Hochschule Pforzheim

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Model developments are carried out within research projects at the INEC. In addition, various databases and software packages from third-party providers are used in research and teaching and in some cases their further development is scientifically supported.

Own model developments

LAEND

LAEND stands for "Life Cycle Assessment based ENergy Decision", which enables a coupled energy system analysis with environmentally oriented sustainability assessment and optimization.

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Databases

Ecoinvent

Field of application

Life Cycle Assessment

Internal university contact

Tobias(dot)viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de

Manufacturer

Ecoinvent Centre

Website

www.ecoinvent.org

LCA for Experts (formerly GaBi)

Field of application

Life Cycle Assessment

Internal university contact

Tobias.viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de

Manufacturer

Sphera Solutions GmbH

PSILCA

Field of application

Social Life Cycle Assessment

Internal university contact

tobias(dot)viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de

manufacturer

GreenDelta GmbH

Website

www.psilca.net/

Software

bw!MFCA

Area of application

Material flow cost calculation (incl. carbon footprinting)

Internal university contact

tobias.viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de

Manufacturer

iPoint-systems gmbh

Umberto

Field of application

Material flow modeling, life cycle assessment, material flow-based cost analysis

Internal university contact

Tobias(dot)viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de

Manufacturer

iPoint-systems gmbh

think-cell

Field of application

Plug-in for MS PowerPoint for creating diagrams

Internal university contact

frank.bertagnolli(at)hs-pforzheim.de

manufacturer

think-cell Sales GmbH & Co KG

Line, bar, waterfall, Mekko and Gantt charts can be created with think-cell with largely the same standardized structure. Updates are made quickly and transparently using the basic data in Excel format. The agenda and table of contents can also be created, maintained and managed automatically.
For more information and the current software version, visit the manufacturer's website www.think-cell.com
think-cell University has a license for academic use in teaching and public research (non-profit) from the software company think-cell.

SimaPro

Field of application

Life Cycle Assessment

Internal university contact

tobias(dot)viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de

Manufacturer

PRé Consultants bv

openLCA

Field of application

Life Cycle Assessment

Internal university contact

tobias(dot)viere(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de