Eco-efficiency characterization tool

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• determine a first eco-efficiency characterization associated with a first design of manufacturing equipment based on one or more of water eco-efficiency characterization, emissions eco-efficiency characterization, or electrical energy eco-efficiency characterization, wherein the water eco-efficiency characterization, the emissions eco-efficiency characterization, the electrical energy eco-efficiency characterization, and the first eco-efficiency characterization are associated with an amount of environmental impact generated by the manufacturing equipment per unit product produced by the manufacturing equipment;
• compare the first eco-efficiency characterization to a second eco-efficiency characterization that is associated with a second design of the manufacturing equipment;
• and
• implement the second design of the manufacturing equipment responsive to determining, based on the comparing, that the second eco-efficiency characterization is associated with a lower amount of environmental impact per unit product than the first eco-efficiency characterization.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• determine a first eco-efficiency characterization associated with a first design of manufacturing equipment based on one or more of water eco-efficiency characterization, emissions eco-efficiency characterization, or electrical energy eco-efficiency characterization, wherein the water eco-efficiency characterization, the emissions eco-efficiency characterization, the electrical energy eco-efficiency characterization, and the first eco-efficiency characterization are associated with an amount of environmental impact generated by the manufacturing equipment per unit product produced by the manufacturing equipment;
• compare the first eco-efficiency characterization to a second eco-efficiency characterization that is associated with a second design of the manufacturing equipment;
• and
• implement the second design of the manufacturing equipment responsive to determining, based on the comparing, that the second eco-efficiency characterization is associated with a lower amount of environmental impact per unit product than the first eco-efficiency characterization.