International Zinc Association (IZA)
Summary
Name of source Zinc Environmental Profile
Provider International Zinc Association (IZA)
Summary text Three life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify impacts associated with primary zinc, zinc sheet roofing and zinc sheet.
Contact info@iza.com
Licensing Free
Language(s) English
Website http://www.zincforlife.org/life_cycle_publications.html
Access – data formats and accessibility
File type PDF
Software needs Adobe Reader
Contents – breadth and depth of datasets
Age 2005
Geography Global
Original Data Source(s) Industry statistics
Other Databases Included  
Life cycle stages Cradle-to-Gate
Modeling approach LCA
Emissions results GWP
Number of datasets 3
Main topics Metals and Semimetals
Other topics  
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 No
Quality – is information provided on data quality?
Data quality score No
Quality assurance Unknown
Standards compliant ISO 14040; ISO 14044