Digital Camera (PSC-ID: AP)

2003/4/21 rev. 1

Note: Requirements here are for development of EcoLeaf™ environmental labels.
consent of EcoLeaf™ program office is strictly prohibited.
No. Major key
Minor keyClass
Requirements
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Preconditions Target
product

Description

Use for any other purposes without

Digital Camera, main functions of which is to shoot a picture withlens with digital imaging device, then store to internal and/or
removable memory device.
The definition above is based on “Guideline for Noting Digital Still
Cameras Specifications in Catalogs”, CIPA, July 17, 2002(#JCIAGLA03). Details are available at:
http://www.cipa.jp/jcia/english/digital/pdf/JCIA_GLA03English.PDF

2Items to cover

Camera body and items come together in its standard package(accessories, packaging and manuals) to carry out standard functionof the product.
Notes for an exchangeable lens camera
Both cases (body only without lens, or body with lens) are acceptable.
(Exchangeable lens only is out of this PSC.)

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Product Data Production
Sheet (P.D.S.) stage
information
Input data for (Productthe LCI: Life itself)
Cycle
Inventoryanalyses

Target life cycleAllstages- Production(Boundary setting)- Distribution- Use- Disposition/Recycle
Materials and/oringredients of theproduct1. Parts treated as the class “A” (A parts, which environmental
impact information for processing and assembly at final
production site of, must be obtained.)
A. Optical components(1) Shooting lens(2) Finder lens(3) Prism mirror
Intended coverage for data collection: from materials acquired toparts completed.
B. Main circuit board(1) Multilayer substrate(2) Semiconductor package(3) Other electronic parts assembled(Note for selection of class A parts)
Category 1 and 2 listed above should be chosen in principle.
However, 1 or 2 only is still acceptable, should the datacollection on another be very difficult to make. Specify items
chosen at Section E of PEAD using illustrative sentence in thiscase.
“Parts, of which environmental impact information forprocessing and assembly at final production site are obtained,are:(List corresponding parts hereafter, out of 1-A- (1) to (3) and2-A- (1) to (3) above.)
2. Materials classification to list
- Ordinary Steel- Stainless steel- Aluminum- Copper- Titan- Magnesium alloy- Other metals- Thermoplastic resin- Heat-hardening resin
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2003/4/21 rev. 1Requirements- Rubber- Glass- Paper- Wood- Assembled circuit board- Batteries- Electromagnetic steel plate
List name of corresponding Basic Unit for other materials.
(Note: Coaxial cable should be dissected to obtain math breakdown
data by material.)
3. Materials input
Math breakdown of materials input equals to a breakdown of final
product under EcoLeaf program. Obtain over 90% of materials
breakdown data of final product, and then distributeproportionally each material to make 100%.

5Product Data Production
Sheet (P.D.S.) stage
information
Input data for (Productionthe LCI: Life site)
Cycle
Inventory
analyses

Materials and1. Input / Consumption
Energy for- Electricity
input/consumption- Heavy oil
and- Light oil
discharge/emission- Kerosene- Gasoline- LNG- Municipal gas- LPG- Drinking water- Industrial water- Ground water
2. Discharge/Emission
Not specified. List items as identified important by reportingorganization.
3. Impact items related to Site-to-Site transportation of input
materials and energy
Items only in following conditions are included.
- Transportation between oversea site and domestic site
- Related to the “A class” parts, defined at Sec. 4-1.
4. By-product and Sub-materials*
Not included into data items collected.
(*: Put into, then discharged from production process - notincluded into final product.)
5. Exceptional treatment, in case that actual data collection at
production site is impossible.
Calculate the environmental impact of production system, by
doubling the Basic Unit for “Assembly” process times math of theproduct.

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Product Data Distribution
Sheet (P.D.S.) stage
information
Input data for
the LCI: LifeCycle
Inventoryanalyses

Producttransportation

1. Transportation from final production site to Customer/Retail shop
- Method, Loading Ratio: Reporting organization should set themodel.
- Gross transportation distance: 100 km- Consolidated shipping materials: Excluded.
(Rationale: Recycled in most case, and the environmental impact“per product” should be negligible in overall LCA data.
2. Transportation between Overseas and Domestic at production
stage should be included.

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Product Data Use stage
Sheet (P.D.S.) information

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ClassRequirements

Conditions

1. Use mode
- Duration of service
1,000 shoots per year, then five years.
Playback and Deletion excluded.
- Battery life
Measuring method should follow to the guideline: planned to be
published by CIPA in principle. Until publication of that, use
ordinal method of reporting organization’s, in specifying thecondition at “Note” section of PEIDS. See Section 9-3 for details.

Input data for
the LCI: LifeCycleInventoryanalyses

2. How to obtain usage of the battery
a. Primary batteries- Number of batteries consumed
Calculate with fractions rounded-up, in using obtained life
data at Sec. 7-1.
- Wrapping materials should be excluded.
b. Secondary battery- Calculate electric energy to charge-up the battery.
Use 50% as charging efficiency.
(Charging efficiency = Battery output / AC input)- Actual measuring condition should be as follows.
Starting point of charge: Auto shut-off by battery voltage down
End point of charge: Charge-up indication on Charger Unit.
Note: Deterioration is not considered for calculation.
(Life of secondary battery for Digital Camera is much longer.)
3. Material / Energy consumption related by malfunction
Not considered in this PSC, since malfunction is not assumed instandard life-cycle scenario here.
4. Handling of an individual packing materials
Impact and deduction, related to the portion subjected to a recycle
condition set by the “Law concerning recycle of container andwrapping,” should be excluded.
(Qty to be recycled = Projected qty to be disposed x a coefficient)
5. Handling of a primary batteries consumed- Treat as non-burnable (not consider recycling), since actual
collection ratio is still very low at present, unfortunately.
- Impact by disposition should be calculated by actual weight ofthe battery consumed.
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Product Data Disposition
Sheet (P.D.S.) and Recycle
stage
Input data for
the LCI: Life
Cycle
Inventory
analyses

Conditions

1. Treat papers as burnable.
2. Treat others including body itself and secondary batteries asnon-burnable. This is in same idea to Sec. 7.5 shown above.

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ProductInventory
Environment analyses
alInformation
Declaration
Sheet(P.E.I.D.S.)

Life Cycle
Inventory
calculation rules

1. Method to obtain impact of battery production
Follow to the formula shown below, in using 1) a EcoLeaf Basic
Unit for Alkaline Manganese primary battery production “U” (/kg),2) Nominal voltage of subject type of battery “V” (volt), and 3)
Nominal service capacity of the battery “A” (mAh).
Refer endnote for the grounds of this method.
U x V x A x 47 / 3,900,000
2. Treatment in case Sec. 5-5 (simplified calculation method) isadopted.
- Add following sentence to “Notes” section of PEIDS sheet.
“Environmental impact by production system is obtained by
calculation, in doubling math of the product times the EcoLeaf
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Requirements
Basic Unit for “Assembly”, since actual data collection at
production site was impossible this time.”
3. Treatment in case “Battery life” is measured in ordinal method ofreporting organization’s, as explained at Sec. 7-1.
List following items to “Notes” section of PEIDS sheet.
- Ratio of the flash usage- Condition of the LCD backlight usage- Shooting interval- Number of pixels set for shooting

10ProductImpact
Environment analyses
alInformation
Declaration
Sheet(P.E.I.D.S.)

Additional impact
category

Ozone depletion and Eutrophication are excluded.

11

Breakdown
data sheet(Product DSrelated)

Dataprocessing

Allocation rule

No unified rule is set. Set as needed by reporting organization.

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Breakdown
data sheet(Product DSrelated)

Datacollection

Coverage

Reasonable substitution by design specification, business plan, and/or data
including Basic Unit can be used for data, if actual data to measure has notbeen available since the target product is newly launched.

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Breakdown
data sheet(Product DSrelated)

Cut-off rules

Specify if a cut-off rule is adopted (for environmental impact byassembly, etc.), with its ground14

Breakdown
data sheet(PEIDSrelated)

Database

Application rule of Item > Basic Unit to apply
EcoLeaf Unified- Electronic flash, Flexible PCB, CCD, LCD, Recording media >Basic Units
Assembled circuit board- Optical glass > Glass- Harness > Copper plate- Small sized motor > Electromagnetic steel plate- Batteries (Primary and Secondary) > Calculate using Basic Unit ofAlkaline Manganese battery, and the formula defined at Sec. 9-1.
- Mg alloy > Sum of Basic Unit of stainless steel plate production
and press molding: Iron.
- Other electronic parts to be assembled > Assembled circuit board

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Breakdown
data sheet(PEIDSrelated)

Database

Addition of BasicUnitTitan

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Breakdown
data sheet(PEIDSrelated)

Database

Addition ofCharacterization
factor

None

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PEAD

Section C

Product
specification- Actual pixels (following to the “Guideline for Noting Digital Still
Cameras Specifications in Catalogs” by CIPA)- Standard lens comes with the product- Focal length (following to the CIPA guideline, including converted
value to 135.)- F no.
- With or without flash system- Type of media (Compact Flash, Smart Media, Memory Stick, etc.)- Size- Mass (excluding battery and media)- Type of the battery included (specify type: Primary/Secondary)- Other items included- Auto Focus, Waterproof, exchangeable lens system: optional
notation
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Minor key

ClassRequirements

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Section E

Items to list

Mandatory
Global Warming, Acidification, Energy consumption

PEAD

Optional
Mineral resource consumption
Add following notes to the bottom- “Data listed here includes environmental impacts by all batteries
to be consumed for product life, but by recording media
additionally purchased by customer”- “Type of the battery used is assumed as a same type to what camewith the product.”
19PEAD

Supplemental
environmenta
l information

List additional environmental related information, which can beverified as needed. Specifically, items listed below can be presented.
- Environmental labeling obtained: Type I or III- ISO 14001 certification- Certifications, Accreditations and/or Recognitions by officialorganizations such as Nation or Industrial association.
Finally, elimination status on use of hazardous chemicals.
target 1) Life Cycle Stage, 2) Parts and 3) Chemical(s).

Specify(Above listed follows to Sec. 19 on appendix 3 “Requirements of thePSC” of the EcoLeaf guideline.)[Endnote re: Details of battery life calculation and stages to include]
Various types of lithium type (mainly) batteries are used for Digital Camera products. However inventory on production
process for such various type of batteries can not be calculated directly, since Basic Unit data available by EcoLeaf Basic
Unit DB for battery products are limited to Alkaline-Manganese type (primary), Manganese type (primary), andLead-acid storage type (secondary) only for now. Therefore, this PSC sets a method to calculate by the formula shown
below, in assumption that the inventory on battery production process has correlation to the amount of electrical power
stored (Voltage x Service capacity)
1. According to reports by various Camera companies related, the CR123A, typical lithium type battery for Camera
product (nominal voltage: 3 volt, nominal service capacity: 1,300 mAh), and two of LR6 (AA type Alkaline-Manganesebattery) in series connection, provides same life for Camera products. In light of this fact, the impact by CR123A canbe calculated by using EcoLeaf Basic Unit data “U” (/kg) for Alkaline-Manganese battery as follows.
Environmental Impact by production of CR123A = The impact of two LR6 (nominal weight: 23.5 g per unit) = “U” x 23.5/1,000 x 2 …”L”

By this logic, following formula has been set for calculation of environmental impact by various types of battery.
The impact of a target battery= “L” x (nominal voltage “V” / 3) x (nominal service capacity “A” / 1,300)= “U” x “V” x “A” x 47/3,900,000

Reference: Voltage, Service capacity of principal batteries
CR2: 3 V, 750 mAh / CR123A: 3 V, 1,300 mAh / 2CR5: 6 V, 1,300 mAh
2. Stages to count battery related impacts should be as follows.
- Impact by production of batteries included to the product package:- Impact by production of batteries used at “Use” stage:- Impact by disposal of batteries used at “Use” stage:- Impact by disposal of batteries with used body:/ CR-V3p: 3 V, 3,000 mAh

Production stage
Use stage
Use stage
Disposition and Recycling stage

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