Open-source tools help us realise the true potential of life cycle assessment (LCA). We have tools for cloud calculations, uncertainty and sensitivity assessment, parametric modelling, external model interfaces, spatial and temporal assessment, scenarios-based and prospective assessment, hybridisation of multiple databases, and database modelling perspectives.
-In this spring school, we will build on these open-source foundations, focusing on Brightway, Wurst and Premise (and maybe Temporalis if there is interest), to make our inventory models better fit research questions with a temporal dimension. +
In this autumn school, we will build on these open-source foundations, focusing on Brightway, Wurst and Premise (and maybe Temporalis if there is interest), to make our inventory models better fit research questions with a temporal dimension. The instructors will be Romain Sacchi, the developer of Premise, Karin Treyer, who spearheads Brightway’s online learning materials that focus on novice users, and Chris Mutel, lead developer of Brightway. They will be assisted by Alvaro Hahn-Menacho, who has expertise in integrating Mass Flow Analysis (using ODYM) in prospective LCA.
The course will cover Brightway’s basics and best practices for model development. Teaching includes both the use of Jupyter notebooks for Brightway and the use of Activity Browser. We will cover essential aspects of LCA, such as sensitivity analysis, multiple types of uncertainty, parametrisation, etc. Best practices in software architecture will be taught, including documentation standards and tools, testing, data and source version control, linting, and quick tool builders like Panel and Dash.