Mudga, DevanshuPagone, EmanueleAlkhunani, Rayan A.Salonitis, Konstantinos2021-12-032021-12-032021-11-26Mudgal D, Pagone E, Alkhunani RA, Salonitis K. (2021) Life-cycle-assessment of cast stone manufacturing: a case study. Procedia CIRP, Volume 104, pp. 624-629. 54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2021 (CIRP CMS 2021), 22-24 September 2021, Virtual Event2212-8271https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.11.105https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17307This research paper aims to perform a “cradle-to-gate” carbon dioxide emissions Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on cast stone products, i.e. to quantify their accumulated CO2 emissions from the extraction of raw materials to a complete finished product. The collected data is mapped using Energy Value Stream Mapping (EVSM) and Sankey diagrams. Areas of carbon footprint reduction are identified, and transportation, packaging and mold-making recommendations are made. The study was undertaken at a manufacturing facility located in the UK and based on three types of materials.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Life Cycle AssessmentCarbon FootprintEnergy Value Stream MappingSankey DiagramConference paper