ORLCA: a concept for an open-source Life Cycle Assessment repository built for research

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Abstract:: Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool to account for the full range of environmental impacts of resource use in commodities or services is a first step in reducing these impacts. There is an increasing necessity to account for these aspects in the planning, running and end-of-life of scientific experiments and research infrastructure. In the following, the concept for an Open Research Life Cycle Assessment (ORLCA) repository is presented to support this endeavour. It is designed to comply fully with the principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR).

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Language:: English
Keywords:: carbon

Life Cycle Assessment

open source

database

repository

sustainability

research

infrastructure

environment

greenhouse gas

GHG
Pubs id:: 2349207
UUID:: uuid_233565cc-33a0-493d-997b-794657d5e709
Local pid:: pubs:2349207
Source identifiers:: W4417071124
Deposit date:: 2026-01-06
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_233565cc33a0493d997b794657d5e709

Copyright holder:: Wakeling et al
Rights statement:: ©2025 The Authors. This paper is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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