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Release of ImpactWorld+, ReCiPe, Cumulative Energy Demand (CED), IPCC Climate Change Potential LCIA categories and FEDEFL inventory methods including elementary flows
The listed impact categories have been released as stand-alone repositories on the FLCAC. These repositories include elementary flows used in each of the respective LCIA/inventory methods, in contrast to the “without flows” methods previously available on the Commons. These LCIA methods were developed using the LCIAformatter tool developed by U.S. EPA and publicly available on GitHub,
USLCI Quarterly Release: Winter 2024 Update
The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL USLCI group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/ and the update in OpenLCA, Zolca, and JSON-LD formats can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page along with the associated libraries.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Fall 2024 Update
The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL USLCI group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/ and the update in openLCA, zolca, and JSON-LD formats can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page along with the associated libraries.
FLCAC Sessions at ACLCA Conference 2024
Members of the Federal LCA Commons are hosting a workshop and two special sessions during the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) conference, September 23-26 in Snowbird, UT.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Summer 2024 Update
The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL USLCI group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/ and the update in openLCA, zolca, and JSON-LD formats can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page along with the associated libraries.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Spring 2024 Update
The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL USLCI group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/, and the update in openLCA, zolca, and JSON-LD formats can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Winter 2023 Update
The USLCI Winter Quarter 2023 release is ready. The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL USLCI group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/, and the update in openLCA zolca and JSON-LD formats can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Fall 2023 Update
The USLCI Fall Quarter 2023 release is ready. The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL USLCI group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/, and the update in openLCA, zolca, and JSON-LD format can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Summer 2023 Update
The new release is available on the Federal LCA Commons in the NREL group repository: https://www.lcacommons.gov/, and the update in openLCA, zolca, and JSON-LD format can also be downloaded from the USLCI GitHub Support Content Downloads page.
USLCI Quarterly Release: Spring 2023 Update Version 2
There has been an update to the USLCI Spring Quarter 2023 release.