Open AccessA Comparative Study of Life Cycle Impact Assessment using Different Software Programs
Author(s) -
Aditya Prana Iswara,
Aulia Ulfah Farahdiba,
E N Nadhifatin,
F Pirade,
Gerry Andhikaputra,
I Muflihah,
Rachmat Boedisantoso
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/506/1/012002
Subject(s) - normalization (sociology) , life cycle assessment , environmental impact assessment , environmental science , impact assessment , global warming potential , global warming , eutrophication , environmental resource management , climate change , greenhouse gas , production (economics) , ecology , oceanography , geology , public administration , sociology , biology , nutrient , anthropology , political science , economics , macroeconomics
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a powerful method to quantify impacts based on material input in the process production. The results of midpoint impact analysis categories vary from global warming potential to water footprint. In addition, endpoint impact analysis also provides quantitative results of general environmental impact assessment which is possible to be written as additional results and a deeper analysis in Government or Company Environmental Report. There are many types of software that can be used for impact analysis, for example, SimaPro, OpenLCA, Gabi, Umberto, etc. In this study we analyze the difference of impact assessment result using Simapro and OpenLCA with same material input data and similar database. The results of the environmental impact analysis using the CML-IA baseline V3.05 / EU25 method in the SimaPro software after normalization are as follows: global warning impact contribution 0.0206, ozone layer depletion 0.0002, acidification 0.0016, and eutrophication 0.0134. Meanwhile, the analysis results from OpenLCA software after normalization are: global warming impact contribution 4,5071 × 10 −13 , ozone depletion 1,0794 × 10 −14 , acidification 3,2878 × 10 −13 , and eutrophication 8,4541 × 10 −13 .