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TCAce software integrates environmental life cycle
assessment and scenario-based risk analysis to provide a
complete understanding of all potential environmental and
health related costs associated with a process or product.
With applications in product, process, and facility
investment decision-making, TCAce allows the user to
implement the
Total Cost Assessment (TCA) methodology
developed in collaboration with industry. TCAce integrates
scenario case studies and sensitivity/ uncertainty/risk
analysis into your existing economic evaluation framework to
give you the information you need to make sound decisions
that consider all environmental, health, and safety issues.
Companies have estimated that a single TCAce analysis has
improved expected decision profitability by millions of
dollars.
When used effectively, TCAce
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Protects and improves brand value
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Dramatically reduces manufacturing costs
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Identifies best environmental and economic options
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Maximizes profit and reduces risks
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TCAce
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Provides for complete assessment of environmental and
environ-mentally- related human health costs |
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Integrates life cycle assessment with life cycle cost
analysis |
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Facilitates and documents collaborative scenario planning
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Provides input for process, project, or corporate-level
investment decision making |
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Applies to a broad range of business environments
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How did TCAce come about?
An industry collaboration of ten companies led by the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Center for Waste
Reduction Technologies (CWRT) developed the
Total Cost Assessment methodology. This
team defined the requirements for TCAce as a tool to support and
extend the TCA methodology. Sylvatica developed the software,
which was then tested and approved by the CWRT industry
collaboration.
In what types of decisions can TCAce assist?
Designed for internal managerial decision making, TCAce can help
determine design, focus, or investment areas for any size
project, process, or business decision.
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Should we use ethanol or another solvent in our process?
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Should our plant be located in an urban or a rural location?
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Where should we focus our E&H dollars? |
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Is product A or product B more likely to have E&H
consequences and costs in the future?
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Who Needs TCAce?
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Product/process designers in the design stage of new
products and processes |
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Engineers in the assessment of environmental projects
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Business managers and analysts in developing product and
business strategy |
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Environmental managers, to determine financial priorities
and to reduce a company's future risks and liabilities
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Investors, to assess an enterprise's E&H risk and
liabilities |
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Owners and shareholders, because of the potential impact
environmental costs may have on the financial return on
their investment in the enterprise |
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Customers, suppliers, regulators, and anyone else interested
in determining total costs related to environmental issues
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TCAce Prices?
| A$4280.00 ex GST for commercial version |
| A$2140.00 ex GST for educational version |
To order TCAce contact Tim Grant at
tim@lifecycles.com.au
TCAce comes with:
TCAce is based on the powerful Analytica tool, and the
TurboPlayer version is included when you make your purchase
(more powerful versions are avavailable on request). TCAce
also includes the documentation,
manual tools, and
data developed by the AIChE.
"TCAce is being selectively piloted in Dow Chemical with
positive results. I see TCA as an important tool in
achieving the sustainable development objectives out-lined
in the Dow 'Public Report 1999'."
Duane Koch, Waste Minimization Manager, Dow Chemical
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