Need urgent reply regarding procurement of ecoinvent database for students and research purposes

Question

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Respected sir/madam,

I am working on a project using open LCA and i am really confused whether to procure the ecoinvent database which is free for lower income countries, by filling up the order confirmation page or just use free databases of ecoinvent that are there in open nexus. since the validity of the software is upto one year, can i repeat the same procedure again in the near future for procuring the database? Looking forward to a clear answer.

Thanking you

Answer 1

Yes just order then the database from Nexus, we will send you a form to proof that you are eligible, i.e. meeting the requirements for the free license, which we and ecoinvent will then approve. You will need to repeat this process each year as required by ecoinvent.

Best wishes,

Andreas

"procurement of free database" sounds somewhat funny ;)

Comments

This is indeed a very fast reply. Thank you so much for clearing my doubt :)