As from Aug 29, 2011, on - new customers can obtain a combined package of ecoinvent v2 and v3 for the price of EUR 2'500 (excl. VAT). This is a SPECIAL OFFER for new customers - purchasing NOW a license of ecoinvent v3, and get...[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

Special issue for the launch of the online version of the ecoEditor for version v3.[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

St. Gallen, Switzerland / FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (USA) – the ecoinvent Centre, the world’s leading supplier of reliable and transparent life cycle inventory (LCI) data, has joined the Sustainability Consortium to support the...[more]

The original calculation of the database ecoinvent v2.2 contained errors in the LCIA factors of the ReCiPe method implementation (Mid- and Endpoint level, all three perspectives, with and without LT emissions) and thus also the...[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

The original calculation of the database ecoinvent v2.2 contained errors in the LCIA factors and thus also the LCIA results of the two following assessment methods: USEtox (without LT emissions only) and Eco-Indicator'99 (all...[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

We are pleased to inform you that the “files” (accessible for members only) and the "report" sections (accessible for members and guest users) has been updated in the last couple of days to ecoinvent data v2.2. In the...[more]

By May 3, 2010, the intermediate update of ecoinvent data v2.2 is released. The quality of this unique database is further improved by selected updating resp. correction of errors according to the current state of knowledge - but...[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

Customers of ecoinvent data v2 have access to this report in the download section "Files" of the online ecoinvent database. The ecoinvent members may login to ecoinvent data v2.1 and click on the link...[more]

You can now download on our website the beta3-version of the ecoSpold format version 2 which is designed to replace the current ecoSpold format for the next version of the ecoinvent database, scheduled for release in 2011....[more]

New access policy concerning the comprehensive documentation of the ecoinvent database.[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

As announced in our last newsletter, we are pleased to inform you that the “files” section (accessible for members only) has been updated in the last couple of days to ecoinvent data v2.1. The report No. 16, documenting all...[more]

Short overview of current activities of the ecoinvent Centre.[more]

By May 14, 2009, the intermediate update of ecoinvent data v2.1 is released. The quality of this unique database is further improved by selected updating resp. correction of errors according to the current state of knowledge. ...[more]

In its efforts to further improve its database, the ecoinvent Centre announces the constitution of the new Editorial Board and the extended International Advisory Council.  More information about the Editorial Board here /...[more]

You can now download on our website a beta-version of the ecoSpold format version 2 which is designed to replace the current ecoSpold format for the next version of the ecoinvent database, scheduled for release in 2011. This...[more]

In response to the many questions we have received from customers and sponsors, this paper outlines the position of the ecoinvent Centre towards the recent initiative of the European Commission DG-JRC to develop an International...[more]

From January 1st 2009, the ecoinvent database will be provided free of charge for educational institutions in non-OECD countries for non-commercial use. Such an educational licence has the following characteristics: illimited...[more]

Nearly 300 members and guests filled in our online questionnaire in October. We have now analysed the results which confirms us in our chosen strategy. As you can see from the Figure below, the most important features for our...[more]

The presentation from Bo Weidema, ecoinvent executive manager, on October 1st, 2008, at the LCA VIII conference in Seattle (USA), intitulated 'A globalisation strategy for the ecoinvent LCI database' can be downloaded here.[more]