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 |