AusLCI
About AusLCI
The Australian National Life Cycle Inventory Database (AusLCI) developed by the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS) provides environmental data on Australian products and services across their full life cycle.
Visit AusLCI websiteAusLCI (V1.42) Carbon Emissions Factors
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| Description | The Australian National Life Cycle Inventory Database (AusLCI) developed by the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS) provides environmental data on Australian products and services across their full life cycle. |
| Source type | Non-governmental |
| Original dataset URL | URL |
| Year released | 2023 |
| Geography | Australia |
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| Type of data | Activity-based |
| Emission results | CO2e |
| Data Transformation | NA |
License
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| Type of license | Publicly available |
| License URL | URL |
Data quality
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| Data quality assurance | Vetted by Climatiq. For further information on data quality assurance, see: https://www.climatiq.io/methodology#Data-Quality |
| Quality flag(s) | Methodology The source does not clarify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e. |
Methodology
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| Standard | ISO 14040 standards. |
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| Methodology description | The AusLCI Carbon Emissions Factors represent the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of products (kg CO2e / unit of products or services) that have been derived from the AusLCI database. The emission factors have been derived from a version of the AusLCI database that links to Lifecycles background processes in the AusLCI-CF background dataset, i.e. not linked to the ecoinvent database. Emission factors are available with different inclusions / exclusions: The Total GHG values include GHG emissions from fossil fuel sources, biogenic sources including biogenic methane, and land use change (LUC). These follow a -1/+1 (incl. biogenic CO2) approach. The Carbon Neutrality Assumption values (excl. biogenic CO2) assume that all biogenic carbon sequestered (e.g. during growth of grown products) is eventually released back into the atmosphere (naturally decomposed, burned, metabolised), resulting in there being no net change of atmospheric carbon. Therefore it is the Total GHG method excluding biogenic GHGs. This is what Climatiq reports from the source. The Fossil Carbon values include only GHG emissions from fossil fuel sources. The Biogenic Carbon values include only biogenic carbon emissions and removals, including biogenic methane. Biogenic refers to carbon or methane that has been stored in, removed by, or emitted from biomass. For example, combustion of biomass, sequestration of C in wood. The Land Use Change (LUC) values includes only fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from decreases or increases in vegetative and soil organic carbon stocks (SOC) due to changes in land use and land cover. The source reports two values for Total GHG: with and without infrastructure emissions. Infrastructure refers to the upstream production of capital equipment. E.g. the tractor manufacture in a tractor operation process, or factory construction in a manufacturing process. Climatiq reports the emission including infrastructure. |
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