GLAM_BW

Here we try to implement the GLAM methods in the LCA framework Brightway.

Installation

Prerequisites

Install UV if you haven't already:

Linux/macOS:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/GLAM_BW.git
cd GLAM_BW

2. Create a virtual environment and install the package:

Linux/macOS:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

Windows (PowerShell):

uv venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

Data preparation steps

1. download the excels with the GLAM method implementation from here and decompress the folder. Save it in the data folder of this repository

The rest are only necessary if we intend to map it to the the ecoinvent list of elementary flows.

2. download the mapping file between ILCD3.0 and ecoinvent 3.7 from here and put the excel on the data folder

3. download the mapping between ILCD 3.0 and ILCD 3.1 from here

4. download the change files on the biosphere database in between versions from here

5. download ilcd EF3.1 here