Bath Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE)
| Summary | ||
| Name of source | Inventory of Carbon and Energy | |
| Provider | University of Bath. Sustainable Energy Research Team | |
| Summary text | Database of embodied energy and carbon of building materials. Database provides details of original references so users can check original sources. | |
| Contact | Craig Jones C.Jones@bath.ac.uk | |
| Licensing | Free (with registration) | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| Website | http://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/ ICE/Home+Page;jsessionid= 2358DA949145979F0F8865783188344D |
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| Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
| File type | HTML (web) access to Excel or PDF file | |
| Software needs | Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader | |
| Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
| Age | 1977-2010 | |
| Geography | UK | |
| Original Data Source(s) | Academic research, industry statistics, government publications, other LCA databases | |
| Other Databases Included | Athena Institute International; Boustead Model; BRE; FEFCO | |
| Life cycle stages | Cradle-to-Gate; Cradle-to-Grave; Cradle-to-Site | |
| Modeling approach | ||
| Emissions results | Total CO2e, total CO2, embodied energy | |
| Number of datasets | +400 | |
| Main topics | Construction | |
| Other topics | Paints and chemical preparations; Metals and semimetals; Glass and ceramics; Plastics; Paper and cardboards; Wood | |
| Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
| System boundaries | Yes | |
| Data Types | Process | |
| Allocation Methods | Yes | |
| Technology | Yes | |
| Data year | Yes | |
| Original source | Yes | |
| Uncertainty | Yes | |
| Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
| Data quality score | No | |
| Quality assurance | Yes | |
| Standards compliant | None | |
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