RSML Research Group @ Uni. of Idaho

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) v0.01

An open-source software for LCA and sustainability assessment.

Getting started:

Manuals, case studies, and databases are available here.

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Name of the project, Name and Email:

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Phase 1. Goal and scope definition:

Define your goal, scope, system boundary, functional unit, and case study assumptions down here:

Objective selection

Social Economic Environmental

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Phase 2. Life cycle inventory (LCI):

Creating a database

Importing a database

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Phase 3. Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA):

Calculation method

Social analysis method:
Indicator Value = Sum m-n [Sum i-n (Score/Total Score)] x Score / Number of Metrics (see the example on social assessment page)

Cost analysis method:
Cup = Raw Material Mass * Collection/Transportation Cost,
Cmid = Raw Material Mass * Production Cost,
Cdown = Final Product Mass * Distribution Cost

Environmental analysis method:
Eup = Mass * Emission Factor Up,
Emid = Mass * Emission Factor Mid,
Edown = Mass * Emission Factor Down * Distance

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Phase 4. Results and Interpretation:

Case Study Result :

Proposed Study Result :

Analyzing the results and comparison

Generating a PDF report

Contributors:

Amin Mirkouei initially came up with this idea for his sustainability class. He is contributing to the structure (phases), mathematical modeling, and web development.

Justin Walters has contributed to the method development for social LCA.

George Makrakis is contributing to the web development.