LCA of Stage Performances - Life Cycle Assessment of an Opera and a Theatre Stage Performance

Abstract: Traditionally are LCA studies carried out for products, but in this project is the LCAmethodology used to analyze services. The goal of this study is to investigate theenvironmental impact from a stage performance in the Göteborg Opera and a stageperformance in the Regionteater Väst. The project is divided into several minor LCAstudies. The first is an accounting LCA study; one part is for the Regionteater Västand one part is for the Göteborg Opera. The specific question the LCA study answersis what contributes most to the environmental impact in the Regionteater Väst and theGöteborg Opera. The results, presented by categories, for Regionteater Väst show thatbuilding services, transports and materials have the largest emissions. They are 2 kgCO2 eqv/one sold ticket, 3 kg CO2 eqv/one sold ticket and 1.5 kg CO2 eqv/one soldticket respectively. In the same way, the results for the Göteborg Opera show thatbuilding services contribute with, 3kg CO2 eqv/one sold ticket, the transport with 1.7kg CO2 eqv /one sold ticket and the materials with 6 kg CO2 eqv/one sold ticket.A comparative LCA study is done from a consumer scenario; consume a stageperformance in the Regionteater Väst or in the Göteborg Opera. The results showsthat it is better to consume a stage performance in the Regionteater Väst compared tothe Göteborg Opera from an environmental point of view. The total emission from theRegionteater Väst is 9.4 kg CO2 eqv/one sold ticket and for the Göteborg Opera it is15.3 kg CO2 eqv/one sold ticket.A comparative LCA study is done of what is worst for the environment; consume astage performance in the Regionteater Väst/the Göteborg Opera or a T-shirt. From theresults is it possible to understand what and why is worst for the environment. Theemission for the T-shirt is 3.4 kg CO2 eqv/T-shirt inclusive the shopping tour.A variation analysis is carried out. The number of visitors to the stage performancesand what type of vehicle they use back and forth are important factors. For example,the CO2 emissions are reduced by 2 kg per one sold ticket for the Regionteater Västand for the Göteborg Opera when the numbers of visitors increase with 15% insteadof decrease with 15%.There are some recommendations. The employees at Regionteater Väst and theGöteborg Opera should use more public transport and reduce the usage of electricity.The Göteborg Opera should reduce the usage of polycarbonate plastic. It is better tovisit a stage performance in the Regionteater Väst instead of one in the GöteborgOpera. Finally, to consume a T-shirt is better than visiting a stage performance.