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TRACI 2.1 impact categories

TRACI 2.1 is available with a full a Ecoinvent license

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The TRACI 2.1 impact categories are available for users with a full Ecoinvent license.

Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and other environmental Impacts (TRACI)

TRACI 2.1 (the Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and other environmental Impacts) is an environmental impact assessment method developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

It provides characterization factors for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA), industrial ecology, and sustainability metrics. Characterization factors quantify the potential impacts that inputs and releases have on specific impact categories in common equivalence units. Impact categories include:

TRACI 2.1 impact categories

List of the TRACI 2.1 impact categories and corresponding units.

Impact category

Unit

Acidification

kg SO2 eq

Eutrophication

kg N eq

Freshwater ecotoxicity

CTUeco

Global warming

kg CO2 eq

Human health - cancer

CTUcancer

Human health - non-cancer

CTUnoncancer

Human health - particulate matter

PM 2.5 eq

Ozone depletion

kg CFC-11 eq

Smog formation

kg O3 eq

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