Creating a new impact assessment method/category

To create a new life cycle impact assessment method:

  1. Right-click on the "Impact assessment methods" child category.
  2. Select "New LCIA method".

  1. Name the new method and add a description (optional).

  1. Click "Finish", to open the the new impact assessment method in the editor.

Creating a new impact assessment category

Moreover, you can also create impact assessment categories. This might be helpful if you wish to tailor your impact assessment method to include specific categories like fossil fuel depletion that may not be present in your current method.

To do so:

  1. Right-click on the "Impact assessment categories" child category.

  2. Select "New LCIA method".

  1. Name the new method, add a reference unit and optionally a description.

  1. Click "Finish", to open the new impact assessment category in the editor.

To see how to add impact categories in the impact assessment method window, characterization factors, etc, see the section below.