Accessing Datasets
The following datasets can currently be accessed using the LCA Toolkit by creating a new CreateData() component in any available UI. Please keep in mind that although we go to great lengths to provide you with the best possible freely available LCA data, you are ultimately responsible for the results you acquire through the use of these tools and datasets.
- Boverket
- Carbon Query Database or EC3
- EPiC
- Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE)
- Oekobaudat
- National Highways
- Quartz
We are always excited to add more datasets to the toolkit so if the dataset you're looking for is not represented, then please submit an issue/question to see if it can be added!
Carbon Query Database is a database of Environmental Product Declarations produced on both a category/sector basis and by manufacturers for stages A1-A3 for embodied carbon (GWP). We access this data in BHoM through our Carbon Query Database Adapter, which allows you to search all of the EPDs within EC3 either by the "NameLike" input, the "PlantName" input, or by its individual ID (which you can find at the end of your URL when searching through EC3). This "Pull" will produce EnvironmentalProductDeclaration objects. For more specific information, please visit the CarbonQueryDatabase_Toolkit.
Please Note: There are static, amalgam datasets that have been curated by discipline groups that are available for use, including:
- EC3: curated datasets of environmental product declarations commonly used by structural engineers in the US
- Façade EU: curated datasets of environmental product declarations commonly used by façade engineers in Europe
- Façade US: curated datasets of environmental product declarations commonly used by façade engineers in the US
- MEP: curated datasets of environmental product declarations commonly used by MEP engineers around the globe
Please note this is provided for guidance purposes only as it is up to you, the user to determine the most relevant EPDs to use.
