Accessing Datasets
The following three databases can be accessed using the LCA-toolkit.
Quartz Project has created Common Product LCA Data which includes Global Warming Potential, Ozone Depletion Potential, Primary Energy Demand, Acidification Potential, Eutrophication Potential, and Smog Formation Potential for cradle to gate (A1-A3) and end of life. We access this data in BHoM through a Dataset object, which has assimilated the data into an EnvironmentalProductDeclaration object.
ICE Database is an amalgam of product data from international sources that has been tailored for the UK. Its data is inclusive of embodied carbon figures for hundreds of products, categorised by their material categories: concrete, steel, glass, aluminum, etc. We access this data in BHoM through a Dataset object, which has assimilated the data into an EnvironmentalProductDeclaration object (embodied carbon can be found under the Global Warming Potential property).
Carbon Query Database is a database of Environmental Product Declarations produced on both a category/sector basis and by manufacturers for stages A1-A3 for embodied carbon (GWP). We access this data in BHoM through our Carbon Query Database Adapter, which allows you to search all of the EPDs within EC3 either by the "NameLike" input, the "PlantName" input, or by its individual ID (which you can find at the end of your URL when searching through EC3). This "Pull" will produce EnvironmentalProductDeclaration objects.
For more detailed information on how to apply material data to any of your objects, please check out Applying Data to Geometry.