Climate effects
Climate effects refer to environmental impacts, including:
• Greenhouse gas emissions: Global warming potential, climate change (total, fossil, biogenic, land use).
• Ecotoxicity: Aquatic ecotoxicity (freshwater, marine), terrestrial ecotoxicity, eco-toxicity (freshwater).
• Human toxicity: Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects, ionizing radiation.
• Acidification and eutrophication: Acidification, eutrophication (freshwater, marine, terrestrial).
• Ozone and photochemical effects: Ozone depletion, photochemical ozone formation.
• Resource use: Depletion of abiotic resources (fossil fuels, minerals/metals), water use, land use.
• Other effects: Particulate matter emissions, soil quality impacts.
These categories provide a framework for quantifying environmental performance and circularity in buildings and assets.