Patent ID: 8855991

Claim:
A print device environmental impact determination system, comprising: a processor; a first computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a database of life cycle assessment (LCA) model data for a plurality of print devices; a second computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a print device data warehouse, the data warehouse comprising operational data for a plurality of print devices; and a third computer-readable storage medium that holds programming instructions that instruct the processor to: identify a print device; identify an LCA model that is associated with the device; query an LCA service, wherein the query includes the identified LCA model; receive a reply from the LCA service, wherein the reply comprises a life-cycle phase model for the device, wherein the life-cycle phase model comprises a life cycle phase and a plurality of consumption variable categories that are associated with potential usage of the device during the phase; retrieve, from a print device data warehouse, consumption data for the device; identify a portion of the retrieved consumption data that corresponds to the consumption variable categories; query the LCA service to receive the identified portion of the retrieved consumption data that corresponds to the consumption variable categories; receive, from the LCA service, a reply comprising an assessment of environmental impact of the device during the life cycle phase based on the retrieved consumption data; and use the assessment to generate a report of environmental impact for the device.