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3. Life Cycle Inventory Analysis (data collection, calculation procedures, LCI table) 4. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (methodology, results) 5. Life Cycle Interpretation a. Results b. Assumptions and Limitations c. Data Quality Assessment 6. Critical Review (internal and external) a. Name and Affiliation of Reviewers b. Critical Review Reports c. Responses to Recommendations If the study extends to the LCIA phase and is reported to a third-party, the following information should be reported: a description of the data quality; the relationship between LCI and LCIA results; the selection of impact categories; the impact assessment method; the indicator results profile normalization references weighting procedure 2.4.5 Critical Review The ISO standards require critical reviews to be performed on all Life Cycle Assessments supporting a comparative assertion. The type and scope (purpose, level of detail, persons to be involved in the process etc.) of the critical review is described in the LCA report. The review should ensure the quality of the study as follows: LCA methods are consistent with the ISO standards; Data are appropriate and reasonable in relation to the goal of the study; Limitations are set and explained; Assumptions are explained; and Report is transparent and consistent and the type and style are oriented to the intended audience. The critical review can be done by an external or internal expert, or by a panel of interested parties. 26
3 Procedure This chapter outlines a step by step procedure for conducting an LCA in GaBi. The example used in this manual and in the online video tutorial involves the modelling of the life cycle of 1000 steel paper clips based on German and European datasets. The procedure outlined below contains two types of text: 1. Numbered text indicates that a step should be completed. Text in italics provides explanatory comments about why you might do something or how something works. You will also notice that there are headings scattered throughout the procedure. These correspond (mostly; there are a couple of extra headings here) with the contents found in the video tutorial. 3.1 Open GaBi 1. Open GaBi now. 3.2 Connecting a DB The first thing you need to do is connect a database to the software. It could be the case that there is already a database connected. In the GaBi DB Manager you can see if there is already a database connected. Is the Education database or the Paper Clip Tutorial database already connected? 27
Page 1 and 2: GaBi Paper Clip Tutorial Handbook f
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents 1 Introduction to
Page 5 and 6: Table of Figures Figure 1: Overview
Page 7 and 8: Purpose of this Handbook The purpos
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Page 11 and 12: 2.1.2 Scope The intended applicatio
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Page 29 and 30: 3.4 GaBi theory GaBi calculates the
Page 31 and 32: You will now see the flow dialog bo
Page 33 and 34: A new plan will open in a new windo
Page 35 and 36: 3.10 Creating a new process You now
Page 37 and 38: In contrast, an LCI Result contains
Page 39 and 40: 28. Enter the steel wire flow by cl
Page 41 and 42: You have to specify where you would
Page 43 and 44: We determined that our paperclip ha
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Page 47 and 48: 3.22 Adding processes You will noti
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Page 51 and 52: 3.26 Linking processes Let´s compl
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Page 57 and 58: 3.30 Creating a balance If you have
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Page 63 and 64: 3.36 Weak point analysis A very nic
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Page 67 and 68: 4 Literature GABI 2003 GaBi 4: Soft
Page 69 and 70: Appendix A Appendix A 3 Global Warm
Page 71 and 72: Appendix A Appendix A 6 Photochemic
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