The objective of the RAVEL project is to develop a workbench consisting of a set of tools that enable the designer to improve the eco efficiency of railway vehicles during their entire life cycle by at least 25% (compared to older comparable products).

RAVEL will, to achieve this,

• facilitate the improvement of environmental performance by supplying a handbook with design guidelines.
• establish means to perform both a conceptual and a detailed environmental assessment and to compare those to corresponding LCC evaluations, performed according to separate techniques.
• provide an inventory software tool to support the collection of relevant environmental data in a structured manner.
• propose a standard for the set of environmental data and definition of environmental documentation of eco-efficiency of products to the benefit of the operator.