An object class that can structure, manipulate, and facilitate the hybridization of lifecycle assessment (LCA) and environmentally extended input-output (EEIO) matrices.
- Only works with Python
- Read in, combine, organize, manipulate and concatenate LCA foreground and background matrices
- Combine LCA system with EEIO matrices
- Automate hybridization and correction for double-counting with two available methods (STAM and binary)
- Can currently hybridize ecoinvent3.5 with exiobase3
- Includes extrapolated additional environmental extensions for EXIOBASE
- Includes matching of ecoinvent and EXIOBASE to Impact World+
- Can accept capitals-endogenized version of EXIOBASE
- Includes regionalized characterization matrices for use with Impact World+
The software is still under development but has already 2 operational versions.
Memory: 8GB RAM
- Python 3
- Pandas
- Numpy
- Scipy
- pymrio
- ecospold2matrix
- pickle
- Majeau-Bettez, G., Agez, M., Wood, R., Södersten, C., Margni, M., Strømman, A. H., & Samson, R. (2017). Streamlined Hybridization software: merging Ecoinvent and Exiobase. In Biennial Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology.
- Agez, M., Majeau-Bettez, G., Margni, M., Strømman, A. H., & Samson, R. (2019). Lifting the veil on the correction of double counting incidents in hybrid Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1–17. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12945
- Agez, M., Wood, R., Margni, M., Strømman, A. H., Samson, R., & Majeau-Bettez, G. (2019). Hybridization of complete LCA and MRIO databases for a comprehensive product system coverage. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12979