Broad category | Category | Result | LCIA method (units) | Description |
Climate change | Climate change | 0.83965 | IPCC 2013 GWP 100a (kg CO2 Eq.) | Potential for global warming from greenhouse gas emissions. |
Impacts on ecosystems | Acidification | 0.0036 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (mol H+Eq.) | Acidification of soil and freshwater due to gas release. |
Ecotoxicity freshwater | 16.09807 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (CTUe) | Harmful effect of toxic substances on freshwater organisms. | |
Eutrophication freshwater | 0.00047 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kg PO4Eq.) | Changes in freshwater organisms and ecosystems caused by excess nutrients. | |
Eutrophication marine | 0.00079 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kg N Eq.) | Changes in saltwater organisms and ecosystems caused by excess nutrients. | |
Eutrophication terrestrial | 0.00768 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (mol N Eq.) | Changes in land organisms from excess nutrients in soil and air. | |
Impacts on human health | Carcinogenic effects | 5.72E-10 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (CTUh) | Harm to human health that causes or increases cancer risk. |
Ionising radiation | 0.02794 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kBg U235 Eq.) | Potential damage to human DNA from ionising radiation. | |
Non-carcinogenic effects | 1.13E-08 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (CTUh) | Harm to human health that is not related to cancer or ionising radiation. | |
Ozone layer depletion | 3.18E-06 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kg CFC-11 Eq.) | Air emission causing stratospheric ozone layer destruction. | |
Photochemical ozone formation | 0.00227 | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kg NMVOC Eq.) | Harm to humans from has emission that contribute to smog in the lower atmosphere. | |
Particulate matter formation | 3.44E-08 | PM method (disease incidence) | Harm to humans caused by particulate matter emission. | |
Depletion of resource | Fossil fuels | 9.25198 | CML-IA baseline (MJ) | Non-renewable energy consumption or abiotic depletion potential. |
Land use | 4.80724 | Soil quality index based on LANCA (points) | Depletion of natural resources, change in soil quality and reduction in biodiversity. | |
Minerals and metals | 5.37E-06 | CML-IA baseline (kg Sb Eq.) | Depletion of natural non-fossil fuel resources. | |
Water use | 0.20422 | AWARE (m3 water Eq.) | Water taken from the environment. |
AWARE, Available Water Remaining; CML-IA, Centrum voor Milieukunde Leiden; Eq., equivalent; GWP, global warming potential; ILCD, International Reference Life Cycle Data System; IPCC, International Panel on Climate Change; LANCA, Land Use Indicator Value Calculation in Life Cycle Assessment; LCIA, life cycle impact assessment; PM, particulate matter.