ecoinvent Data v1.1 (2004): From heterogenous databases to unified and transparent LCI data

© 2005 ecomed publishers (Verlagsgruppe Huthig Jehle Rehm GmbH), D-86899 Landsberg and Tokyo • Mumbai • Seoul • Melbourne • Paris Int J LCA 10 (1) 1–2 ( 2005) – Accepted October 18th, 2004 logical and reporting differences. Not surprising that first ideas for a harmonised Swiss national LCI database root back in in that period, namely in 1997. At that time, Konrad Hungerbuhler, who was then responsible for the ecoinvent database at the ETHZ, approached Swiss Federal Offices with the idea of bringing together Swiss LCI competences so as to create a national LCI database. From the first moment, he got support from Swiss Federal Offices. After intensive discussions, the pilot project started one year later, in June 1998, with the goal stated in the project description: