Publications

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Planning Documents

Report on LCI Database Project Meeting of Interests (PDF 477 KB)
Working Groups (PDF 12 KB)
U.S. LCI Database Project - Phase 1 Final Report (PDF 615 KB)
U.S. LCI Database Factsheet (PDF 881 KB)
User's Guide for Life-Cycle Inventory Database (PDF 691 KB)
U.S. LCI Database Project Development Guidelines (Word 414 KB)
U.S. LCI Database Project - Review Panel Report on the Development Guidelines (PDF 508 KB)

Notes on various published LCI protocols as well as related selected issue papers.

Working Paper No. 1: Review of Research Protocols and Development Summary (PDF 26 KB)
Working Paper No. 2: Energy and Transportation Databases (PDF 11 KB)
Working Paper No. 3: Materials/Products Definition (PDF 15 KB)
Working Paper No. 4: Notes Regarding a Database of Basic (PDF 12 KB)
Working Paper No. 5: Notes Regarding LCI Substance Definition (Environmental Interventions to be Tracked) (PDF 16 KB)
Working Paper No. 6: Data Quality, Variability and Uncertainty in LCI (PDF 16 KB)
Working Paper No. 7: Notes Regarding Transparency, Data Publishing (Unit Processes) and Data Exchange (PDF 21 KB)

A comparison of the major features of seven current LCI databases is presented in a matrix format. (PDF 15 KB)