US LCI DatabaseThis is not an impact calculator, but I thought it would be interesting to share with the class. This is the US LCI Database currently hosted by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). If you want to see what LCI data looks like, this is a good introduction. Given its home, it is pretty energy focused and there are some nomenclature, unit conversion & data entry issues... but it's the best we have in the US. Prof. Norris & the USGBC are working on cleaning up this database so it can interface with standard LCI software and other LCI databases (e.g., EcoInvent). I would encourage everyone to login for a free username & password and take a look. The plastics data that is in here was just released this summer. - Martha Leflar www.nrel.gov/lci/ |