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 & products, transport services, disposal, and other services as both unit and system processes.
The recent release has three different versions available, which can be combined or also used separately:
- Probas2_basis
- Probas2_public
- Probas2_Aufstockung
The database was obtained from the public repository node: https://data.probas.umweltbundesamt.de/unitgroupList.xhtml?stock=PUBLIC, and adapted to openLCA. Still, the database shows to have intrinsic issues, e.g. there are no default providers. We are in discussion with the Umweltbundesamt about this matter.
For a full documentation made by GreenDelta, please visit: /wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Probas-2-database-Information-July-2024-final.pdf
To download the database, please visit: https://nexus.openlca.org/database/ProBas