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EcoSpold 1 · Calculation comparison

BAFU 2026 v1, Water use

A comparison of published impact results with VoLCA calculations from the same source data and the publisher’s impact factors. Points on the diagonal agree.

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Engine version
volca 0.13.0 (8c0396c, v0.13.0, linux)
Measured on
Comparison measurements and reference
DatabaseBAFU 2026 v1
Source formatEcoSpold 1
Impact method collectionEF 3.1 adapted 1.05
Impact categoryWater use
Unitm3 world eq
Activities compared11,188
Median ratio (VoLCA / published)0.9932
Comparison band1%
Activities outside the band5,181
Share outside the band46.31%
VerdictDisagrees: misses the agreement a release is held to
Points drawn2,032
Largest relative deviation-99.91%
Activity with largest deviationCrude oil, production RAF, at long distance transport
Published referenceBAFU-2026 v1 LCIA Results.xlsx
BAFU 2026 v1, Water use
Each point is one activity: what BAFU 2026 v1 published for Water use (m3 world eq), against what VoLCA computes from the same EcoSpold 1 source under the publisher's own EF 3.1 adapted 1.05 factors. The black line is equality and the grey band is 1%. 11,188 activities were compared; 5,181 fall outside the band, more than a picture can hold, so 1,865 of the 11,188 are drawn, evenly spaced over the published value whichever side of the band they fall, and the 167 of the 200 farthest from equality that this walk missed are added. Where several fall on one spot, at most three markers are drawn there, since a fourth would not darken it. Median ratio 0.9932, 46.31% outside the band. This misses the agreement a release is held to: at most 5% of activities outside the band and a median ratio inside it.