SimaPro Tutorial - PRé Sustainability

1 SimaPro Tutorial 2 ColophonTitle: SimaPro Tutorial Written by: PR Mark Goedkoop, Michiel Oele, Marisa Vieira, Jorrit Leijting, Tommie Ponsioen, Ellen Meijer Report version: Date: January 2016 Language: English Availability: PDF file Copyright: 2002-2016 PR . Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Netherlands License.

2 To view a copy of this license, visit: or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. If the manual is to be used for other purposes, written consent of PR is : Phone: +31 33 4504010 Fax: +31 33 4555024 E-mail: TutorialContents1 INTRODUCTION THE PURPOSE OF THIS Tutorial THE LESSONS SimaPro TRAINING 62 LESSON 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; USING THE GUIDED TOUR THE PROBLEM USE THE PREDEFINED WIZARD first USE THE STANDARD USER INTERFACE 83 LESSON 2A: ENTERING PRODUCTION PROCESSES INTRODUCTION PREPARATION FOR DATA ENTRY ENTERING PROCESS 1: FELLING THE TREE PROCESS 2 SAW MILL ( PLANKS ) 234 LESSON 2B: ENTERING WASTE TREATMENT AND WASTE SCENARIOS INTRODUCTION WASTE TREATMENT RECORD FOR LANDFILL MODELING THE IMPACTS OF THE OPEN FIRE WASTE SCENARIOS 355 LESSON 2C.

3 ENTERING A COMPLETE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE INTRODUCTION THE ASSEMBLY PRODUCT STAGE A PARAMETERIZED SHED 456 LESSON 2D: ANALYZING SOME OF THE RESULTS INVENTORY (LCI) RESULTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT (LCIA) RESULTS CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS 567 LESSON 2E: USING PARAMETERS FOR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE ALLOCATION PRINCIPLE COMPARING THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION PRINCIPLES 638 LESSON 3: BUILDING SOPHISTICATED PRODUCT STAGES USING THE WIZARD THE PROBLEM THE SimaPro SOLUTION ANALYZING THE RESULTS 704 9 LESSON 4: USING INPUT OUTPUT DATA INTRODUCTION PROBLEM 1: PRIORITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION PROBLEM 2: GUIDING STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS PROBLEM 3: INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF SERVICES IN THE LCA 7510 LESSON 5: SOLVING THE WEIGHTING DEBATE THE PROBLEM THE SimaPro SOLUTION 7811 LESSON 6.

4 MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS THE PROBLEM THE SimaPro SOLUTION RECYCLING OF MODEL PRO DOES THE RECYCLING SYSTEM SEEM TO BE BENEFICIAL? MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS COMPARING UNCERTAINTY PER IMPACT CATEGORY ABSOLUTE UNCERTAINTY FINAL REMARK FOR THIS EXAMPLE UNCERTAINTY ON PARAMETERS 8712 FURTHER DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS 895 SimaPro Tutorial1 The purpose of this tutorialIn this Tutorial we aim to guide you through your first experience with SimaPro by taking you through a series of simplified examples.

5 The Tutorial does not attempt to explain the theory behind LCA and all its methodological issues. The basic theory and main concepts behind LCA are described in the manual Introduction to LCA with SimaPro . This manual can be accessed through the help menu in SimaPro or it can be downloaded from the PR website Each lesson in this Tutorial starts with a table that summarizes what you should read. To follow the examples in the Tutorial , you need to either have a demo version or a registered version of SimaPro .

6 In terms of software, the demo version is the same as the full version with one important difference: you can enter, edit and save data, but the save command can only be used 16 times. This should be sufficient to do all exercises in this Tutorial , but be careful not to waste your limited opportunities to save the data. Please note that reinstalling the demo will not reset the note that this manual has been developed using SimaPro (released in May 2014). Since then, only minor updates to the content of the Tutorial have been made.

7 If you are using another version of SimaPro , your results and screens may differ from what is presented The lessonsWe have prepared a number of examples that will allow you to become acquainted with SimaPro . Choosing which examples you would like to follow depends on the amount of time you want to spend and the application you have in mind. Lesson 1: Basic features of SimaProWe suggest starting with example 1: the guided tour with coffee. The example will show you how a complete LCA is stored and analyzed in SimaPro .

8 It will also explain how you should interpret results, and how the result windows work. It will not explain how you can enter data into 2 A, B, C, D and E: Entering data and building life cyclesLesson 2 is a comprehensive example that will take a few hours to complete. It will show you how to build up an LCA: how to enter process data, how to analyze results, and how to perform a simple sensitivity 3: Using the wizard to build life cyclesAfter having done all of the hard work in lesson 2, this lesson will show you how to build a life cycle in a semi-automatic way.

9 In fact, you will build a much more advanced life cycle in a much shorter time. You may, of course, wonder why we made lesson 2 in the first place, but without having experienced making a life cycle the hard way you will find it difficult to understand what the wizard does for you and what the results mean. Please note that this lesson cannot be carried out using SimaPro Direct, as wizards are not available in this 4: Using input output dataInput output databases allow you to assess the environmental impact of services and study consumption patterns.

10 They are also useful in screening LCAs or in assessing the importance of missing data. You can find out more about input output databases under Help> SimaPro 5: Addressing the weighting problemWeighting is a controversial subject in LCA. In many cases you will need to make trade-offs between different impact categories. The weighting triangle is a way to communicate the weighting problem to stakeholders and to come to a decision without using weighting 6: Assessing uncertainties with Monte CarloSimaPro Analyst, Direct, Developer and PhD can run Monte Carlo analyses to determine the uncertainty in your results.