Country-specific life cycle inventories of power supply worldwide in the LCA database ecoinvent.
Media Releases Energy and Environment The life cycle inventory database ecoinvent forms the basis for life cycle assessment projects, eco-design, and product environmental information. Since 2003, ecoinvent has enabled companies to manufacture their products more in harmony with the environment, policymakers to implement new policies, and consumers to adopt more environmentally friendly behaviour. The new version 3.0 is a further milestone in life cycle assessment: new and updated data offer ecoinvent users a greater number of possible applications in the areas of e.g. chemical production, foodstuffs, vegetables and electricity. Over the past few years life cycle assessment has gained in importance not only in Switzerland, but also worldwide. Industry increasingly relies on eco-design methods in product development. Furthermore, LCA data play an increasingly central role in policy-related decisions, e.g. in the development of Switzerland's climate strategy, in decisions concerning the transition to renewable energy sources, and in the 'Green Economy' action plan adopted in March 2013. Consumers would like to know the real impact their purchases have on the environment.
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