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USEEIO v2.0
Citation:
Ingwersen, W., M. Li, B. Young, J. Vendries, AND C. Birney. USEEIO v2.0. ACLCA 2021 Conference, N/A, N/A, September 21 - 24, 2021.
Impact/Purpose:
This product will, through a series of enhancements, be expanded into a model with global scope, capable of improved impact assessment including adding characterization of marine litter impacts and household activities. Some enhancements to the model will include a new method for tracking waste generation with USEEIO industries, an open-source software package for processing data to build and generate USEEIO model to keep the data fresh and make methods as transparent as possible, with national addition of emissions/resources related to household activities and disaggregation of sectors including the waste and remediation sector, among others. In March 2018, EPA hosted a workshop on Materials Life Cycle Tracking and Measurement, where various material, waste and input-output modeling experts convened. This product will build upon initial needs and concepts put forth to build a conceptual framework for permitting materials tracking across the economy at various levels of resolution, drawing upon methods and data from the material flow analysis and economic input-output space. Yet another area of planned improvement will be expansion of the model scope from national to global. To accomplish this we will connect the model to an existing global multi-regional input-output model and add additional components to harmonize these models at scale. We will also modify the model to be able to apply the additional spatially-explicit indicators and marine litter indicators being developed in this project sustainable materials management. This product will update and expand the 2.0 version of the model through (1) connection to a global multi-regional input-output model, (2) incorporation of improved and additional indicators including marine plastic export indicators, and (3) updated underlying economic and environmental data.
Description:
This product will, through a series of enhancements, be expanded into a model with global scope, capable of improved impact assessment including adding characterization of marine litter impacts and household activities. Some enhancements to the model will include a new method for tracking waste generation with USEEIO industries, an open-source software package for processing data to build and generate USEEIO model to keep the data fresh and make methods as transparent as possible, with national addition of emissions/resources related to household activities and disaggregation of sectors including the waste and remediation sector, among others. In March 2018, EPA hosted a workshop on Materials Life Cycle Tracking and Measurement, where various material, waste and input-output modeling experts convened. This product will build upon initial needs and concepts put forth to build a conceptual framework for permitting materials tracking across the economy at various levels of resolution, drawing upon methods and data from the material flow analysis and economic input-output space. Yet another area of planned improvement will be expansion of the model scope from national to global. To accomplish this we will connect the model to an existing global multi-regional input-output model and add additional components to harmonize these models at scale. We will also modify the model to be able to apply the additional spatially-explicit indicators and marine litter indicators being developed in this project sustainable materials management. This product will update and expand the 2.0 version of the model through (1) connection to a global multi-regional input-output model, (2) incorporation of improved and additional indicators including marine plastic export indicators, and (3) updated underlying economic and environmental data.