PLEX – Plastic Litter EXtension for ecoinvent
Plastic pollution has gained attention as plastic production and use keeps growing while sustainable waste management is lacking; the amount of waste is expected to triple by 2060 [1,2]. Although many different environmental impacts are considered in common LCAs,...
Mastering openLCA 2: New manual release!
We're happy to announce the release of our openLCA 2 Manual! This comprehensive guide is designed to help users, whether experienced or beginners, make the most of openLCA 2. Where to get it: We're proud to offer a web-based handbook instead of a traditional PDF...
Extended deadline for abstract submission for openLCA.conf
The deadline for submitting abstracts to the openLCA conference has been extended until the 19.11.23. Thank you to quite some many that already have submitted your work – we have had very good applications from a variety of topics. If you didn’t manage to meet the...
New impact direction feature in openLCA
Starting with version 2.0 and the current version 2.0.3 of openLCA, a new feature was introduced to set the impact direction of impact categories:The default set value is "unspecified" and all characterisation factors inside the characterisation factors tab of an...
New and exciting update: openLCA 2.0.3
We have just released a new update for openLCA. Now in version 2.0.3, openLCA has seen a big improvement on calculation speed thanks to the incorporation of the Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL). MKL stands as an optimized and efficient library for mathematical and...
Carbon Minds Chemical Database – 2023 Update
Carbon Minds has updated their cm.chemicals database, now in version 2.00, in October this year, and is planing to release further updates every March, starting next year. You can read the latest documentation, and see more information about the database, including...
