World's Leading Life Cycle Assessment Database

(Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, June 04, 2013)

Ecoinvent, the ultimate inventory database for life cycle assessment projects regarding environmental impacts, has enabled companies to access data which supports their product development, policy decision making, and consumer product information requests. Life cycle assessment (LCA) data plays a vital role in the development of Switzerland’s climate strategy concerning the transition to renewable energy sources and in the ‘Green Economy’ action plan adopted in March 2013. The LCA method examines the environmental compatibility of its entire life cycle: from the extraction in the mine of the raw materials necessary for its production, to the use of land and water, to its final destination as waste. The database plans to expand by allowing its users to act as data providers. The integration of datasets from all over the world will contribute toward a mega internationalized life cycle inventory database.