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Examples of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods in SimaPro v8

Region Method   Impact Categories
European CML-IA baseline 1 Abiotic depletion
  2 Abiotic depletion (fossil fuels)
  3 Global Warming (GWP100a)
  4 Ozone Layer Depletion (ODP)
  5 Human Toxicity
  6 Fresh Water Aquatic Ecotoxicity
  7 Marine Aquatic Ecotoxic
  8 Terrestrial Ecotoxicity
  9 Photochemical oxidation
  10 Acidification
  11 Eutrophication
CML-IA non-baseline v3.02    
  1 Abiotic depletion (elem., reserve base)
  2 Abiotic depletion (elem., econ. reserve)
  3 Land competition
  4 Lower limit of net global warming
  5 Upper limit of net global warming
  6 Global warming 20a
  7 Global warming 500a
  8 Ozone layer depletion 5a
  9 Ozone layer depletion 10a
  10 Ozone layer depletion 15a
  11 Ozone layer depletion 20a
  12 Ozone layer depletion 25a
  13 Ozone layer depletion 30a
  14 Ozone layer depletion 40a
  15 Freshwater sediment ecotox. infinite
  16 Marine sediment ecotox. infinite
  17 Human toxicity 20a
  18 Freshwater aquatic ecotox. 20a
  19 Marine aquatic ecotox. 20a
  20 Freshwater sediment ecotox. 20a
  21 Marine sediment ecotox. 20a
  22 Terrestrial ecotoxicity 20a
  23 Human toxicity 100a
  24 Freshwater aquatic ecotox. 100a
  25 Marine aquatic ecotox. 100a
  26 Freshwater sediment ecotox. 100a
  27 Marine sediment ecotox. 100a
  28 Terrestrial ecotoxicity 100a
  29 Human toxicity 500a
  30 Freshwater aquatic ecotox. 500a
  31 Marine aquatic ecotox. 500a
  32 Freshwater sediment ecotox. 500a
  33 Marine sediment ecotox. 500a
  34 Terrestrial ecotoxicity 500a
  35 Photochemical oxidation (low NOx)
  36 Photochem. oxid. (MIR; very high NOx)
  37 Photochemical oxidation (MOIR; high NOx)
  38 Photochemical oxidation (EBIR; low NOx)
  39 Acidification (fate not incl.)
  40 Eutrophication (incl. fate)
  41 Ionising radiation
  42 Malodorous air
  43 Photochem. oxid. (incl. NOx & NMVOC av.)
  44 Photochem. oxid. (incl. NMVOC av.)
  45 Human tox. (incl. PAH, Xylene & NMVOC av
  46 Fw. aq. ecot.  (PAH, Xylene & NMVOC av.)
  47 Mar. aq. ecotox. (PAH, Xylene & NMVOC av
  48 Terr. ecotox. (PAH, Xylene & NMVOC av.)
  49 Global warming 100a (incl. NMVOC av.)
  50 Ozone layer depletion (incl. NMVOC av.)
Ozone layer depletion (incl. NMVOC av.)    
  1 Water resources
  2 Energy resources
  3 Mineral resources
  4 Land use
  5 Global warming
  6 Ozone layer depletion
  7 Main air pollutants and PM
  8 Carcinogenic substances into air
  9 Heavy metals into air
  10 Water pollutants
  11 POP into water
  12 Heavy metals into water
  13 Pesticides into soil
  14 Heavy metals into soil
  15 Radioactive substances into air
  16 Radioactive substances into water
  17 Noise
  18 Non radioactive waste to deposit
  19 Radioactive waste to deposit
EDIP 2003 v1.05    
  1 Global warming 100a
  2 Ozone depletion
  3 Ozone formation (Vegetation)
  4 Ozone formation (Human)
  5 Acidification
  6 Terrestrial eutrophication
  7 Aquatic eutrophication EP(N)
  8 Aquatic eutrophication EP(P)
  9 Human toxicity air
  10 Human toxicity soil
  11 Ecotoxicity water chronic
  12 Ecotoxicity water acute
  13 Ecotoxicity soil chronic
  14 Hazardous waste
  15 Slags/ashes
  16 Bulk waste
  17 Radioactive waste
EDIP (2013)    
  1 Acidification (fate not incl.)
  2 Eutrophication
  3 Global warming (GWP100a
  4 Photochemical oxidation
  5 Ozone layer depletion (ODP) (optional)
  6 Abiotic depletion (optional)
EPS 2000    
  1 Life expectancy
  2 Severe morbidity
  3 Morbidity
  4 Severe nuisance
  5 Nuisance
  6 Crop growth capacity
  7 Wood growth capacity
  8 Fish and meat production
  9 Soil acidification
  10 Prod. cap. irrigation Water
  11 Prod. cap. drinking water
  12 Depletion of reserves
  13 Species extinction
ILCD2011 Midpoint+    
  1 Climate change
  2 Ozone depletion
  3 Human toxicity, non-cancer effects
  4 Human toxicity, cancer effects
  5 Particulate matter
  6 Ionizing radiation HH
  7 Ionizing radiation E (interim)
  8 Photochemical ozone formation
  9 Acidification
  10 Terrestrial eutrophication
  11 Freshwater eutrophication
  12 Marine eutrophication
  13 Freshwater ecotoxicity
  14 Land use
  15 Water resource depletion
  16 Mineral, fossil & ren resource depletion
IMPACT 2002+    
  1 Carcinogens
  2 Non-carcinogens
  3 Respiratory inorganics
  4 Ionizing radiation
  5 Ozone layer depletion
  6 Respiratory organics
  7 Aquatic ecotoxicity
  8 Terrestrial ecotoxicity
  9 Terrestrial acid/nutri
  10 Land occupation
  11 Aquatic acidification
  12 Aquatic eutrophication
  13 Global warming
  14 Non-renewable energy
  15 Mineral extraction
ReCiPe    
  1 Climate change Human Health
  2 Ozone depletion
  3 Human toxicity
  4 Photochemical oxidant formation
  5 Particulate matter formation
  6 Ionising radiation
  7 Climate change Ecosystems
  8 Terrestrial acidification
  9 Freshwater eutrophication
  10 Terrestrial ecotoxicity
  11 Freshwater ecotoxicity
  12 Marine ecotoxicity
  13 Agricultural land occupation
  14 Urban land occupation
  15 Natural land transformation
  16 Metal depletion
  17 Fossil depletion
North American BEES+    
  1 Global warming
  2 Acidification
  3 HH cancer
  4 HH noncancer
  5 HH criteria air pollutants
  6 Eutrophication
  7 Ecotoxicity
  8 Smog
  9 Natural resource depletion
  10 Indoor air quality
  11 Habitat alteration
  12 Water intake
  13 Ozone depletion
TRACI    
  1 Ozone depletion
  2 Global warming
  3 Smog
  4 Acidification
  5 Eutrophication
  6 Carcinogenics
  7 Non carcinogenics
  8 Respiratory effects
  9 Ecotoxicity
  10 Fossil fuel depletion
Others Eco-indicator 99    
    1 Carcinogens
    2 Resp. organics
    3 Resp. inorganics
    4 Climate change
    5 Radiation
    6 Ozone layer
    7 Ecotoxicity
    8 Acidification/ Eutrophication
    9 Land use
    10 Minerals
    11 Fossil fuels