{"id":23259,"date":"2026-05-12T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/?p=23259"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:46:00","slug":"life-cycle-assessmentan-idea-an-approach-and-a-lot-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/en\/actu\/life-cycle-assessmentan-idea-an-approach-and-a-lot-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Life cycle assessment<br\/>&#8220;An idea, an approach, and a lot of work&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Developed for the boats competing in the Vend\u00e9e Globe, the <strong>Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)<\/strong> has now become the norm at VPLP Design and applies to all our racing, leisure marine and maritime transport projects. Under the supervision of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/katia-merle-51376719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katia Merle<\/a><\/em>, <em>structural engineer at VPLP since 2019 and contact for environmental subjects, and her assistant student engineer<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/charles-divry-40489b236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles Divry<\/a><\/em>, <em>this scheme has resulted in the <strong>in-house development of new tools<\/strong> that allow us to make the best compromises early in the initial design phase. Let\u2019s take a closer look. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-150x1.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-768x1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche.png 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cIn order to reduce environmental impact, you first need to be able to measure it.\u201d <\/strong><\/em>. It\u2019s from this common-sense premise that the IMOCA class set out to improve its green credentials in 2020. This project to update the class rules, to which VPLP Design was invited to contribute, drew heavily on the comprehensive study undertaken by 11th Hour Racing, originators of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marineshift360.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marine Shift 360<\/a> application in November 2024.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, France\u2019s leisure marine trade association La F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des Industries Nautiques (FIN), in collaboration with a diverse panel of boat builders, including Beneteau and Grand Large Yachting, undertook an in-depth study which has since been taken up by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eba.eu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Boating Association<\/a><\/strong>.<em> \u201cThese are ambitious and very long-term projects,\u201d<\/em> says Katia Merle. <em>\u201cWhile we wait for the publication of an appropriate standard, we felt it necessary to develop our own measuring tools.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While naval architects sitting in their offices might seem remote from the many sources of environmental impact (procurement of raw materials, production methods, recovery and processing of waste, boat use, etc.), they are also the <strong>people with the most intimate knowledge of the subject<\/strong>. <em>\u201cPly by ply, we know everything that has gone into the boat,\u201d she says. \u201cWe soon understood that we had to make an <strong>impact analysis with the same meticulousness and using the same tools as with a weight estimate<\/strong>.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-150x1.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-768x1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche.png 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2a0b6634879ddcd510042591210191e\" id=\"h-construction-and-equipment-a-fifty-fifty-split\" style=\"color:#6c879a\"><strong>Construction and equipment, a fifty-fifty split<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-150x1.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-768x1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche.png 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The vast spreadsheets which list each part of a sailing boat and its precise position aboard are now being enriched with a <strong>new factor that quantifies environmental impact<\/strong>. <em>\u201cToday, we know how to quantify with precision the CO2 emitted by the construction of a sandwich panel and its solid counterpart,\u201d explains Katia Merle. \u201cWe have also understood that, whatever the type of leisure marine boat, the composite structural parts on the one hand, and the fittings and equipment on the other, split <\/em> <em>the total impact fifty-fifty<\/em>. <em>While the scope of our input is limited to only some of these components, the observation has nevertheless encouraged us <strong>to pursue our efforts in expanding our LCA provision to every aspect of a boat fitted out for sea.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Divry adds: <em><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s up to us to work with the builders to get the missing data.<strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em> A student working part-time at VPLP as part of his Master\u2019s degree in Marine Engineering at Lorient University (UBS), Charles is also working on making the data readily accessible for the other members of the team and VPLP\u2019s clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the question of the benefits and savings arising from LCA will undoubtedly come up. <em>\u201cIn addition to studies undertaken on large leisure vessels,\u201d says Charles Divry, \u201cwe have also done a <strong>lot of work with Outremer<\/strong>. We have concluded from all this work that, if we apply simultaneously all the identified levers, <strong>the carbon footprint of boat construction could decrease by 10% to 20% without significantly altering the boats<\/strong>.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-150x1.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-768x1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche.png 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-576f933bd63c219a90aa6821248655ff\" id=\"h-a-question-of-carbon\" style=\"color:#6c879a\"><strong><strong>A question of carbon<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21219\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1033.8461538461538;width:20677px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-1024x1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-150x1.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche-768x1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vplp.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ligne-blanche.png 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the basis of VPLP\u2019s initial studies on the data, the construction of a boat represents only 30% of the impact of its entire life cycle, <strong>the remaining 70% being linked to fuel consumption<\/strong>. This ratio varies considerably according to operating profiles but it nevertheless raises the issues of boat weight and usage. The latter can be resolved through designs that promote sail propulsion, through improvements to mechanical propulsion, and by displaying recommendations for <strong>sustainable sailing<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While highly impacting during construction, carbon fibre could nevertheless become viable thanks to the weight saved both directly and indirectly, which in turn reduce fuel consumption. <em>\u201cOur studies, which looked at every aspect of our business, allowed us to clarify this issue and conclude that, within the context of building a cruising catamaran, for it to be worthwhile in terms of environmental considerations, a solution leveraging carbon fibre would have to generate much greater weight savings than it actually does. We are now in a position to be able to verify whether structural carbon fibre \u2018pays its way\u2019 aboard. For us, the definition of <strong>\u2018environmental performance\u2019 needs to be the new performance measurement.<\/strong>\u201d  <\/em>For Katia Merle, the first of these levers would be to abandon the use of carbon fibre for this type of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She concludes: <em>\u201cFor the construction of an electric ferry fitted with foils, using carbon fibre throughout the build could be worthwhile from an environmental viewpoint. The conclusion would not be the same for a cruising catamaran used by its owner, and different again for a boat destined for the charter business. What is certain is that the <strong>architect is supremely positioned to determine the right levers to pull<\/strong>, and that is very exciting!\u201d  <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developed for the boats competing in the Vend\u00e9e Globe, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has now become the norm at VPLP Design and applies to all our racing, leisure marine and maritime transport projects. 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