The Broad View and Life Cycle Cost of Alternatives

The Broad View and Life Cycle Cost of Alternatives 

One of the recognized barriers to the successful application of inherently safer technology is the lack of appreciation of the benefits that can be derived from viewing a process broadly rather than narrowly. Employing a cradle-to-grave and a feed-end-to-product-end view will lead to the development of processes which are as inherently safe as possible. Several examples of myopic design are  

At any given time individuals are more concerned with a particular unit operation, or with a particular life cycle stage of the process. A more broad approach, however, would require an analysis of the impact of the process on  

Tools to apply such a more broad view of a process would pay inherently safer dividends. One tool might include instructions on how to estimate the life cycle cost of proposed alternative solutions. Such a tool is not presently fully developed and available in the public domain. Training to assist in estimating life cycle cost is needed. 

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