The ecoinvent database version 3 (part I): overview and methodology¶
Wernet, G., Bauer, Steubing, Reinhard, Moreno-Ruiz, & Weidema, B. (. T. e. d. v. 3. (. I. O. (2016). The ecoinvent database version 3 (part I): overview and methodology. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 21(9), 1218-1230.
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Primes¶
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- The cost is substantial: a rigorous, peer-reviewed LCA for a complex product can require 3-6 months of analyst time, database licensing costs (with the ecoinvent database (2020) the de facto reference for unit-process inventories), and specialized software; simplified streamlined LCA tools reduce cost but with increased uncertainty and reduced methodological rigor.
This sourceDocuments the structure, system models, and licensing model of ecoinvent, the dominant LCA unit-process inventory database.
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The abstract supports only the ecoinvent clause: it calls ecoinvent the largest transparent unit-process LCI database worldwide, and is silent on analyst months, licensing costs and streamlined-tool trade-offs.
“Practitioners generally make use of LCI databases for such data, and the ecoinvent database is the largest transparent unit-process LCI database worldwide.”
- The cost is substantial: a rigorous, peer-reviewed LCA for a complex product can require 3-6 months of analyst time, database licensing costs (with the ecoinvent database (2020) the de facto reference for unit-process inventories), and specialized software; simplified streamlined LCA tools reduce cost but with increased uncertainty and reduced methodological rigor.
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