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EF3.1 impact categories

List of the impact categories available in Earthster required for PEF and OEF assessments

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The PEF (EF3.1) impact categories are available for users with a full Ecoinvent license.

Environmental Footprint methods

The European Commission proposed the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and Organisation Environmental Footprint (EF) methods as a common way of measuring environmental performance (EU Commission Recommendation 2021/2279). The PEF and OEF are the EU recommended Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based methods to quantify the environmental impacts of products (goods or services) and organisations.

EF3.1 impact categories

List of the impact categories considered in PEF/OEF you can access in Earthster with a full Ecoinvent license.

Impact category

Unit

Impact category Indicator

Acidification

mol H+ equivalents

Accumulated Exceedance – AE

Acidification_norm

dimensionless

Climate change

kg CO2 Equivalents

Radiative forcing as global warming potential – GWP100

Climate change_norm

dimensionless

Climate change-Biogenic

kg CO2-Equivalents

Radiative forcing as global warming potential – GWP100

Climate change-Fossil

kg CO2 Equivalents

Radiative forcing as global warming potential – GWP100

Climate change-Land use and land use change

kg CO2-Equivalents

Radiative forcing as global warming potential – GWP100

Ecotoxicity, freshwater

CTUe

Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems

Ecotoxicity, freshwater_inorganics

CTUe

Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems

Ecotoxicity, freshwater_norm

dimensionless

Ecotoxicity, freshwater_organics

CTUe

Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems

EF single score

dimensionless

EF-particulate Matter

disease incidence

Impact on human health

EF-particulate Matter_norm

dimensionless

Eutrophication marine

kg N equivalents

Fraction of nutrients reaching marine end compartment

Eutrophication marine_norm

dimensionless

Eutrophication, freshwater

kg P equivalents

Fraction of nutrients reaching freshwater end compartment

Eutrophication, freshwater_norm

dimensionless

Eutrophication, terrestrial

mol N equivalents

Accumulated Exceedance – AE

Eutrophication, terrestrial_norm

dimensionless

Human toxicity, cancer

CTUh

Comparative Toxic Unit for humans

Human toxicity, cancer_inorganics

CTUh

Comparative Toxic Unit for humans

Human toxicity, cancer_norm

dimensionless

Human toxicity, cancer_organics

CTUh

Comparative Toxic Unit for humans

Human toxicity, non-cancer

CTUh

Comparative Toxic Unit for humans

Human toxicity, non-cancer_inorganics

CTUh

Comparative Toxic Unit for humans

Human toxicity, non-cancer_norm

dimensionless

Human toxicity, non-cancer_organics

CTUh

Comparative Toxic Unit for humans

Ionising radiation, human health

kBq U235 equivalents

Human exposure efficiency relative to U-235

Ionising radiation, human health_norm

dimensionless

Land use

dimensionless (pt)

Soil quality index, representing the aggregated impact of land use on: Biotic production; Erosion resistance; Mechanical filtration; Groundwater replenishment

Land use_norm

dimensionless

Ozone depletion

kg CFC11 equivalents

Ozone Depletion Potential – ODP

Ozone depletion_norm

dimensionless

Photochemical ozone formation - human health

kg NMVOC equivalents

Tropospheric ozone concentration increase

Photochemical ozone formation - human health_norm

dimensionless

Resource use, fossils

MJ

Abiotic resource depletion, fossil fuels – ADP-fossil

Resource use, fossils_norm

dimensionless

Resource use, minerals and metals

kg Sb equivalents

Abiotic resource depletion – ADP ultimate reserves

Resource use, minerals and metals_norm

dimensionless

Water use

m3-world equivalents

Weighted user deprivation potential

Water use_norm

dimensionless

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