openLCA LCIA Method package 2.4.5 update released
A new update of the openLCA LCIA Method package (v2.4.5) is now available on Nexus. These are the main highlights of the update: IPCC 2021: Corrected CFs for Methane flows in IPCC 2021 GWP 100: From 27.9 to 29.8 for fossil Methane flows. From 27.9 to 27.0 for...
New! Calculate Material Criticality with openLCA
It is now possible to calculate an LCA model for Material Criticality using openLCA. The methodology was developed as part of the SH2E project[1] and is enabled through an LCIA Method in the ecoinvent 3.10 cut-off database. About the methodology Created by...
New SOCA V3.0 release – social add-on to ecoinvent
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...
PLEX, the plastic litter database, now updated
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...
Formula Interpreter in openLCA
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 that you can...
Circularity Package for openLCA is now in version 2
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...
