Life Cycle Assessment and Design Optimisation of an Automotive Headlamp Control Unit
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Product Lifecycle Management. PLM in the Age of Model-Based Engineering in Industry : 22nd IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference, PLM 2025, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Fernando Mas; Carmelo Del Valle; Benoît Eynard; Louis Rivest; Abdelaziz Bouras. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2026. p. 326-335 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 772 IFIPAICT).
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T1 - Life Cycle Assessment and Design Optimisation of an Automotive Headlamp Control Unit
AU - Peitzmeier, Henning
AU - Ertem, Ahmet Burak
AU - Henke, Christian
AU - Traechtler, Ansgar
AU - Seibel, Arthur
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The increasing integration of electronic components in modern vehicles requires a comprehensive evaluation of their environmental impacts. While Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of complete vehicles are well-documented in literature, there remains a significant research gap regarding detailed environmental data for specific electronic products within automotive systems. This article addresses this gap by presenting an in-depth LCA of an automotive headlamp Electronic Control Unit (ECU), examining environmental impacts across all life cycle stages from cradle to grave. Our research not only quantifies the carbon footprint of the headlamp ECU but also identifies key environmental hotspots within its life cycle. Based on literature findings, this work proposes and evaluates targeted design optimisations to reduce these impacts. The findings demonstrate that strategic modifications to materials and production technologies, as well as energy efficiency, could potentially reduce the ECU’s carbon footprint depending on the utilisation scenario by up to 71 %.
AB - The increasing integration of electronic components in modern vehicles requires a comprehensive evaluation of their environmental impacts. While Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of complete vehicles are well-documented in literature, there remains a significant research gap regarding detailed environmental data for specific electronic products within automotive systems. This article addresses this gap by presenting an in-depth LCA of an automotive headlamp Electronic Control Unit (ECU), examining environmental impacts across all life cycle stages from cradle to grave. Our research not only quantifies the carbon footprint of the headlamp ECU but also identifies key environmental hotspots within its life cycle. Based on literature findings, this work proposes and evaluates targeted design optimisations to reduce these impacts. The findings demonstrate that strategic modifications to materials and production technologies, as well as energy efficiency, could potentially reduce the ECU’s carbon footprint depending on the utilisation scenario by up to 71 %.
KW - Automotive
KW - Electronic control unit
KW - Life cycle assessment
KW - Sustainable design
KW - Engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105023505726&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-09700-2_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-09700-2_32
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:105023505726
SN - 978-3-032-09699-9
SN - 978-3-032-09702-6
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 326
EP - 335
BT - Product Lifecycle Management. PLM in the Age of Model-Based Engineering in Industry
A2 - Mas, Fernando
A2 - Del Valle, Carmelo
A2 - Eynard, Benoît
A2 - Rivest, Louis
A2 - Bouras, Abdelaziz
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland
T2 - 22nd IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, PLM 2025
Y2 - 6 July 2025 through 9 July 2025
ER -