What is the IDEA Lab?

The IDEA Laboratory was established in Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability in April 2017. The IDEA Laboratory is a name of research group, and our research is conducted by project members and also across the organization. Main research of the IDEA Lab is to develop the IDEA (Inventory Database for Environmental Analysis), to implement technical evaluation and establish the methodology through the collaboration with foreign countries.

LCA is a method of quantitatively evaluate the degree of impact on the environment by surveying and compiling inventory data on materials and energy used throughout a product’s life, from the collection of raw material to the final disposal. To conduct LCA, the inventory database is used to support the analysis of target products and services. IDEA, the inventory database developed by IDEA Lab, consists of approximately 5,300 processes (as of IDEA Ver.3.4) of products and services which cover almost all activities and businesses in Japan. 

*On the notation “AIST-IDEA”
Although on this website, we write “IDEA”, the formal name is “AIST-IDEA”.

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