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Recent Advances in the Development of the Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and other environmental Impacts (TRACI) 3.0
Citation:
Niblick, B. AND J. Bare. Recent Advances in the Development of the Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and other environmental Impacts (TRACI) 3.0. LCA XVIII, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 25 - 27, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
The US EPA has developed TRACI to represent the impact assessment methodologies which are most closely aligned with the policies and guidelines of the Agency and reflective of the most scientifically-advanced research. As new research becomes available globally, the advances must be evaluated and vetted within the Agency to see if new research should be adopted, and/or if additional development is needed. Each impact assessment methodology incorporated into TRACI will be reviewed before the next release of TRACI 3.0. Criteria for evaluation and development of methodologies will include: consistency with existing US EPA regulatory guidance,applicability to US geographical boundaries, consistency with previous modeling assumptions, minimization of assumptions and value choices, and modularity, portability and ease of use. Regionalized characterization factors are expected to be included for several impact categories.
Description:
The US EPA has developed TRACI to represent the impact assessment methodologies which are most closely aligned with the policies and guidelines of the Agency and reflective of the most scientifically-advanced research. As new research becomes available globally, the advances must be evaluated and vetted within the Agency to see if new research should be adopted, and/or if additional development is needed. Each impact assessment methodology incorporated into TRACI will be reviewed before the next release of TRACI 3.0. Criteria for evaluation and development of methodologies will include: consistency with existing US EPA regulatory guidance, applicability to US geographical boundaries, consistency with previous modeling assumptions, minimization of assumptions and value choices, and modularity, portability and ease of use. Regionalized characterization factors are expected to be included for several impact categories