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국제 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (DB) 구축 현황 조사 및 국가 LCI DB 구축방향 제언

김형석1,*, 이다은2, 박희일1
Hyoung-seok Kim1,*, Da-eun Lee2, Hui-il Park1
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1㈜에코플러스이앤씨
2스마트에코(주)
1ECOPLUS enc. Inc., Seoul, Korea
2SMaRT ECO Inc. Korea
*교신저자: 김형석 본부장, (06668) 서울시 서초구 명달로 22길 22 서송빌딩 2층, Tel: 070-7872-5013, Fax: 02-6447-8383, Email: hskim8443@naver.com

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Published Online: Oct 31, 2017

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The current international status of Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (DB) was investigated. Based on this investigation, this study suggested the direction for national LCI DB development. This study probed into the major countries such as USA, Japan, Europe, and the major institutions(Ecoinvent, Gabi, Chinese Life Cycle Database (CLCD)) also investigated in order to analyze the current development status of LCI DB. This study also analyze the LCI DB network and hub such as Life Cycle Data Network (LCDN), Global LCA Data Access (GLAD), openLCA nexus. Through this, this study made three suggestions about the direction of national LCI DB development; 1) Establishment of national LCI DB development road map, 2) Development of LCI DB based on general information, 3) Activation of overseas activities of LCI DB institution.

Keywords: LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) Database (DB); LCDN (Life Cycle Data Network) ILCD (International Reference Life Cycle Data System); GLAD (Global LCA Data Access); openLCA nexus