Download of databases for Simapro and OpenLCA

Simapro software: eco-costs method, Idemat LCIs, and Ecoinvent LCIs

the Ecocosts 2023 V1.0 csv for Simapro Version 9.4
Import this file in Methods. Note. Define in Units: Euro 1.16 USD, to avoid an error message during the import session.
Instructions for eco-costs CSV import in Simapro.
Idemat 2023 csv for Simapro 9.4 (for academic year 2021-2022)
This is a library file, to be used in the academic year 2021 – 2022.
Instructions for Idemat CSV import in Simapro.
Ecoinvent V3.8 for ecocosts calculations, “cut off”, unit, csv for Simapro 9.4
(a) list of required modifications in Ecoinvent LCIs (fossil fuels embedded in materials, also required in EN15804), see Excel file
(b) CSV file on request, only for Ecoinvent v3 licensees

OpenLCA software: eco-costs method, Idemat LCIs, and Ecoinvent LCIs

First, OpenLCA software is to be downloaded from OpenLCA download. and installed.
After that, two files can be downloaded and imported in the OpenLCA software:

Idemat 2023
Ecoinvent V3.8 for ecocosts calculations (at the bottom of this Nexus Open LCA page)

the eco-costs calculation method is already included in these files.

Click here for the quick_guide_to_OpenLCA and the
Information on Idemat and advice on Open LCA (essential information for LCA practitioners)

Content

Excel files with eco-costs
Download of databases
Idemat calculation rules
Tool for quick excel calculations
Ashby Charts (eco-costs / quality charts)
Idemat & IdematLightLCA app
App background info

Legal

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Sustainability data are subject to assumptions and uncertainties. It is the intention of SSIM to maintain the quality of the data, and keep the data as up-to-date as possible. The data are CCBY.
Liability claims against the SSIM and/or Joost Vogtländer relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use of the eco-costs system and the Idemat data, or caused by incorrect use or incomplete data, are excluded.
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Idemat is intended to support LCA studies to optimize innovation of products and services, to support corporate product portfolio strategies, and to support monitoring of corporate sustainability (CSRD). When it is used for comparative LCA assertions that are intended to be disclosed to the public, third party verification is required as described in ISO 14040 and 14044 under “critical review”.

Recommendations to avoid greenwashing

It is illegal for a business in the EU to advertise false, inaccurate, or exaggerated claims about its environmental achievements or commitments (https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treatment/unfair-commercial-practices/index_en.htm ).
There are 3 common manipulations in LCA that lead to greenwasching: (1) false claims of sustainable electricity (2) allocation of eco-burden to low value by-products like waste (3) underestimation of use of energy and water for natural products from agri-waste and wood-waste

For electricity, the country mix of production is to be applied. Sustainable electricity can be claimed when it is own production. Guarantees of Origin (GOs) and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are not allowed to claim sustainable electricity, unless they are “bundled” with electricity of the same provider (so called Power Purchasing Agreements), to be verified and documented in a letter by an independent accounting firm. See ‘GOs and RECs in LCA‘.

In the case of co-products and by-products of a production facility, economic allocation must be applied on the basis of the relative financial turnover of each product, To be verified and documented in a letter by an independent accounting firm. See ‘Idemat calculation rules‘

The eco-costs and carbon footprint of products that are made from agricultural waste or wood waste, must be derived from the amount energy and water that is required for production. To be verified and documented in a letter by an independent accounting firm. The minimum resulting score that can be accepted is the score of molded paper.