openLCA LCIA Method package 2.7.0 update: IPCC 2021 (ISO 14067) now available

by | Nov 25, 2024 | Life Cycle Impact Assessment

The new update of the openLCA LCIA Method package (v2.7.0) is now available on Nexus.

These are the main highlights of the update:

IPCC 2021 (ISO 14067)

  • Method newly added: The impact method “IPCC 2021 (ISO 14067)” yields the same total results as “IPCC 2021 GWP 100 (non-fossil CO2 uptake and emission)” but with different sub-grouping of results according to ISO 14067: Aircraft, Biogenic Emissions, Biogenic Removals, Fossil fuels, Land use and land use change, Total.

AWARE 1.2

  • Updated, when possible, the CFs of special regional aggregations. At this link is it possible to find the updated documentation of the openLCA implementation (“Documents” section).

For AWARE 1.2 it’s also possible to download at this link (“Extension files to openLCA LCIA Methods”) the geoJSON setup file for this method, with the flow-binding already set, useful to access the native sub-watershed-level CFs. 

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.

The documentation for the TRACI 2.2 implementation in openLCA is available at the same link, in the “Documents” section.

 

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 “Update data sets with newer version”. This option will update the existing version of the method package with the newest one. At the end you will see the new folder and the old one, 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.

 

 

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