EIME (Environmental Improvement Made Easy)

Summary
Name of source	EIME (Environmental Improvement Made Easy) database V11.0 (2009)
Provider	Bureau Veritas - CODDE
Summary text	Life Cycle Analysis and ecodesign software to evaluate environmental profiles of products and services.
Contact	codde@codde.fr
Licensing	Several licensing schemes: University (3,000€/year, unlimited users), Classic (3,000€/year, 5 users), Comfort (10,000€/year, 5 users), Light (2,180€/year, 1 user).
Language(s)	English
Website	http://codde.fr/en/our-software/eime-en/eime-presentation

Access – data formats and accessibility
File type	HTML access to online software
Software needs	RDP client

Contents – breadth and depth of datasets
Age	1951-2009
Geography	Europe (EU 25)
Original Data Source(s)	Industry statistics, own studies, other LCA databases
Other Databases Included	Boustead Model; BUWAL; DEAM; EAA; IISI
Life cycle stages	Cradle-to-Gate
Modeling approach
Emissions results	GWP
Number of datasets	+800
Main topics	Energy Carriers and Technologies; Metals and Semimetals; Textiles; Furniture and other interiors; Plastics; End-of-Life treatment
Other topics	Organic chemicals; Inorganic chemicals

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