National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)
| Summary | ||
| Name of source | U.S. Life-Cycle Inventory Database V1.6.0 | |
| Provider | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | |
| Summary text | Data modules that quantify the material and energy flows into and out of the environment for common unit processes. | |
| Contact | http://www.nrel.gov/lci/project_team.html | |
| Licensing | Free (requires registration) | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| Website | www.nrel.gov/lci/database/default.asp | |
| Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
| File type | HTML (web) access to xls file (streamlined and detailed), EcoSpold spreadsheet, EcoSpold XML file | |
| Software needs | Microsoft office | |
| Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
| Age | 1990 - 2006 | |
| Geography | USA, Global | |
| Original Data Source(s) | Academic research | |
| Other Databases Included | ||
| Life cycle stages | Various | |
| Modeling approach | ||
| Emissions results | Life cycle inventory – separate outputs | |
| Number of datasets | 100 (estimate) | |
| Main topics | Energy carriers and technologies; Materials production; Transport services | |
| Other topics | Agricultural production means; Food and renewable raw materials | |
| 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 | No | |
| Uncertainty | Yes | |
| Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
| Data quality score | No | |
| Quality assurance | Yes | |
| Standards compliant | ISO 14048 | |