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8 Five Steps to Eco Design // C. Materials and Environmental Data The tools described above all require the right data. Granta not only embeds this data within its Eco Audit, materials selection, and restricted substance software, it also provides it as a unique series of reference data modules (Table 4), enabling users to search and browse to find specific information. All data is compiled and reviewed by subject experts f rom some of the best sources available; details of data sources are provided within the data modules, providing full traceability. Data Module Content Summary Attributes and Properties MaterialUniverse Eco Data Generic property data on 4,100+ engineering materials and 240 processes, allowing comparison and selection for metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and natural materials For each material: up to 60 engineering properties, 25 eco properties (e.g., energies, emissions, end-of-life), plus cost data Restricted Substances Covers 11,000 substances and more than 125 national and international regulations, legislation lists, and industry standards that impact those substances Substance records provide property information and links to relevant regulations. Legislation record describes the regulation and links to records for affected substances Coatings Describes 140+ coatings and 450+ surface treatments. Helps decisions, particularly relating to restricted substances More than 60 attributes per coating: e.g., mechanical properties, restricted substances, cost, substitution Critical Materials Identify and understand materials supply risk based on factors such as geopolitical risk, physical scarcity, coproduction risk, conflict mineral risk, and price volatility Supply risk data for 67 key elements, including rare earths. Elements can be linked to 3,500+ materials, enabling you to identify those at risk ecoinvent Key Materials Indicators Key materials indicators for sustainability assessments world-wide, enabling verification of the environmental impacts of materials, processes, transportation, farming, fishing, inf rastructure, waste, energy, fuel, water and many more aspects Over 19,000 records with four key environmental impact indicators such as CO2 footprint and embodied energy. Includes background information, validity and geographic location per record E. Open Ecosystem Material Intelligence One key concept throughout this white paper has been embedding environmental considerations into the routine design process, as early as possible. One obvious way to do this is to provide these practical eco design tools within routine engineering and business software — for example, within computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE), and product life cycle management (PLM) systems. The MI Materials Gateway technology enables this functionality. It allows Granta to integrate tools directly into Ansys and third-party software, acting as a single point of truth for all material attributes. In principle, the tools and data described are provided within the user's native design environment — no tool-hopping required. Figure 9: The MI Materials Gateway tool can be used across a wide range of CAD, CAE, and PLM solutions. Seen here with Ansys Workbench. Table 4: Unique material data from Ansys' extensive library of reference data.

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