the openLCA LCIA method package will lead to incorrect/ or no results. Using any other methods from openLCA (e.g. Users should keep in mind that only the GaBi LCIA method package are compatible with the GaBi databases.

These methods are designed specifically for the new GaBi databases. The system provides data quality of the processes, ranging from Very good to Very poor, for six indicators, namely, ‘Technological representativeness’, ‘Time representativeness’, ‘Geographical representativeness’, ‘Completeness’, ‘Precision’, ‘Methodological appropriateness and consistency’.įigure 1: ILCD data quality System for GaBi processesįurthermore, we implemented GaBi Impact Assessment methods in openLCA, which can be imported separately through the JSON-LD format. GreenDelta added ILCD data quality system for the GaBi databases in openLCA. Refer to this document on the GaBi website. Regionalized further to include the country of the wastewater treatmentĭetails on changes/updates in the 2020 edition of the GaBi databases please Groundwater, processed water to lake, processed water to river) have been (input: ground water, river water, lake water output: processed water to Gas) and energies, the reference year has been updated to 2016. Outdated datasets have been discontinued, along with the expired EPD datasets.įor all energy carrier supply mixes (e.g., hard coal, crude oil and natural A total of 330 new datasets have been added, while several LCI datasets have been upgraded in the latest edition, that includes bothĬhanges in technology and in methodology, as well as error corrections, We have nowįully modified the databases for use in openLCA, including the updates from 2020, Sphera published the SP40 version of the GaBi databases 2020.

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