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Have you updated to SimaPro 10.1?

 

SimaPro 10.1 includes:

• Improved performance: calculations run at least 3 times faster than SimaPro 9.6, importing data takes quarter of the time it used to, as does loading processes and parameters - just to name a few examples

• Enhanced user interface: including smoother navigation, the ability to delete multiple lines at once and improved copying behavior

• Handy new features: when working together with other users on the same project, changes by one user are now shown instantly for the other users. 

• Included database: Ecoinvent v3.10, allocation, cut-off by classification (Ecoinvent v3.10 APOS and consequential can be downloaded separately)

• Characterization factors have been added to applicable methods

• Additional updates/corrections​

• Two data libraries introduced in this release: USEEIO and USLCI+. Both are part of Federal LCA Commons (FLCAC), an interagency community of practice for life cycle assessment research methods. USEEIO is an environmental-economic model of a complete set of US goods and services that can be used for life cycle assessment, footprinting, national prioritization, and related applications. The USLCI+ database has more than 600 process LCIs ranging from fuels combustion, transport, metals, chemicals, resins, paper, etc. to electronics and building materials. USLCI + is a major update to the previous USLCI library, which is based on a much earlier data version from the Federal LCA Commons. 

• Three new impact assessment methods are introduced: Environmental Prices assigns monetary values to the environmental impacts caused by human activities. MarILCA offers a framework for quantifying the environmental impact of microplastic emissions in aquatic ecosystems. TRACI 2.2 is a midpoint oriented LCIA methodology developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency specifically for the US.

• In addition, a number of existing impact assessment methods have been updated.

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