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Life Cycle Assessment Models for Construction Materials

Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

This dataset is a set of life cycle assessment (LCA) models for select construction materials that have been developed by the Applied Economics Office of the Engineering Laboratory. An LCA model consists of two components: an inventory and a dataset(s). An inventory compiles and quantifies environmentally relevant flows: products, materials (including waste and emissions), or energy as defined in ISO 14040. Datasets contain environmentally relevant information of the process producing or treating the related flow. Datasets are commonly referred to as "processes" or "process models" in LCA literature.The models published here are "bridged" (i.e., call on) to publicly available life cycle inventory (LCI) databases available on the Federal LCA Commons (USLCI and eLCI databases). These models are built in openLCA, a free, public LCA modeling software tool. Users can download the ZIP file and upload directly into openLCA to use the models. The models are examples and provide a template (i.e., starting point) for structuring an LCA model for the specific product. The inventory should not be considered representative for an entire industry.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 30, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maintainer
Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-3745
Data First Published 2025-06-18
Language en
Data Last Modified 2025-02-28 00:00:00
Category Buildings and Construction:Building materials, Energy:Sustainability, Buildings and Construction:Building codes and standards, Materials:Concrete/cement
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
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Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-3745
License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
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