Earthster

LCA methodology, available impact methods and databases

LCA methodology & data

Life Cycle Assessment in Earthster

This article explains where Earthster gets its data from.

Data in Earthster

Functional unit in Earthster

This article describes how to do allocations based on the ISO 14044 allocation hierarchy.

Allocation in Earthster

Use the cut-off allocation approach for modelling recycling with Ecoinvent datasets

Recycling allocation: The cut-off approach

Accurate Land Impact Assessment Using Earthster

Land use and land transformation modeling

How to do an LCA for a product with multiple outputs?

Co-product allocation

Life Cycle Assessment

In Earthster you have always the latest available versions of the databases

Databases

Earthster uses the “Allocation, cut-off by classification” system model for all the available Ecoinvent datasets.

Ecoinvent: Allocation cut-off by classification

Ecoinvent update: changes from version 3.9.1 to 3.10

Ecoinvent update: changes from version 3.6 to 3.9.1

The world’s most transparent life cycle inventory database

Ecoinvent - current version: 3.11

Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)–Compliant Datasets

PEF - current version 3.1

Exiobase 3.8.2 (system-process format)

Exiobase - current version: 3.8.2 (system-process format)

Input-output database created based on the industry of the United Sates

USEEIO 2.1

USEEIO - current version: 2.1

Open source database including bilateral maritime distances between any pair of countries

CERDI-seadistance database

Open source database for bilateral maritime distances between any pair of countries

USLCI

The USLCI database provides U.S. specific datasets 

USLCI - current version: 1.2024-10.0

Electricity generation in the United States

US Electricity baseline

The database provides a full life cycle inventory of U.S. electricity consumption

US Electricity Baseline - current version: 1.2020-08.0

Database on wood products from the United States

CORRIM

CORRIM - current version 2017

NETL 2.1

Database published by the National Energy Technology Laboratory

NETL - current version 2.1

Dutch database by www.co2emissiefactoren.nl

CO2 emission factors 2024

List of CO2 emission factors provided by www.co2emissiefactoren.nl. 

Dutch CO2 emission factors - current version 2024

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

EF3.1 impact categories

IPCC 2021 is available with a full a Ecoinvent license

IPCC 2021 impact categories

The EN15804+A2 impact method is used when developing Type III environmental declaration (EPD) of construction products.

EN15804 impact categories

Earthster's default impact categories are part of ReCiPe 2016

ReCiPe 2016 impact categories

TRACI 2.1 is available with a full a Ecoinvent license

TRACI 2.1 impact categories

Impact method developed for the construction sector operating in The Netherlands

Environmental Costs Indicator (ECI)

Cumulative Energy Demand - CED

Comprehensive life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) method that builds upon previous methodologies, including IMPACT 2002+, LUCAS, and EDIP

ImpactWorld+ 2.1

With a full Ecoinvent license you can view more impact categories including ReCiPe 2016 mid and end points, EF3.1, TRACI 2.1.

Viewing Other impact categories

ReCiPe 2016: "Water use" vs. "Water use, moderate assumptions"

Difference between ReCiPe 2016 - "Water use" and "Water use, moderate assumptions" impact categories

CML 4.8 impact categories

Some of the indicators require manual tracking through technology flows.

Calculating EN15804 resource use and output indicators in Earthster

Impact methods

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