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title: Overview of indicators
description: The available indicators are described in detail in this article. They are based on the EN 15804 Cumulative LCIA model from the ecoinvent database.
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# Overview of indicators

The available indicators are described in detail in this article. They are based on the **EN 15804 Cumulative LCIA model** from the **ecoinvent v3.12** database.

**Environmental impact**

| **Indicator** |  | **Unit** |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GWP-total | Global warming potential – total | kg CO2e | Kilograms of CO₂ equivalents |
| GWP-fossil | Global warming potential – fossil | kg CO2e | Kilograms of CO₂ equivalents |
| GWP-biogen | Global warming potential – biogenic | kg CO2e | Kilograms of CO₂ equivalents |
| GWP-luluc | Global warming potential from land use and land change (luluc) | kg CO2e | Kilograms of CO₂ equivalents |
| ODP | Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer | kg CFC 11 e | Kilograms of CFC-11 equivalents |
| AP | Acidification potential of land and water | mol H+ e | Mole H⁺ equivalents |
| EP-fw | Eutrophication potential – freshwater | kg P e | Kilograms of phosphorus equivalents |
| EP-m | Eutrophication potential – marine | kg N e | Kilograms of nitrogen equivalents |
| EP-t | Eutrophication potential – terrestrial | mol N e | Mole nitrogen equivalents |
| POCP | Formation potential of tropospheric ozone photochemical oxidants | kg NMVOC e | Kilograms of NMVOC equivalents |
| ADPE | Abiotic depletion potential for non-fossil resources (elements/minerals and metals) | kg Sb e | Kilograms of antimony equivalents |
| ADPF | Abiotic depletion potential for fossil resources | MJ | Megajoules |
| WDP | Water (user) deprivation potential | m³ world e deprived | Cubic meters world equivalents – One m³ world-eq represents an average cubic meter of water consumed globally, weighted by the locations where water consumption occurs. |

**Indicators to describe resource use**

| **Indicator** |  | **Unit** |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PERE | Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials | MJ | Megajoules |
| PERM | Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials | MJ | Megajoules |
| PERT | Total use of renewable primary energy resources | MJ | Megajoules |
| PENRE | Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials | MJ | Megajoules |
| PENRM | Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials | MJ | Megajoules |
| PENRT | Total use of non-renewable primary energy resources | MJ | Megajoules |
| SM | Use of secondary material | kg | Kilograms |
| RSF | Use of renewable secondary fuels | MJ | Megajoules |
| NRSF | Use of non-renewable secondary fuels | MJ | Megajoules |
| FW | Use of net fresh water | m3 | Cubic meters |

** Waste indicators and output flows**

| **Indicator** |  | **Unit** |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HWD | Hazardous waste disposed | kg | Kilograms |
| NHWD | Non-hazardous waste disposed | kg | Kilograms |
| RWD\* | Radioactive waste disposed | kg | Kilograms |
| CRU | Components for re-use | kg | Kilograms |
| MFR | Materials for recycling | kg | Kilograms |
| MER | Materials for energy recovery | kg | Kilograms |
| EEE | Exported electrical energy | MJ | Megajoules |
| EET | Exported thermal energy | MJ | Megajoules |
| EE | Exported energy – total | MJ | Megajoules |

\*RWD: Summed indicator of ILLRW (intermediate and low-level radioactive waste disposed) and HLRW (high-level radioactive waste disposed)

**Additional impact categories**

| **Indicator** |  | **Unit** |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PM | Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions | Disease Incidence | Measure of health impacts expressed as disease incidence due to particulate matter emissions |
| IRP | Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 | kBq U235 e | Kilobecquerel uranium-235 equivalents |
| ETP-fw | Potential comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems | CTU e | Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems |
| HTP-c | Potential comparative Toxic Unit for humans (cancerogenic) | CTU h | Comparative Toxic Unit for humans |
| HTP-nc | Potential comparative Toxic Unit for humans (not cancerogenic) | CTU h | Comparative Toxic Unit for humans |
| SQP | Potential soil quality index | - | Dimensionless indicator (no unit) |

**Biogenic carbon content**

| **Indicator** |  | **Unit** |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biogenic carbon content packaging | Biogenic carbon content in the packaging of the product | kg C | Kilograms of carbon |
| Biogenic carbon content product | Biogenic carbon content in the product | kg C | Kilograms of carbon |

 

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