PLEX, the plastic litter database, now updated
The PLEX database is an add-on to the ecoinvent APOS unit database that has the aim to quantify plastic littering along the supply chain. The first iteration was done by Ciroth & Kuoame (2019)[1] and the latest update came about in July 2023[2], for ecoinvent...
Formula Interpreter in openLCA
openLCA allows you to include many different functions, operators and constants in your models. For example, you can use formulas and parameters at the "amounts" in exchanges (input/output table in processes). Sometimes these formulas become complex. For that you can...
Circularity Package for openLCA is now in version 2
We would like to announce the update of the Circularity Package for openLCA, now in its version 2. The database incorporates circularity indicators and traces circularity variables on top of ecoinvent 3.10 cut-off database. That is, the user can make a usual LCA model...
openLCA LCIA Method package 2.4.3 update released
A new update of the openLCA LCIA Method package (v2.4.3) is now available on Nexus. These are the main highlights of the update: Revised land use impact category for the EF 3.1 method, specifically: Added regionalized impact factors (e.g. “Occupation, industrial area”...
Latest update for the ÖKOBAUDAT database available for openLCA
The latest update of ÖKOBAUDAT database is now available in for openLCA. This database is the mandatory database for the Assessment System for Sustainable Building in Germany (Bewertungssystem Nachhaltiges Bauen, BNB). Datasets are provided for various building...
ProBas 2 database now available for openLCA
Since July 2024, openLCA users can download ProBas for openLCA in its latest version, through openLCA Nexus: https://nexus.openlca.org/database/ProBas. This database from the German Environment Agency (UmweltbBundesamt) includes datasets on energy, materials &...
