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Life Cycle Assessment Commons

Using Federal LCA Commons Resources to Submit Data to the USLCI

Monday (9/23): 2:00-5:00pm, Wasatch AB (Lobby Level)

Register: https://aclcaconference.org/professional-development-workshops/

 

The Federal LCA Commons (FLCAC) is evolving to accept and store quality LCI datasets at scale while also adapting to become more interoperable and accessible. The USLCI database and other FLCAC repositories are now being published according to, and being retrofitted to align with, new and emerging FLCAC data guidelines. 

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), in partnership with the USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL), has developed a comprehensive online FLCAC data publication handbook and online support tools to help implement a streamlined, transparent, user-focused USLCI publication workflow. The handbook and support tools outline how to prepare your data for publication to the USLCI, including: data extractions, file export and conversions, metadata descriptors, nomenclature, categorization, and the representation of flows and processes. There are also detailed descriptions on how to use the openLCA software to prepare your data, and how NREL will support the publication of your work. The FLCAC data handbook and support tools are fully aligned and compliant with the emerging FLCAC conventions and data guidelines.

The course will walk through the FLCAC publication workflow from a local file to published dataset on lcacommons.gov using openLCA and the FLCAC Collaboration Server (a repository and version control software developed by USDA and GreenDelta). At the end of the course, participants will have a clear understanding of steps to prepare and publish LCI data on the USLCI or other FLCAC repositories, gain deeper insight into the Federal LCA Commons, and become aware of other developments in this space.

Objectives:

  1. Update participants on the status of the FLCAC resources.
    • Show participants how to navigate these FLCAC resources and how to use them in openLCA
  2. Use online USLCI support resources to walk participants through formatting, submitting, and validating their data when publishing on the USLCI
  3. Explore case studies and participate in interactive activities to learn about openLCA, the FLCAC, USLCI, and data submission

 

Feedback from this workshop will be used to update and develop FLCAC data submission guidance.