Danish Food LCA
Summary | ||
Name of source | LCA Food Database | |
Provider | 2.-0 LCA Consultants and Aarhus University | |
Summary text | LCA data on basic food products produced and consumed in Denmark. | |
Contact | Bo P. Weidema (bow@lca-net.com) | |
Licensing | Free | |
Language(s) | English, Danish | |
Website | http://www.lcafood.dk/ |
Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
File type | HTML (web) access, EcoSpold | |
Software needs | Web browser or LCA software that reads EcoSpold |
Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
Age | 2000-2003 | |
Geography | Denmark | |
Original Data Source(s) | Results of the project "Lifecycle Assessment of Basic Food" (2000 to 2003). Draws on peer-reviewed journals; primary research; industry publications and government publications | |
Other Databases Included | Process (bottom-up) and input-output (top-down). Uses consequential modeling (i.e. most other commonly used studies use attributional approach). | |
Life cycle stages | Cradle-to-farm gate, cradle-to-retail | |
Modeling approach | Process | |
Emissions results | Total CO2e | |
Number of datasets | 40 | |
Main topics | Food and renewable raw materials; Agricultural production means | |
Other topics | Paper and cardboards; Plastics; Metals and semimetals; Glass and ceramics |
Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
System boundaries | Yes | |
Data Types | Process | |
Allocation Methods | Yes | |
Technology | Yes | |
Data year | Yes | |
Original source | Yes | |
Uncertainty | No |
Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
Data quality score | No | |
Quality assurance | No | |
Standards compliant | None |