ILCD Handbook: Framework and requirements for LCIA models and ...

ILCD Handbook: Framework and requirements for LCIA models and indicators First edition
Photochemical ozone formation Check the following:
Scientific
robustness &
Certainty
Documentation
&
Transparency
&
Reproducibility
Overall evaluation
Scientific
robustness
Certainty
Overall
evaluation
For damages on Human Health, a fate sensitivity
factor discriminating between sensitive and
insensitive areas is included
Magnitude of exceedance for exposure above
critical level is considered
Threshold
(Minimum
score)
Covers both VOCs and inorganic pollutants B H
Distinction of individual VOCs
Potency or dose-response is included C H
• The critical part of the model including the input
data have been peer reviewed (journal, panel,
book, etc.)
• The model reflects the latest knowledge for the
cause-effect chain (the critical links are covered);
Atmospheric fate and transport model
• The model reflects the latest knowledge for the
cause-effect chain (the critical links are covered);
Exposure model
• The model reflects the latest knowledge for the
cause-effect chain (the critical links are covered);
Potency or dose-response model
• All category indicators and characterisation
models linking midpoint to damage are science
based
• The coverage of the impacts in the modelling
from midpoint to endpoint is complete
• The model including the underlying data have a
good potential for being consistently improved
and further developed including regarding
geographical/emission situation and temporal
differentiation
• Indicators can be confirmed and verified against
monitoring data, if available
• Uncertainty estimates of the indicators are
provided, justified and reported in statistical terms
• Scenario and model uncertainty are taken into
account
• The category indicator and characterisation
models are science based
• The model documentation is published and
easily accessible (incl. description of the
mechanism, the model, temporal and spatial
scale, etc.)?
• The set of characterization factors/models is
published and easily accessible
• The input data are published and easily
accessible
• The characterization model is published and
easily accessible
• Ability for third parties to freely generate
additional, consistent factors and to further
develop models, e.g. incorporating further
geographical/emission situation, temporal and
speciation differentiation
Importance
(H-N)
4 Requirements for specific impact categories 55
H
C H
C
C
B H
H
C H