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LCA methodology & data

LCA methodology, available impact methods and databases

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Life Cycle Assessment


Life Cycle Assessment in EarthsterLCA methodology, available impact methods and databases
Data in EarthsterThis article explains where Earthster gets its data from.
Functional unit in Earthster
Allocation in EarthsterThis article describes how to do allocations based on the ISO 14044 allocation hierarchy.
Recycling allocation: The cut-off approachUse the cut-off allocation approach for modelling recycling with Ecoinvent datasets

Databases


Ecoinvent: Allocation cut-off by classificationEarthster uses the “Allocation, cut-off by classification” system model for all the available Ecoinvent datasets.
Ecoinvent update: changes from version 3.6 to 3.9.1

Impact methods


EF3.1 impact categoriesList of the impact categories available in Earthster required for PEF and OEF assessments
IPCC 2021 impact categoriesIPCC 2021 is available with a full a Ecoinvent license
ReCiPe 2016 impact categoriesEarthster's default impact categories are part of ReCiPe 2016
TRACI 2.1 impact categoriesTRACI 2.1 is available with a full a Ecoinvent license
Viewing Other impact categoriesWith a full Ecoinvent license you can view more impact categories including ReCiPe 2016 mid and end points, EF3.1, TRACI 2.1.
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