Projects

Project Customer-specific LCA tools

Standard software for LCA is often quite complex and may be challenging to handle for non-experts. In contrast, excel-based life cycle assessment tools offer an easy and rapid way to calculate and mea

Project Evaluation and monitoring of the funding scheme Energy Savings Meter

May 2016 - May 2019

With the adoption of the 2010 energy concept, the German Federal Government set the goal of a 20% reduction of the primary energy consumption in Germany by the year 2020, and a 50% reduction target by

Project Oil and gas production model

The model for the characterisation of upstream supply chains for crude oil and natural gas is primarily based on data available from the Ecoinvent 3 Database. These data are periodically updated both

Project Iron and steel production model

A detailed model of an integrated steel production plant (including sintering and cokery) was developed at ifeu in recent years. In addition to the actual steelworks, it include upstream chain process

Project Refinery and petrochemical industry modelling

The ifeu refinery model was developed in the late 1990s based on the requirement for consistent life cycle data for refinery products, which are essential for Life Cycle Assessment modelling of a wide

Project BioGrace

Runtime 12/1901 – 03/2015

BioGrace I The EU’s Renewable Energies Directive (2009/28/EC, RED) and Fuel Quality Directive (2009/30/EC, FQD) allow biofuels to count towards national targets only under the following conditions: va