Home

openLCA 1.4 overview and first steps (June 2014)

1.
2. 0 999997 Figure 24 Ratio of calculation results in ascending order the x axis shows the flow number This is result of a life cycle calculation with about 7 500 unit processes included N openLca NA 18 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 5 2 Performance Improving the performance also for large life cycle systems was one of the core tasks in the development of openLCA 1 4 Table 3 presents some results Windows 64 bit version Windows 8 1 identical modern notebook computer calculation of the inventory only also in comparison to SimaPro 8 Table 3 openL
3. openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps OPeENLCa Andreas Ciroth Sarah Winter GreenDelta Berlin gd greendelta com Version 1 1 June 2014 openlCLA TA overniew and TIT aE DE eee eee eee nee ate eee er eee ee ten eer ee eee eee eer ere 1 1 ELETE E ee en A EENAA AE ANANE er ae 2 2 5 22 O o E T A 2 2 1 Installation WINGOWS esessseessneseseesseesssessseesssesssoesssessseessressseessresssessseesssessseesssessseessressseessresssessse 2 2 0s LE 1 2 ae ee ee ere ne een mee nee een een newer eee meee enn ene 3 2 3 aE A E A IE E E A E E EA AAEE A E E E E E E tT 4 231 Creating anew empty database cag secee serreas te sasesacanns ad ase eoinnne cates seeaiaenenPnvoisarasee tienes 4 2 3 2 Or Te ait ensine aba Se ai 5 2 3 3 EEU i e E PEE EE AEE AEA EEEE ATE OI A E E EN ET A EA A ET E EAT 6 E E E a eee eons EE OE E 8 3 1 Product system creation from a process data set e ssssessessssessssesresesreseoseseosessesessesessesesees 8 3 2 Product system creation as new product system s sessessssssessssesesessesesesseseseoseseseonesessesesess 12 3 3 PEPE Wala gig staid gi 8 5 6 SEE siare E Ee 13 4 Migrating data and models from openLCA 1 3 u es eessessesesececececececeesscssscscsccecececeneeesceeseseseeeeees 15 5 Ou a lity assurance and stalege aid 1 en ne ee ne eee ee eer ene ener onan et 17 5 1 ONE a EEE E E AAI AE S EE AN ree ne ec O E AAE TE PT EOT 17 2 1 2110017 10 2 on en nee pees nn ne Oe aE aa EE e
4. Validate Datasets Fi Figure 33 EcoEditor Importing master data After this you should be able to open the data set from an EcoSpoldoz file File Edit View Extras Help Open Dataset From Database Strg Umschalttaste O Activity Description Modelling and Adi Open Dataset By Reference Product From Database id 38 Remove Column Layouts Amour Open Dataset From File Open Dataset From File without review information Update Parent of Child Datasets S Update Master Data Force Update Master Data Import User Master Data From File Type ToEnvironment Nitrogen oxides a Validate Datasets F7 L ToEnvironment Nitrate p Submit Datasets For Validation FromEnvironment Peat in ground fj Submit Datasets For Review ToEnvironment Dinitrogen monoxide Submit Datasets For Review Replace Datasets ToEnvironment Chromium Submit Datasets For Linking Toonen ae ToEnvironment Phos phate Save Datasets Strg 5 ToEnvironment Nickel Save Datasets As L FromEnvironment Occupation annual crop ToEnvironment Phosphorus ToEnvironment Ammonia ToEnvironment Zine Exit Alt Fa l ToEnvironment Pirimicarb F ToEnvironment Folpet a m Close Strg F4 Close All Strg Umschalttaste F4 E xE Figure 34 Opening the datasets in the EcoEditor Remove Reset the imported master data If you want to remove the imported master data in the EcoEditor go to the installation folder
5. e Excel templates for processes N openLca l 20 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 e ICLD data hubs Epon Sra Select A 3 Import gt Select an export destination type filter text Select r M 4 amp EcoSpold Import ILCD data sets from an ILCD package EcoSpold 2 Select an import source type filter text 4 amp File Import x EcoSpold1 X EcoSpold 2 E Excel S LcD 4 SimaPro CSV 4 amp ILCD Network Import ILCD Network Import 4 amp Other ca Database Import Figure 26 openLCA export and import options x Impact methods x Processes 4 amp Excel fi Processes a amp ILCD MB Actors MB Flow properties JE Flows MB LCIA methods MB Processes MB Product systems MB Sources MB Unit groups 4 amp ILCD Network Export ILCD Network Export lt Back Next gt Finish Cancel Via import and export openLCA can be used as a format converter In fact for openLCA we merged the conversion capabilities of the openLCA format converter in its most recent version 3 with the import and export features of openLCA Since the introduction of the nexus reference information the mapping in openLCA LCA application was more complete than the mapping available in the format converter For many of the import and export options the conversion is straightforward As a more complicated example we will explain how to use openLCA to
6. Clicking on calculate in the product system general information tab calculates the life cycle you can select an LCIA method and a normalisation set if available and relevant You can further choose between quick results and an analysis which provides more detailed results N openLca 10 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 5 electricity high voltage production mix 5 Product system electricity high voltage production mix General information Name electricity high voltage production mix Description Calculation properties Please select the properties for the calculation Version 00 00 000 Allocation method Last change Impact assessment method Q ReCiPe Midpoint E 2 Calculate Normalization weighting set Reference z P eO ype Quick results Process P electricity high voltage Analysis Product 2 electricity high voltage S Monte Carlo Simulation Flow property Energy Number of iterations Unit u kWh Target amount 1 0 Save as default Figure 13 Different options for the calculation of a product system The results are provided in several sheets which are often self explanatory 7 N openLca 11 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 _ Impact contributions Contribution 27 84 19 79 12 41 i 06 11 i 05 11 I 03 93 03 63 I 03 24 0
7. Vine tomato GLO production Alloc Def U kg Com Gies Tomato GLO production Alloc Def U kg Com Market Sugar from sugarcane RoW cane sugar production with ethanol by product Alloc Def U kg Comi L Infrastructure Sugar from sugarcane BR cane sugar production with ethanol by product Alloc Def U kg Com H Transformation Sugar from sugar beet RoW beet sugar production Alloc Def U kg Com H Chemicals Sugar from sugar beet CH beet sugar production Alloc Def U kg Com H Construction Strawberry GLO production Alloc Def U kg Com Electronics Gninach JALOL nendiictinn Allar Nef 11 len Cram E Fuels 4 aa H Glass The LCA study from which this LCI has been derived contains detailed descriptions of the system boundaries and the data sourc H Metals etal 2012 The publication is published and freely available with comprehensive supporting information Figure 27 Process selection in SimaPro as first step Open the export wizard under File Export Select CSV file as output type semicolon as format option and the processes you want to export under Selection Save the file Current Skip empty fields Selection 2 7 Uncertainty values C All of this project 10444 i pave ae Convert expressions to constants V Related objects system descriptions substances units etc Indude sub product stages and processes Format options CSV file format separato
8. e g arable lan i sdei providers b Name Add Connect Already present Already connected market for calcium nitrate GLO s m market for calcium nitrat amp intensification arable lan Figure 18 Model graph in the product system editor stepwise creation of the supply chain here selecting the provider process for each product individually a selecting the input product b selecting the provider c effect calcium nitrate is connected to the process oN openLca Y 14 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 4 Migrating data and models from openLCA 1 3 Via a plugin that is available for the 1 3 4 version of openLCA you can migrate complete databases from 1 3 4 olca format into the new zolca format The plugin is directly available in the openLCA plugin manager of openLCA 1 3 Rea fog Ex Plugins N L C a openLCA nexus plugin Available version 1 6 4 Installed 1 6 4 O pe n LCA 1 3 A plugin enabling interaction with the openLCA nexus LCA data store Enables import of nexuspack files openLCA ProSuite plugin Available version 1 2 3 1 Installed 1 2 3 1 A plugin for PROspective SUstalnability Assessment of TEchnologies L C a openLCA 1 4 data migration plugin Remove Available version 1 1 0 Installed 1 1 0 A plugin for migrating openLCA 1 3 databases to the new database format of openLCA1 4 ox Figure 19 Plugin manager in ope
9. eeelMext gt Finish After the import you will see imported data sets under the same process categories as in SimaPro i Fl 5p_es2_conversion i Projects Ea Product systems E Impact methods af Processes a cF Agricultural cP Food 4 Transformation P tomato production GLO GLO P wheat production FR FR b Flows gt i Flow properties gt 4 Unit groups p Sources P Actors Figure 30 Processes imported in openLCA as second step in the conversion Export the processes from openLCA to EcoSpoldo2 Next step is to export the processes to EcoSpoldo2 format To start this right click on the database and select Export figure 31 oN openLca Y 24 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Properties Ea Prod Close E Impi Ay Export database Rename a F Delete database L GLO FR gt E F New database gt Ey F Import database gt E Unit H Sources H Ecoinvent LJ Ecoinvent 3 p Actors Figure 31 Exporting the processes In the export wizard select EcoSpold 2 as export option Export processes as EcoSpold 2 activity data sets Select an export destination type filter text a EcoSpold Ts x Impact methods X Processes b E Excel t f ILCD t E ILCD Network Export Select the processes you want to export and an export directory where the files should be written N openLca Y 25 openLCA 1 4 overview and firs
10. information is available on request see contact information below 7 N openLca Y 17 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Figure 24 shows a comparison of inventory results for SimaPro and openLCA for process electricity production mix high voltage country mix BE for ecoinvent 3 0 1 default allocation model Only those flows are considered where flow names and compartments are identical between SimaPro and openLCA which is the case for more than 700 flows for the said system The models have been calculated in both software systems and then exported from SimaPro via text export which is limited to exponent and two digits and from openLCA via excel export As the figure shows results are very similar The most extreme ratios are still very close to 1 meaning that both software systems calculate almost fully identical results Top 5 minimum ratios are shown in table 1 table 2 shows the top 5 maximum ratios Table 1 Ratio of results from SimaPro and openLCA in a calculation comparison 5 lowest Input Category Sub category Flow _name ratio SP to openLcA ja resource land Transtormation to unknown ja resource land Transtormation from mineral extraction site nein soil agricultural Carbaryl nein air high population den Ethane nein soil agricultural Nicosulfuron Input Category Sub category Flow_name ratio _5P_to_openLCA ja resource in ground Gallium 1 000001574 ja resource land Transform
11. inputs outputs for processes Process electricity high voltage production mix v Inputs Flow Category Flow property Unit A Uncertainty Default provider 2 electricity high voltage DE 354 Electric power generati Energy 0 kWh 0 2 none electricity production lignite DE AM alacteicithe hinab wealtaan ME 261 Clactsic nasser aanarsti Canara AAR ni nana alactricths meadiuictian hared eaat NE Figure 11 Default provider electricity production in the process data set inputs outputs The model graph in the product system shows the connected processes These connections can be edited deleted expanded for new product providers and processes can be entirely deleted from the product system if they have no connections in the life cycle any more oN openLca Y openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 B electricity high voltage production mix DE electricity high voltage production mix Undo expand Redo au Build supply chain gt Delete Remove supply chain Remove connections SA Search recipients for gt Search providers for gt E Save as image Open in editor Mark Unmark Expand all Collapse all Maximize all Minimize all Layout Ar p EDA General information Parameters Model graph Figure 12 The model graph of a product system showing some few connected processes The menu on the right is available via a right click
12. lt 3 openLCA J Applications openLCA framework files us Desktop hs Documents format converter files Downloads LCIA methods DEVICES Remote Disc openLCA case studies SHARED documentation manuals order forms service and support openLCA openLCA openLCA Version 1 4 Version 1 4 Version 1 4 Windows 64 bit Mac 64 bit Linux 64 bit openLCA openLCA Version 1 4 Version 1 4 Windows 32 bit Linux 32 bit Figure 2 Installation file for Mac downloaded from openLCA website Download the installer file from openica org downloads Once the download is complete find the program in the downloads folder and transfer it into applications Double click on the program to open it A warning message will appear because the application was downloaded from the internet Select open This message will only appear the first time you open the program oN openLca Y openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 2 3 First start After the installation you can start openLCA Initially openLCA does not contain any data therefore the navigation section on the left is empty ma pnenLCALA File Window Help E Navigation s4 High perforn Avallable foi Licensed un Figure 3 Initially empty navigation area in openLCA To change this you can either e Create anew empty database or e Import an existing database 2 3 1 Creating a new empty database With a right click in the n
13. 2 72 Figure 14 Sheet process contribution cropped as an example for product system analysis results Process electricity production hard coal DE electricity production lignite DE electricity production oil DE copper production primary RoW rape seed production Swiss integrated production intensive CH heat and power co generation wood chips 64400kW thermal with extensive em treatment of drilling waste landfarming CH copper production primary RAS copper production primary RLA Impact categories Terrestrial ecotoxicity 1 49556E 1 06307E 2A 4372E 2 10939E 1 95141E 1 74058E 1 46163E v Result contributions Germany Rest of World Switzerland Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Figure 15 Sheet locations cropped as an example for product system analysis results 3 2 Product system creation as new product system As a second option a product system can also be created from the product systems category oN openLlca Y 12 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Bema a F ecoinvent_3_cutoff h Projects E h Create new product system gt p Impact m Dg Import PF Processes Eat na Frenat In addition to the creation of a product system from a process data set a reference process needs to be selected here By entering text into the Filter field you can narrow down the selection which help
14. CA and SimaPro performance comparison in network analysis calculation Time required seconds Ratio required time openLCA 1 4 SimaPro 8 0 3 SimaPro openLCA Ecoinvent 3 0 1 default allocation horn meal production RoW Creating a product system 197 44 43 95 35 2 17 Total Ecoinvent 3 0 1 default allocation electricity high voltage production mix BE 10 17 Creating a product system 2 time 4 18 Analysing calculating a product system Total 43 20 86 52 2 00 2 time 21 73 not available in SimaPro as separate action always performed when calculating a network in SimaPro for openLCA addition of time for creating and calculating the product system opening an already created product system in openLCA takes about one second SimaPro is used as a benchmark here since it is the only other broadly used LCA software system at least to our knowledge that is able to calculate large unit process based product systems from ecoinvent 3 so far For the performance tests the identical computer was used no other user was interfering with the SimaPro multi user Developer version in openLCA the analysis calculation option was selected which produces results similar to the network calculation in SimaPro which in turn was used for SimaPro The table shows that openLCA is at least twice as fast as SimaPro when calculating a large ecoinvent unit process life cycle This is als
15. a ee TS Cee an 19 0 emp eC A is TODA NOTE usro ensue instead mentees 20 lt E cd 3 0 es one eer are enn ree A A re terse eee ne O E E ey em ree eerste ee er eevee 20 6 2 Converting process data sets form SimaPro to EcoSpoldo2 using openLCA 21 one Mm 051 GUUS Ae eve eR een ane em ny Peer a Neen EEE 29 T G1 a eer eon re ee on een ee Tener mane Terr Tenner tree ae ter erly eres ert ne ttt 29 E E 1k 5 NEII ee AA amma ee ae ne A ne ee tee ame eae A N ee oe ne eel aN eee A 30 b PN cael gil gig eee mere enter een wee eer Tre em tt arene err er tne ern nen te ere eer en tt 31 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 1 Introduction openLCA is the open source software for Life Cycle Assessment LCA and Sustainability Assessment developed since 2007 by GreenDelta www greendelta com As open source software it is freely available e g from the project website www openlca org without license costs Version 1 4 was released in June 2014 This text focusses on this 1 4 version of openLCA explains first steps in openLCA including the installation gives an overview of features and shows how to migrate databases from the 1 3 version to the new version 2 Installation The installation of openLCA is slightly different for Window Mac and Linux 2 1 Installation Windows For windows 64 bit and 32 bit versions are available the following will focus on the 64 bit version For the installa
16. ater Flow properties Figure 6 Reference flow categories in the database The database does not contain any process data sets though but you can start creating your own processes using the flows and units that are already present 2 3 2 Importing an existing database As a second option you can import an already existing database The database can for example be a migrated openLCA 1 3 database this is explained in section 4 or you can import a database downloaded from the openLCA nexus site https nexus openlca org For example we are downloading the ecoinvent 3 cut off database from nexus Some of the databases in nexus are for purchase e g the ecoinvent database 7 N openLca NA openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Pu ecoinvent 3 cutoff 1 openLCA 1 4 Show details have read the licenses of the selected databases and accept them have read the EULA and accept it Download Figure 7 downloading the ecoinvent cut off database from nexus In order to import the database select import database from the context menu 4 FirstDatabase h Projects asp Product systems ecoinvent aa Impact methods a jl FirstData P Processes Ea Projects Ef Flows Ea Product systems E i ae eee Se ae gt Flow properties gt 4 Unit groups H Sources A Actors R New database say Impq database and then select the respect
17. ation to forest 1 000001739 ja resource land Transformation to shrub land sclerophyllous 1 000001744 ja resource land Transformation from dump site inert materia 1 000003167 ja resource land Transformation to dump site inert material la 1 000003167 ratio SimaPro result to openLCA result inventory flows electricity high voltage production mix BE ecoinvent 3 0 1 default allocation model 1 000004 1 000003 1 000002 1 000001 1 0 999999 0 999998
18. avigation area you can create a new database Create a new database Database name FirstDatabase Databasetype Local Remote Database content Empty database Units and flow properties Complete reference data Figure 4 Database creation wizard For the beginning it is recommended to create the database with these settings local database and complete reference data After a few seconds you can have a look at the newly created database oN openLca NA openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Lo i Navigation Fl 5 a i FirstDatabase ol Projects Es Product systems i Impact methods cP Processes gt F Flows gt Flow properties gt pu Unit groups E Sources 4 Actors Figure 5 Created database with main navigation tree These elements in the database will be familiar to you if you have worked with previous versions of openLCA They will be explained in more detail in the next section Reference data are especially units and elementary flows Since we have created the database with reference data it contains flows and units which can be seen under the respective categories cP Processes E Flows E Elementary flows a FA air F high population density b E lower stratosphere upper troposphere 5 B low population density pe low population density long term EF unspecified EF resource FEE soil gt HE w
19. convert csv files created from SimaPro intoEcoSpoldoz2 files that can be read and further processed in the EcoEditor developed for the ecoinvent centre 6 2 Converting process data sets form SimaPro to EcoSpoldo2 using openLCA SimaPro CSV export First step is to select the processes you want to export in SimaPro This feature was commissioned by the ecoinvent centre for EcoEditor version 3 3 65 10874 from December 2 2013 7N openLca NA 21 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Material Zucchini GLO production Alloc Def U kg Com l Agricultural White asparagus GLO production Alloc Def U kg Com Animal feed Wheat grain Swiss integrated production CH wheat production Swiss integrated production intensive Al kg Com Market Wheat grain Swiss integrated production CH wheat production Swiss integrated production extensive Z kg Com Transformation Wheat grain organic RoW wheat production organic Alloc Def U kg Com E Animal production l a Wheat grain organic CH wheat production organic Alloc Def U kg Com Lae Wheat grain US wheat production Alloc Def U kg Com Wheat grain RoW wheat production Alloc Def U kg Com a Wheat grain FR wheat production Alloc Def U ne Plant oils Wheat grain ESH wheat production Alloc Def U kg Com H plant producti Wheat grain DE wheat production Alloc Def U kg Com H Pnt r
20. ds for use with all different databases available in the nexus system including ecoinvent 3 GaBi and ELCD Includes normalisation and weighting as far as this is foreseen by the method In addition a pack containing a social LCIA method for use with the Social Hotspots Database is provided Please observe the license Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4 0 International while using it Please provide feedback thanks in advance The environmental LCIA methods pack is available in several versions Database for openLCA 1 4 zolca file 15 MB with normalisation and weighting factors Database for openLCaA 1 3 4 olca file 19 MB with normalisation and weighting factors EcoSpold01 zip archive 10MB without normalisation values as the format does not allow this The social LCIA method is available in EcoSpold01 zip archive 64 kB We will import these now into the ecoinvent database as follows Via File Import we select database import Ctrl S Save Save As Save All Ctrl Shift S Close Ctrl W Select an import source Close All Ctrl Shift W type filter text 4 File Import Preferences amp p x EcoSpold1 x EcoSpold 2 E Excel B ILCD 4 SimaPro CSV 4 amp ILCD Network Import ILCD Network Import 4 amp Other Lc Import D E And then select from zolca file Database import f Imports data from an existing database into the active database Exis
21. hen restart openLCA and the plugin will be extracted and can be used afterwards Note If you want to use both version of openLCA on the same computer we recommend you use the zip files for openLCA 1 4 They only need to be extracted openLCA starts with a double click on openlca exe Thereby you can have the 1 3 version and the 1 4 version in parallel on the same computer The data folder is different though openLCA data for openLCA 1 3 and openLCA1 4 data for openLCA 1 4 This ensures you can use all databases in parallel 5 Quality assurance and performance 5 1 Quality assurance In the development of openLCA 1 4 extensive tests have been performed to verify and validate the software algorithms and overall usage also by external testers e g by our Italian partner be LCA www be LCA com Tests have been performed for example to check e openLCA results versus SimaPro calculation results e openLCA results versus ecoinvent system process results Further constructed use cases have been used to reflect specific modelling aspects of LCA allocation system expansion uncertainty calculation parameter usage which have been calculated in other software systems including Matlab Scilab and excel Evidently here is not the space to fully explain all the tests as an example a comparison of results some selected results obtained in SimaPro 8 0 3 Multi User Developer and openLCA 1 4 might suffice More
22. ion 1 June 2014 tricity high voltage productio Ix L ica o tojas Process electricity high voltage production mix New product system i Creates a new product system ame v General information 1 Name electricity high voltage production mix Name electricity high voltage production mix Description Description Filter Reference process electricity high voltage production mix DE a Category P D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply electricity high voltage production mix DK electricity high voltage production mix ENTSO E Version 00 00 000 electricity high voltage production mix ES electricity high voltage production mix FI x Last change r G Infrastructure process F Add connected processes ish Creat oo system V Connect with system processes if possible v Quantitative reference Quantitative reference 2 electricity high voltage DE Figure 10 Product system creation wizard here started from a process data set Checking add connected processes in the product system wizard will make openLCA connect those processes that have the same products for the same locations and where the units of the flows can be converted For many databases such as the ecoinvent database these criteria clearly identify the delivering process however usually the default provider processes are specified for the inputs of processes check the sheet
23. is to cover as much as possible minimising the need for additional work Switching from the openLCA format converter to openLCA has improved the conversion due a better meta data conversion and a better mapping database and thereby further reduced the need for additional work We are pleased to be part of an ongoing project commissioned by JRC to further improve the mapping and conversion of data sets specifically to and from EcoSpoldo2 and ILCD 7 Further reading This short text cannot cover all aspects of the new openLCA 1 4 version More information is available here e Amore extended description of openLCA and of how to use it for Life Cycle Assessment and sustainability assessment www openlca org manuals e An overview of features and new features www openlca org features e Examples for usability improvements and changes in openLCA www openlca org features usability e Amore detailed yet a bit older performance test comparing SimaPro 7 3 3 SimaPro 8 0 0 openLCA 1 3 4 and openLCA 1 4 beta Ill www openlca org performance e We provide a definition and discussion of open source licenses on the openLCA website here www openlca org open source enjoy And if you have any feedback please contact us oN openLca Y 29 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 8 Contact openLCA is developed and managed by GreenDelta in Berlin If you have any feedback comments questi
24. ive zolca file Another database will be created it is deactivated at first Activate it e g with a double click Afterwards you have access to all the processes and any other elements in the database 4 el ecoinvent_3_cutoff 4 Projects aap Product systems a Impact methods s P Processes EP A Agriculture forestry and fishing EP B Mining and quarrying gt P C Manufacturing EP D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply EP E Water supply sewerage waste management and remed EP F Construction EP G Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and EP H Transportation and storage EP J Information and communication EP L Real estate activities EP M Professional scientific and technical activities EP N Administrative and support service activities gt EP Recycled Content cut off EP S Other service activities F Flows Flow properties Unit groups LY Sources M a os Figure 8 Newly created ecoinvent database with process data sets 2 3 3 LCIA methods The databases in nexus do not contain LCIA methods impact methods in the category tree To add these download the LCIA method pack from the openLCA download page www openlca org downloads oN openLca Y openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 LCIA methods LCIA method pack for openLCA nexus A comprehensive package of environmental impact assessment metho
25. n lig D ay a I electricity production ha electricity production nu 2 electricity production wi 2 electricity production wi 9 ly electricity production na Ni Build supply chain Complete sett produer a0 Remove supply chain Build next tier TaN Remove connections Prefer Unit process Search providers for Prefer System process Search recipients for Sy podocion i 8 treatment of coal gas in Hit 1 electricity production hy l j electricity production hy Save as image heat and power co gener Open in editor Mark Unmark Figure 17 Model graph in the product system editor stepwise creation of the een supply chain here Next tier for a selected process The result on the right all products that are on the input side of the process have now a process provider Selecting search providers for allows you to select the providers for each individual product of the process a intensification arable lan Undo a Redo 3 Delete Build supply chain gt Remove supply chain Remove connections Search providers for calcium nitrate GLO Search recipients for ing of feed grain GLO N Save as image phosphate fertiliser as P205 GLO D potassium fertiliser as K20 GLO i SE
26. nLCA 1 3 4 data migration plugin If it is installed in openLCA 1 3 you can export an existing database via the export wizard Select A Select an export destination type filter text x LCIA methods EcoSpold1 a X Processes EcoSpold 1 B a amp ILCD MB Actors BB Flow properties SE Flows BB Processes JE Product systems openLCA 1 3 MB Sources S Unit groups 4 amp ILCD Network Export ILCD Network Export 4 amp openLCA 1 4 wa cre 14 lt Back Next gt Finish Cancel Figure 20 Export option in openLCA 1 3 4 with installed data migration plugin openLCA 1 4 database to a database in the 1 4 zolca format which in turn can be imported into openLCA 1 4 via the import wizard of openLCA 1 4 7N openLca NA 15 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 lt 2 Import o EE Select q oS Select an import source type filter text 4 amp File Import x EcoSpold1 X EcoSpold 2 Excel S LcD W SimaPro CSV 4 amp ILCD Network Import ILCD Network Import 4 amp Other ca Database Import lt Baci Next gt Finish Cancel Figure 21 Database import in openLCA 1 4 in the import wizard The database will then be imported and be available as one new additional database in openLCA 4 openLCA14 File Window Help Navigation 5 S 7 4 fy Welcome ecoinvent_3_cutoft FirstDatabase qabi 2013 profesional l h
27. o shown in the figure below Both software systems become faster when repeating identical tasks e g when the same product system is deleted and created again due to caching procedures in SimaPro especially a repeated calculation is finished much quicker In openLCA a once created product system can be stored reopening it takes only about one second and saves the time for recreating it openLCA offers further a quick results 7 N openLca NA 19 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 calculation were only main contributors and inventory and impact assessment tables are calculated this quick calculation is about twice as fast as the analysis calculation e g 17 59 seconds for the electricity product system above 120 anaylsis calculation time s 100 80 E horn meal production RoW 60 E electricity high voltage production mix BE 40 openLCA 1 4 SimaPro 8 0 3 Figure 25 Calculation time comparison SimaPro network calculation and openLCA product system creation and analysis calculation on the identical computer further explanation see text 6 Using openLCA as format converter 6 1 Principles openLCA 1 4 has many import and export interfaces Import interfaces are e EcoSpoldo1 EcoSpoldo2 e ILCD e SimaPro csv e and also ILCD datahubs and openLCA 1 3 databases Export interfaces are EcoSpoldo1 processes EcoSpoldo1 LCIA methods EcoSpoldo2 data sets ILCD data sets
28. of the EcoEditor under Documents ecoinvent EcoEditor and remove the XML files under xml MasterData Production user You may backup this folder before you delete these files N openLca Y 27 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Conversion issues Field length In SimaPro 8 product names can be something like Heat central or small scale other than natural gas Europe without Switzerland market for heat central or small scale other than natural gas Alloc Def U This string has 161 characters but only 120 characters are allowed in the EcoSpoldo2 format and accepted by the EcoEditor File Edit View Extras Help O u Pe Navigator ax _ Activity Description A Modelling and Administrative Exchanges _ Exchange Properties _ Parameters Tasks No activity datasets open Pa Schema validation eror Validation failed Das Element http www Ecolnvent org EcoSpold02 name ist ung ltig Der Wert Heat central or small scale other than natural gas Europe without Switzerland market for heat central or small scale other than natural gas Alloc Def U ist gem seinem Datentyp hitp www Ecolnvent org Eco Spold02 T String 120 ung ltig Die tats chliche Lange ist gr er als der MaxLength Wert line 39 position 28126 Please contact the supplier of the EcoSpold02 document and provide them with this eror Figure 35 Validation error message in
29. ons please let us know GreenDelta GmbH GreenDeLTa Mullerstrasse 135 D 13357 Berlin Germany www greendelta com Tel 49 30 48 496 030 Fax 49 30 48 496 991 gd greendelta com Open Source Software for Life Cycle Assessments and for Sustainability Assessment www openlca org LN oPenLca NS oN openLca Y 30 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 9 Final remark Big thanks Finally big thanks to our supporters and contributors For the 1 4 version especially the following institutions provided financial support incomplete overview US EPA SEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency US Department of Agriculture ee eT ecoinvent centre cr eco nvent F Centre Fundacion Chile FCH FUNDACI N CHILE Joint Research Centre European Commission JRC ES JRC EUROPEAN COMMISSION Karlsruhe Institute for Technology KIT NUT Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie if you are also interested in specific features or modifications of openLCA please let us know We develop software 7 N openLca NA 31
30. r C Tab Comma Danao hros Feor oar ahi ocr rage Dreak arter eacn Je Restore default settings Figure 28 SimaPro csv export options selection for creating the csv files Import the SimaPro CSV file into openLCA As anext step create a new database in openLCA via the context menu in the openLCA navigation view alternatively you can use an existing database and open it with a double click xa File Window Help nit_process_ Tolca test db N openLca 22 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Create a local database with the option Complete reference data we need the reference data for mapping flows units etc New database Create a new database Database name sp_es2_conversion Databasetype Local Remote Database content Empty database Units and flow properties Complete reference data Right click on the database and select Import Sh Import database Figure 29 Importing into the database In the import select SimaPro CSV as import option and select the CSV file you want to import N openLca Y 23 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Select M Import SimaPro CSV files E Select an import source type filter text a File Import x EcoSpold 1 x EcoSpold 2 E Excel SE ILCD ete gt E ILCD Network Impa y 4 Other La Database Import lt Back
31. s gt Figure 22 After the import the database is available in openLCA In some IT environments users may be prevented from installing the plugin if this is the case for you you can manually download the plugin from https nexus openlca org updatesite plugins org openlica xolca db upgrade_1 3 0 jar Shut down openLCA and then copy the plugin in the dropins folder of the openLCA installation which is usually located in a Windows system at user_name AppData Local openLCA The location can be modified during the installation procedure oN openLca Y 16 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 OW lh gt ac AppData Local openLCA gt dropins v 5 dropins durchsuchen Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Organisieren v In Bibliothek aufnehmen v Freigeben f r v Neuer Ordner z Fil 4 od openLCA Name 5 nderungsdatum Typ Gr e d bin ad configuration di data di dropins D jre di licenses di p2 di plugins a share di templates IE t 7 4 Elemente 4 Figure 23 Dropins folder where the plugins are located cutable Jar File 16K is com greendelta excel annotationdriven_l 06 01 2014 11 54 bl ecutable Jar File 3 587 K bl bl is datahub 1 6 4 jar 19 12 2013 10 21 l org openlca prosuite_1 2 3 1 jar 06 01 2014 11 54 ecutable Jar File 5 013 k xecutable Jar File 5 136 K mm mi mm mM mM mM mt a l org openlca xolca db upgrade_1 2 0 jar 04 06 2014 18 04 T
32. s to identify the suitable process Sse New product system na No reference process selected Name ps_test Description Filter electrici Reference process gt EP G Manufacturing O C Manufacturing 4 D Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply a b EP 35 Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply P electricity high voltage aluminium industry production mix GLO P electricity high voltage for Swiss Federal Railways production mix P electricity high voltage label certified production mix CH P electricity high voltage production mix ASCC P re high voltage production mix AT q mW j Add connected processes Connect with system processes if possible Finish Cancel Figure 16 Second possibility for product system creation as a new product system not starting directly from a process data set The reference process needs to be selected the available processes can be filtered 3 3 Manually connecting processes As an alternative to the automatic connection of processes you can also manually connect processes in the model graph of a product system Right click on the process then selecting build supply chain offers both building the complete chain for the process or only the next tier oN openLca Y 13 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 electricity production oil 9 dlectricity productio
33. t steps version 1 June 2014 wa EcoSpold 2 Export gi Select Processes Please specify an output directory and select the Processes you want to export A sub directory named EcoSpold02 will be created To directory G Users Besitzer Downloads _00_ Choose directory a P Food 4 W Transformation P tomato production GLO GLO P wheat production FR FR Back Next gt Cancel Figure 32 Selecting the processes for export in openLCA Open the data sets in the EcoEditor Third step of the conversion is to open the created files in the EcoEditor which reads a specific version of the EcoSpoldo2 format This needs some preparation The EcoEditor cannot open EcoSpoldo2 files with unknown master data Master data are for example flows sources units compartments locations etc Thus you first need to import the master data in the Eco Editor before you can open the converted files Select Import User Master Data From File form the menu and select the EcoSpoldoz2 file which you want to open oN openLca Y 26 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 Open Dataset From Database 9 Strg Umschalttaste O Open Dataset By Reference Product From Database I Open Dataset From File Strg O Open Dataset From File without review information Update Parent of Child Datasets Update Master Data Force Update Master Data Import User Master Data From File
34. the EcoEditor due to a too long field name that is not allowed in EcoSpoldo2 now avoided since product names longer than 120 characters are truncated Thus we have to cut names that are longer than 120 characters Meta data mapping Most of the meta data are in a different format in SimaPro and EcoSpoldoz2 EcoEditor e g e Categories tree in SimaPro lt gt flat list that cannot be extended in the EcoEditor e Time fixed enumeration in SimaPro lt gt start and end date in EcoSpoldo2 e Geography only five locations in SimaPro e Contact information free text in SimaPro lt gt structured person tags in EcoSpoldo2 Some of these issues can be fixed when editing the data set after the export in openLCA or the EcoEditor oN openLca Y 28 openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 6 3 Conclusions The conversion example presented above is more complicated than others but it shows some of the issues in any conversion The current LCA systems do not recognize each other s requirements too much and in this situation the conversion cannot work completely by using just a software tool It will never be possible to convert a free text contact information into structured person tags asking for first name last name asf Therefore typically some additional work with the data sets is needed to fully meet strict definitions of target formats or target software systems Aim of the converter functionality
35. ting database From exported zolca File C Users ac Downloads openLCA_LCIA methods _1 4 zolca This import may take a few minutes When it is finished the LCIA methods are also available in the database oN openLca Y openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 j ral ecoinvent_3_cutoff pa Projects aap Product systems Ey Impact methods i CML 2001 baseline ig CML 2001 non baseline g eco indicator 99 E eco indicator 99 H eco indicator 99 M Ecological Scarcity Method 2006 Q EDIP 2003 ILCD 2011 endpoint ILCD 2011 midpoint g ReCiPe Endpoint E g ReCiPe Endpoint H g ReCiPe Endpoint M g ReCiPe Midpoint E g ReCiPe Midpoint H ReCiPe Midpoint 1 TRACI21 g USEtox P Processes F Flows Figure 9 Newly created LCIA methods 3 LCA modelling in openLCA Core of any LCA modelling is the modelling of the life cycle of the product under study In openLCA as in ISO 14040 the life cycle model of a product is called product system and there are different ways for creating and completing product systems depending on the database and user preferences 3 1 Product system creation from a process data set The first possibility is to create the product system from the process Open a process data set go to the page general information and click on Create product system oN openLca Y openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps vers
36. tion you will need administrator rights In a Windows environment openLCA has the following hardware requirements e 4GBRAM 32bit 6 GB RAM 64 bit e 500 MB free hard disk space depending on the databases that you want to use As usual in Windows installation you can select whether openLCA should be used only by the user who installs i e by you or by anybody working on the computer 4 openLCA Setup o popim Choose Users Choose for which users you want to install openLCA Lca Select whether you want to install openLCA for yourself only or for all users of this computer Click Next to continue Install for anyone using this computer Current user recommended K ate e Figure 1 Setup screen The following installation steps should be rather self explanatory N openLca Y openLCA 1 4 overview and first steps version 1 June 2014 2 2 Installation Mac For Mac a 64 bit version is available In a Mac environment openLCA has the following hardware requirements o 64 bit e 500 MB free hard disk space depending on the databases that you want to use e 6 GB RAM The openLCA software requires Java in version 8 install Java before beginning with the openLCA installation Java SE Development Kit for Mac OS available under http www oracle com technetwork java javase downloads jdk8 downloads 2133151 html WS FAVORITES All My Files E openica 1 4 0 20140618 macosx 64bit tar ca AirDrop

openLCA 1.4 overview and first steps (June 2014)

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents