SimaPro Database: Life Cycle Assessment Model of Casey Station, Antarctica

A 2018 backup of a life cycle assessment database modeling Casey Station in Antarctica. The model consists of interlinked processes describing energy and material flows, used to assess potential environmental impacts of operating the station for one year. Data was sourced from the Australian Antarctic Division, literature, and existing LCA models.

Use Cases

• Calculate climate change impact based on kg-CO2-eq emissions from station operations.
• Assess eutrophication potential based on kg N-eq emissions.
• Model energy and material flows within the interlinked processes of the station.
• Benchmark environmental impacts of Antarctic research stations using established LCA methods.

Strengths

• Model uses established life cycle impact assessment methods, including climate change and eutrophication potential.
• Data was sourced from primary data from the Australian Antarctic Division, literature, and existing models.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2018-05-23 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

AU_AADC (Australian Antarctic Division)

Collection Method

Sourced from primary data, literature, and existing life cycle assessment models.

Geography

Casey Station, Antarctica