Abstract

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.

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