TRAINING

Brightway2, an advanced software in LCA Research

Tools
System Modeling
Two sessions of 3.5 hours (total of 7 hours of training)
On Demand Only

Brigthway2 is an open source (Python) LCA platform, useful for creating models that go beyond the conventional limits of LCA. The goal of the training is to provide the knowledge needed to start using Brightway2 in your projects. An understanding of LCA and the calculations involved, as well as a basic knowledge of Python is required.

Duration

Two sessions of 3.5 hours (total of 7 hours of training)

Objectives of the training

Install Brightway2, create a project and integrate impact methods and lifecycle inventory databases into it
Name, access and manipulate the main Brightway2 objects (activities, exchanges, databases, DART methods, etc.).
Perform a life cycle analysis
Perform a Monte Carlo simulation for a product system
Integrate inventory data into a project, both manually and via an Excel input file

What you'll learn

Presentation of the general structure of Brightway2 and its main abstractions (projects, databases, activities, exchanges)
Techniques for finding objects (especially activities and exchanges), assigning them to variables and manipulating them via their associated methods
Simple LCA calculations (one product, one impact method), with emphasis on the creation and use of the different matrices
Extraction of the different matrices and formatting into readable objects
Different ways to perform a comparative LCA
Integration of uncertainty at the level of a flow
Propagation of uncertainties
Integration of data programmatically and via Excel files

Who is this training for?

Practitioners, students and researchers with existing knowledge of LCA modeling, in particular the different matrices involved in a stroke calculation, as well as a basic command of the Python programming language.