Impact Assessment Methods

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CED CML 4.8 EF3.1 EN15804+A2 Environmental Cost Indicator 2025 EPD supplementary indicators ImpactWorld+ 2 - Damages version ImpactWorld+ 2 - Midpoint version IPCC 2021 ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/E ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/H ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/I ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/E ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/H ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/I Single categories TRACI 2.1

⏵ EN15804+A2

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Acidification Climate change Climate change (biogenic) Climate change (fossil) Climate change (land use and land use change) Ecotoxicity, freshwater Ecotoxicity, freshwater (inorganics) Ecotoxicity, freshwater (organics) Eutrophication, freshwater Eutrophication marine Eutrophication, terrestrial Human toxicity, cancer Human toxicity, cancer (inorganics) Human toxicity, cancer (organics) Human toxicity, non-cancer Human toxicity, non-cancer (inorganics) Human toxicity, non-cancer (organics) Ionising radiation, human health Land use Output flow information: Components for re-use - CRU Output flow information: Exported energy (electricity) - EEE Output flow information: Exported energy (thermal) - EET Output flow information: Materials for energy recovery - MER Output flow information: Materials for recycling - MFR Ozone depletion Particulate Matter Photochemical ozone formation, human health Resource flow information: Net use of fresh water Resource flow information: Total use of non-renewable primary energy resources Resource flow information: Total use of renewable primary energy resources Resource flow information: Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non- renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PENRE Resource flow information: Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PENRM Resource flow information: Use of non-renewable secondary fuels - NRSF Resource flow information: Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PERE Resource flow information: Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PERM Resource flow information: Use of renewable secondary fuels - RSF Resource flow information: Use of secondary material - SM Resource use, fossils Resource use, minerals and metals Waste flow information: Hazardous waste Waste flow information: Non-hazardous waste Waste flow information: Radioactive waste Water use

⏵ Acidification

Unit: mol H+ equivalents

Description: European country-dependent. Accumulated Exceedance method (combination of models). The atmospheric transport and deposition model to land area and major lakes/rivers is determined using the EMEP model combined with a European critical load database. Inclusion of depositions onto different land cover categories in the EMEP Eulerian atmospheric dispersion model. Critical load database containing about 1.2 million different ecosystems (e.g. forrests, surface waters, semi-natural vegetation).

Normalization factor: 55.5695412306019 mol H+ equivalents

Emission factors: 155 exchanges considered