How to use updated Environmental Footpint (mid-point indicator) LCIA method from imported EF 3.1 database?

Question

Dear all,

I have tried importing the EF 3.1 datasets downloaded from Sphera's node into a new database but found out that the database contains only a fraction of impact categories present in the Environmental Footprint (mid-point) LCIA method. More specifically, only the impact categories that have been updated are present (and only updated impact factors are included).

Hence, my questions are:
Is there a way to import the Environmental Footprint (mid-point) LCIA method from the previous version of the EF database, while keeping the updated impact factors and indicators?

How can this be done considering that there are impact factors missing from numerous elementary flows in EF 3.1 (e.g., there are no impact factors associated with water resources in EF 3.1)?

Thank you very much.

Best wishes,

Tomas

Answer 1

Hi Tomas,

please see here: https://ask.openlca.org/5747/problem-with-accounting-of-water-consumption-flows-with-ef.

Best wishes,

Andreas

Comments

Thank you. If I understood correctly, I should use the PEFlocus tool to merge the updated version of the EF database with the previous one, right?