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 |