openLCA LCIA Method package 2.7.3 update release

by | Mar 7, 2025 | Life Cycle Impact Assessment | 0 comments

The new update of the openLCA LCIA Method package (v2.7.3) is now available on Nexus.

These are the main highlights of the update:

Added flow

Strontium II (Emission to water/river)

IPCC 2021 (ISO 14067)

Impact direction changed from “Input” to “Outpur” for “IPCC 2021 (ISO 14067) – Biogenic Emissions impact category.

EF 3.1:

Added impact factors as follows:

  • Climate Change and Climate Change (fossil)
    1,1,1-Trifluoroethane (Emission to air, unspecified) – CF: 5810
    1,1,1-Trifluoroethane (Emission to air, unspecified) – CF: 5810
  • Ecotoxicity Freshwater and Ecotoxicity Freshwater (inorganics)
    Aluminium III (Emission to air, low population density, long-term) – CF: 2014,102353
    Aluminium III (Emission to water, river) – CF: 4351,936149
    Anthracene (Emission to water, river) – CF: 974460
    Fluoranthene (Emission to water, river) – CF: 380060
    Iron ion (Emission to water, river) – CF: 2108,501575
    Phenanthrene (Emission to water, river) – CF: 54744
    Pyrene (Emission to water, river) – CF: 2060600
    Strontium II (Emission to water, river) – CF: 18073,40979
  • Land Use

    Occupation, permanent crop, fruit (Resource, unspecified) – CF: 50,191

 

Where to obtain the latest openLCA LCIA Method package:

The method package is available on Nexus here: https://nexus.openlca.org/database/openLCA%20LCIA%20methods.

 

How to update the LCIA Methods in openLCA:

If you want to update the method package in a database that already contains the previous version, you have different options:

  • Delete the current version of the method package (both methods and impact categories folders) and then import the latest one,
  • Import the latest one and use the option “Overwrite all existing datasets”. This option will overwrite all the existing version of the method package with the newest one. At the end you will see the new folders and the old ones (both of methods and impact categories) which will be empty and you can safely delete.

We recommend to make a copy or a backup of the database in use before making any changes. Moreover, it’s not possible to have different version of the method package within the same database. In that case, we advise to have two copies of the same database with different versions of the methods imported.

 

 

For support requests you can contacts us on ask.openLCA.