Your inventory measures resin and electricity use. Background data adds the resource use and emissions from producing and supplying them.
For resin made in China, use data reflecting local technology and energy supply, even when the finished product is sold elsewhere.
You provide the resin quantities, electricity used in your own processing, direct emissions and other activities within the study boundary.
Link suitable resin-supply and electricity-supply records to those inputs. Their inventories add the resource use and emissions of the background processes, scaled to your project quantities.
Use your LCA software to calculate and interpret the combined product model. It can support LCA or PCF studies, and the LCA work needed for an EPD.
For a plastic product using Chinese resin, the data comes together in your existing LCA workflow.
Complement your existing background database with relevant Chinese records. Check methods and boundaries when combining data.
Check the applicable PCR, programme, system model and indicators. HiQLCD provides data for the LCA; EPD preparation and verification remain separate.
Alpine Pipe’s registered EPD for ERW and SSAW pipes combines manufacturer information with HiQLCD 1.4.0 and ecoinvent 3.12 backgrounds to describe raw-material supply, manufacturing and end-of-life scenarios.
Search online, get a data package or connect your platform. Confirm the scope and licence for your intended use.
Search and view datasets in HIQ QUERY.
Tell us about your product, assessment purpose and data needs. Confirm the modelling data, format and version for your package.
Retrieve dataset records and available GWP results through the API. Confirm the available content and permissions for each database.
Use HiQLCD data packages in openLCA, SimaPro or GaBi, with the appropriate format for your software.
Integrate delivered data files, or connect search, matching and data-retrieval APIs to your application.
