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EcoSpold 2 · Calculation comparison

ecoinvent 3.8 cut-off, heavy metals into air

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.

Engine version
volca 0.14.0 (bd7e64a, v0.14.0, linux)
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Comparison measurements and reference
Databaseecoinvent 3.8 cut-off
Source formatEcoSpold 2
Impact method collectionecological scarcity 2013
Impact categoryheavy metals into air
UnitUBP
Activities compared18,372
Median ratio (VoLCA / published)1.0000
Comparison band1%
Activities outside the band0
Share outside the band0%
VerdictAgrees: meets the agreement a release is held to
Points drawn1,838
Largest relative deviation0%
Activity with largest deviationcork forestry
Published referenceecoinvent 3.8_cutoff_cumulative_lcia_xlsx.7z
ecoinvent 3.8 cut-off, heavy metals into air
Each point is one activity: what ecoinvent 3.8 cut-off published for heavy metals into air (UBP), against what VoLCA computes from the same EcoSpold 2 source under the publisher's own ecological scarcity 2013 factors. The black line is equality and the grey band is 1%. 18,372 activities were compared; 1,838 from inside the band are drawn, evenly spaced over the published value. Where several fall on one spot, at most three markers are drawn there, since a fourth would not darken it. Median ratio 1.0000, 0.00% 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.