Hello, I’m Marius, I’m an intern in an environmental office in France. I’m working on Materials and that’s why I have a few questions about this credit and particularly Option 4.
I worked with the software Elodie developed by CSTB in FRANCE.
My questions are:
What if we haven’t any environmental data?
For example, with Elodie we don’t have any technical floor or incomplete Data (LCA only for production). If materials chosen by the architect have no EPD’s or environmental data, or if materials aren't in the database of LCA tools what can we do?
Can Athena Impact Estimator be used for projects located in France?
Thanks,
Marius
Jennifer O'Connor
PresidentAthena Sustainable Materials Institute
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March 31, 2016 - 8:35 pm
Hello Marius,
The Athena Impact Estimator has North American data, so we generally advise against using it for projects anywhere besides the US and Canada.
Jennifer
elsa neves
April 14, 2016 - 12:04 pm
Hello Marius,
I am doing some research on BIM-LCA and I would like to know if on eveBIM-Elodie, the architect can make some type of change on the existing data?
Thanks,
Elsa
Marius Dabonneville
InternTERAO
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April 15, 2016 - 4:19 am
Hello Elsa,
I don't know EVE-BIM but I know that it's based on Elodie's data which is mostly based on INIES (French Environnemental Database). You can modify only datasheet which are not on the INIES. But you can create a new datasheet with your own information (based on EPD's for example) and modify it if necessary.
Marius
elsa neves
June 19, 2016 - 2:44 pm
Thank you Marius! But in EVE-BIM-ELODIE, it´s possible to add your on data and still have a LCA that takes that new that into account