scalable and Flexible Manufacturing

Fredrik Hellman^*
, Janne Hakala
, William Antus
, Andrë Norrback
, Andreas Lundell
, Jerker Björkqvist^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Traditional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) procedures are time-consuming and rely heavily on manual input. In collaboration with Mirka, a Finnish manufacturing company producing abrasives, we integrate real-time data flows between production databases and LCA tools. This collaboration is ideal due to Mirka’s extensive product portfolio, containing thousands of different products, providing a strong foundation for demonstrating the scalability and versatility of the automated LCA framework. We utilize a data lakehouse architecture to enable seamless handling of diverse datasets often required for LCA, supporting near
real-time updates to sustainability metrics. This automated solution minimizes manual effort, adapts dynamically to operational data changes, and delivers a continuous
overview of environmental performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Automaatiopäivät 2025
Publisher	Suomen automaatioseura
Publication status	In preparation - 2025
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Life Cycle Assessment
Data Lakehouse
Real-time Data Integration
Automated LCA
Manufacturing

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DDSM: Data-Driven Sustainability Management
Björkqvist, J. (Principal Investigator), Lundell, A. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Sell, A. (Co-Principal Investigator)
Business Finland
01/05/23 → 31/01/26
Project: Industry/Business Finland

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Automated Life Cycle Assessment in Scalable and Flexible Manufacturing

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