ME 515 Life Cycle Assessment: More LCA Data Sources
Fall Quarter 2009
UWME Design for Environment Homepage
FOR INVENTORY ANALYSIS
Data extracted especially for class
LCA DATA
Database project website (START HERE)
Argonne National Lab's GREET
see the GREET website for the most recent version of GREET
Building materials: BEES
Chemical process modeling: Overcash M. et al, “Methodology for Developing Gate-to-Gate Life Cycle Inventory Information.” International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 5 (3)(2000) p. 153 - 159
also see background document and supplemental information
Emission Factors, Models, and Process Descriptions (useful data and information, but not developed for LCA)
EPA Emission Modeling Clearing House
USEPA's NONROAD Model (nonroad engines, equipment, and vehicles)
On-Road Vehicles (cars, trucks, and motorcycles)
IPCC EFDB: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Emissions Factor Database
Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality MAERS Support Resources
US transportation distances: Commodity Flow Survey Data
- Transformation Processes (machining, casting...)
Pollution Prevention Manuals (primarily alternative process descriptions)
FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Normalization data:
Annual Energy Review http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/perspectives.pdf
International Energy Agency http://www.iea.org/statist/index.htm
Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 1999 Update Fact Sheet
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/pubs/msw2001.pdfAir Quality Trends Summary Report 1999 http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/2002_airtrends_final.pdf
World Resources Institute; Facts and Figures - http://www.wri.org/facts/
Toxic Release Inventory: Public Data Release http://www.epa.gov/triinter/tridata/tri01/pdr/index.htm
DOE Energy Information Administration web site:http://www.eia.doe.gov
Benchmarking Air Emissions of Electric Utility Generators in the U.S. (1996):
http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/util/index.aspFor more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu