by Ashrakat | Aug 26, 2024 | Databases
The SOCA v3.0 database, a social impact add-on to the ecoinvent v3.10 database, is now available. Ecoinvent already contains data to calculate environmental impacts and information on costs, which can be used in life cycle costing (LCC). However, it has lacked... by Julia Cilleruelo | Aug 19, 2024 | Databases
The PLEX database is an add-on to the ecoinvent APOS unit database that has the aim to quantify plastic littering along the supply chain. The first iteration was done by Ciroth & Kuoame (2019)[1] and the latest update came about in July 2023[2], for ecoinvent... by Kadambari Zokarkar | Aug 5, 2024 | Software
openLCA allows you to include many different functions, operators and constants in your models. For example, you can use formulas and parameters at the “amounts” in exchanges (input/output table in processes). Sometimes these formulas become complex. For... by Julia Cilleruelo | Jul 31, 2024 | Databases
We would like to announce the update of the Circularity Package for openLCA, now in its version 2. The database incorporates circularity indicators and traces circularity variables on top of ecoinvent 3.10 cut-off database. That is, the user can make a usual LCA model... by Sarah Serafini | Jul 22, 2024 | Life Cycle Impact Assessment
A new update of the openLCA LCIA Method package (v2.4.3) is now available on Nexus. These are the main highlights of the update: Revised land use impact category for the EF 3.1 method, specifically: Added regionalized impact factors (e.g. “Occupation, industrial area”... by Julia Cilleruelo | Jul 8, 2024 | Databases
The latest update of ÖKOBAUDAT database is now available in for openLCA. This database is the mandatory database for the Assessment System for Sustainable Building in Germany (Bewertungssystem Nachhaltiges Bauen, BNB). Datasets are provided for various building... by Julia Cilleruelo | Jul 8, 2024 | Databases
Since July 2024, openLCA users can download ProBas for openLCA in its latest version, through openLCA Nexus: https://nexus.openlca.org/database/ProBas. This database from the German Environment Agency (UmweltbBundesamt) includes datasets on energy, materials &... by Jonas Hoffmann | Jul 4, 2024 | Software
With the release of openLCA 2.2, we also provide an updated version of openLCA handbook manual with the following changes: The openLCA 2.2’s soda4LCA functions are now described in the manual Novel soda4LCA feature in openLCA is described now in the EPD section... by Julia Cilleruelo | Jun 27, 2024 | Databases
cm.chemicals database update was released by Carbon Minds in May 2024, and it is now available for openLCA. You can purchase the updated database through openLCA Nexus, where you can find all of the documentation under “documentation” tab:... by Kadambari Zokarkar | Jun 21, 2024 | openLCA releases
Following the release of openLCA 2.1.1 earlier this year, we are now ready with openLCA 2.2 as of June 2024. Apart from welcoming you with a new green splash on the homepage to reflect the change in seasons, this version includes quite some new updates: Enhanced...