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USLCI Quarterly Release: Spring 2023 Update Version 1

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

 

Overview of USLCI 2023 Spring Quarter Changes:

  • Fixed duplicate Internal ID errors across the database
  • Updated the polyether polyol for rigid foam polyurethane dataset
  • Updated the toluene diisocyanate, TDI, with a mass allocation dataset
  • Added the toluene diisocyanate, TDI, with a mass and elemental allocation dataset
  • Updated metadata for coal extraction and combustion processes

 

More details are available in the USLCI Press Release brief. The Change Log is here and USLCI Content Support is available at https://github.com/uslci-admin/uslci-content/wiki, which includes access to archived versions of the USLCI.   

Please see the "How to Publish in the USLCI" section in the USLCI Data Submission Handbook and/or contact the USLCI Data Curator (uslci@erg.com) if you have any USLCI publishing goals for the next release date, June 30, 2023.

Please contact lci@nrel.gov and/or uslci@erg.com with any questions or concerns you may have about submitting data to the USLCI Database.

To be added to the USLCI updates please email us at USLCI@erg.com. Thank you for your continued support!