Projects	Life Cycle Assessments of vehicles, assembly groups, components and processes.
Project  aims	Applicability of results in the development process
Results	The establishment of environmental aspects throughout the development process of Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
Publication	With the support of PE INTERNATIONAL, the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the  world's first automobile with an Enviromental Certificate.  To see the Enviromental Certificate, please click here.

Goal and   Scope	Development-oriented life cycle analysis for the new development of a 'Green Seat' (disassembly-optimised construction, adoption of biodegradable renewable raw materials for seat coverings). Comparison of the 'Green Seat' with a series-production seat in terms of environmental impacts.
Results	Ascertainment of the environmental impacts from the manufacture of the 'Green Seat' from as early on as its development stage.
	Identification of weak points throughout the whole life cycle.
	Highlighting of optimisation potentials that lead towards an environmentally-compatible product.

Goal and  Scope	Development-oriented life cycle analysis for steering wheels, from a technical, economic and ecological angle. Comparison of differences with respect to their environmental impacts.
Results	Identification of the most technically, economically and environmentally advantageous type of steering wheel.
	Conclusion: none of the development options had significant environmental disadvantages.
	Application of the process-based cost analysis in Controlling.