EcoSpold 2 · Calculation comparison

ecoinvent 3.10 cut-off, particulate matter formation

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: 2026-09-18

Comparison measurements and reference
Database	ecoinvent 3.10 cut-off
Source format	EcoSpold 2
Impact method collection	EF v3.1
Impact category	particulate matter formation
Unit	disease incidence
Activities compared	17,968
Median ratio (VoLCA / published)	1.0000
Comparison band	1%
Activities outside the band	29
Share outside the band	0.16%
Verdict	Agrees: meets the agreement a release is held to
Points drawn	2,023
Largest relative deviation	+140.9%
Activity with largest deviation	transport, freight, aircraft, belly-freight, medium haul
Published reference	ecoinvent 3.10_cutoff_cumulative_lcia_xlsx.7z

Each point is one activity: what ecoinvent 3.10 cut-off published for particulate matter formation (disease incidence), against what VoLCA computes from the same EcoSpold 2 source under the publisher's own EF v3.1 factors. The black line is equality and the grey band is 1%. 17,968 activities were compared; 1,994 from inside the band are drawn, evenly spaced over the published value, plus the 29 outside it. Where several fall on one spot, at most three markers are drawn there, since a fourth would not darken it. Median ratio 1.0000, 0.16% outside the band. This meets the agreement a release is held to: at most 5% of activities outside the band and a median ratio inside it.