TEAM is an LCA software program that allows the user to build and use a database and model any system representing the operations associated with products, processes, and activities (waste management options, means of transportation, etc.). It is designed to describe and model complex industrial systems and to calculate the associated life cycle inventories (LCM, SFA/MFA, DfE, DfR), life cycle potential environmental impacts, legal compliance checks, product stewardship, and process‐oriented life cycle costing.
TRACI: A Model Developed by the USEPA
The tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts (TRACI) is described along with its history, the research and methodologies it incorporates, and the insights it provides within individual impact categories.
TRACI, a stand‐alone computer program developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), facilitates the characterization of environmental stressors that have potential effects, including ozone depletion, global warming, acidification, eutrophication, tropospheric ozone (smog) formation, ecotoxicity, human health criteria–related effects, human health cancer effects, human health noncancer effects, fossil fuel depletion, and land‐use effects. TRACI was originally designed for use with LCA, but it is expected to find wider application in the future (Bare 2003; USEPA 2003).
Umberto NXT CO2
Umberto is an LCA tool that uses the following instruments: LCM, LCIA, LCI, LCE, a graphical interface to model material flow networks to enter and track material and energy flows, SFA/MFA, supply chain management, LCS, and LCC.
International Organizations and Resources for Conducting Life Cycle Assessment
Appendix F provides a list of organizations in various countries, a brief description of each organization, and LCA centers and societies across all continents including Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, North America, and South America.
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