All About SimaPro 8 September 2014

Colophon Title : SimaPro 8 Written by: PRé

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Date: September 2014

Language: English

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Contents

1. ABOUT SIMAPRO 8 .......................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 SIMAPRO LICENSES AND FEATURES .......................................................................................................... 4 1.1.1 Business licenses............................................................................................................... 4 1.1.2 Educational licenses ......................................................................................................... 5

1.2 DATABASES AND METHODS ................................................................................................................... 6 1.2.2 SimaPro Data Libraries ..................................................................................................... 7 1.2.3 Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methods ........................................................................... 7

1.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 8

2. ORDERING SIMAPRO ........................................................................................................................ 9

2.1 SERVICE CONTRACT .............................................................................................................................. 9 2.2 PRICELIST ......................................................................................................................................... 10

2.2.1 Licenses........................................................................................................................... 10 2.2.2 Service Contract .............................................................................................................. 11

3. MORE INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 12

3.1 SIMAPRO WORLD WIDE ..................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 DOCUMENTATION .............................................................................................................................. 12 3.3 SUPPORT .......................................................................................................................................... 12

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1. About SimaPro 8 The world’s leading LCA software chosen by industry, research institutes, and consultants in more than 80 countries.

SimaPro provides you with a professional tool to collect, analyze and monitor the sustainability performance of

products and services.

Life Cycle Assessment Applications

SimaPro comes fully integrated with various databases and impact assessments, and is used for a variety of LCA

applications:

Monitoring corporate and product sustainability performance

Carbon footprint assessment

Water footprint assessment

Product design and eco-design (DfE)

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)

Environmental reporting (GRI)

Determination of key performance indicators (KPI)

Databases

The only major life cycle inventory database that supports consequential modeling, ecoinvent v3, is always included in

SimaPro. It is the most used LCI database: consistent, transparent and high-quality data. SimaPro has more databases

available. Check all the databases and methods included in paragraph 1.2.

Make your sustainability effort measurable

Many organizations struggle with how to make their corporate sustainability efforts measurable, how to embed

sustainability into their daily operations, and how to create a competitive advantage from sustainability initiatives.

SimaPro assists your LCA expert and offers solutions to every department.

How can we embed sustainability in our business strategy?

How can we best support other departments in making sustainable decisions?

How can we differentiate our products communicate with full transparency?

How can resources be used more efficiently and which changes result in the biggest environmental improvement?

Which aspects of our products and product portfolio should we focus on to make our products more sustainable?

Which steps in the supply chain cause the biggest impact and how can we improve these?

With SimaPro, you can easily model and analyze complex life cycles in a systematic and transparent way, measure the

environmental impact of your products and services across all life cycle stages and identify the hotspots in all aspects of

your supply chain.

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1.1 SimaPro Licenses and Features

SimaPro has all of the features you would expect from a professional LCA software package. Choose the license that

best meets your needs.

A unique set of features to suit your needs

SimaPro allows you to model products and systems from a life cycle perspective. Users can build complex models in a

systematic and transparent way using SimaPro's unique features.

Use parameters in your model and easily change values or assumptions in your model

Calculate uncertainty in your inventory results using a Monte Carlo analysis

Allocation of multiple output processes

Transparent; trace back your results in a few mouse clicks

Weak-point analysis; identify the ‘hot spots’ in your life cycle using the process tree

Analysis of complex waste treatment and recycling scenarios

Define how life cycle assessment results are presented (per process, stage or function)

SimaPro Features Overview

SimaPro offers licenses to suit a wide variety of business and educational needs. To see which license suits your needs,

please check the overviews in this manual.

1.1.1 Business licenses

SimaPro comes in 3 Business versions:

SimaPro Compact: this version is easy to use and provides quick results. The wizards assist you in managing

complex tasks while all the results remain completely transparent.

SimaPro Analyst: this version allows you to model detailed life cycle assessment studies and is designed for the LCA

expert, with advanced analytical features such as parameters and monte carlo analysis.

SimaPro Developer: this version is designed to create dedicated life cycle assessment tools with extended features

such as direct Excel/ASP linking, wizard writing options and COM interface.

Features in business licenses Compact Analyst Developer

Multi-user license SimaPro's unique Multi-User feature allows several people to simultaneously work on the same project in one shared central database.

- Yes Yes

OPTIONAL: Report Maker add-on This add-on tool allows you to create graphs and tables in MS Word and MS Excel, and keep them updated as you change your model and data in SimaPro. Read More

- Yes Yes

Parameters (scenario analysis) Using parameters in your model simplifies your work and gives you the flexibility to easily change values or assumptions in your model.

- Yes Yes

Monte Carlo analysis SimaPro allows you to calculate uncertainty in your inventory results using a Monte Carlo analysis. A Monte Carlo analysis gives you an indication of how reliable, complete and representative your results are.

- Yes Yes

Analysis of Groups This feature allows you to define how life cycle impact assessment results are presented. Instead of presenting results per process or product stage, they can be presented per function, for example: transport, energy, production, and so forth.

Yes Yes Yes

Import data (.csv and SimaPro format) Yes Yes Yes

Export data (.csv and SimaPro format) - Yes Yes

Export data (.xls and .txt format) Yes Yes Yes

Import and export of EcoSpold data - Yes Yes

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1.1.2 Educational licenses

SimaPro comes in 3 Educational versions and are for teaching purposes only.

SimaPro Faculty: this is a single user version comparable to the business version SimaPro Compact. SimaPro Faculty

is only available as a temporary license for 6 or 12 months. After it expires the software will run as a demo version.

Data can still be accessed. Registering with a new code will revive the software.

SimaPro Classroom: this is a multi-user version comparable to SimaPro Compact. A total of 40 students can work

on the same project and database. By logging in as a manager, the lecturer can follow the progress of his or her

students. SimaPro Classroom is available as an indefinite or temporary license for 12 months.

SimaPro PhD: this is the advanced single user version and is comparable to the business version SimaPro Analyst.

SimaPro PhD supports advanced features such as parameters and monte carlo analysis. It is available as an

indefinite or temporary license for 12 months.

Features in educational licenses Faculty Classroom PhD

Multi-user license SimaPro's unique Multi-User feature allows several people to simultaneously work on the same project in one shared central database.

- Yes

OPTIONAL: Report Maker add-on This add-on tool allows you to create graphs and tables in MS Word and MS Excel, and keep them updated as you change your model and data in SimaPro. Read More

- - Yes

Parameters (scenario analysis) Using parameters in your model simplifies your work and gives you the flexibility to easily change values or assumptions in your model.

- - Yes

Monte Carlo analysis SimaPro allows you to calculate uncertainty in your inventory results using a Monte Carlo analysis. A Monte Carlo analysis gives you an indication of how reliable, complete and representative your results are.

- - Yes

Analysis of Groups This feature allows you to define how life cycle impact assessment results are presented. Instead of presenting results per process or product stage, they can be presented per function, for example: transport, energy, production, and so forth.

Yes Yes Yes

Import data (.csv and SimaPro format) Yes Yes Yes

Compact Analyst Developer

Library editing - Yes Yes

Move project data to library - Yes Yes

Edit system descriptions - Yes Yes

Hide confidential data Allows you to protect confidential data libraries or projects with a password.

- - Yes

Wizard development Wizards can be used to develop an easy user interface for people with no, or limited knowledge of LCA methodology. They can also be used for LCA modeling that is repetitive.

- - Yes

2 way COM interface Using the two way COM interface, you can link SimaPro to other software (such as CAD/ CAM, ERP and Product Lifecycle Management systems). This opens up the possibility to use LCA results in other tools, or to receive useful data in SimaPro. Read more.

- - Yes

Direct link to Excel and SQL database This feature will save you time and reduce the margin for error when it comes to data entry. It also ensures that all your linked data is always up-to-date; any changes made in the source data will be automatically updated in SimaPro.

- - Yes

Parse feature This feature allows you to import parameter sets previously defined in an Excel spreadsheet, thus saving you a lot of manual work.

- - Yes

Library switch This function allows you to switch between unit and system libraries without having to change your model.

- Yes Yes

Tree view This function allows you to present your results as a process tree, where each process or product stage is shown individually. this is unlike the network view, where every process or product stage that is used will be presented only once, even if it is used by multiple processes or product stages.

- Yes Yes

Save inventory data as system processes This feature allows you to create a system-level process from a unit-level process.

Yes Yes Yes

Export to matrix This feature allows you to export processes as a matrix to excel.

- Yes Yes

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Faculty Classroom PhD

Export data (.csv and SimaPro format) - - Yes

Export data (.xls and .txt format) Yes Yes Yes

Import and export of EcoSpold data - - Yes

Library editing - - Yes

Move project data to library - - Yes

Edit system descriptions - - Yes

Hide confidential data Allows you to protect confidential data libraries or projects with a password.

- - -

Wizard development Wizards can be used to develop an easy user interface for people with no, or limited knowledge of LCA methodology. They can also be used for LCA modeling that is repetitive.

- - -

2 way COM interface Using the two way COM interface, you can link SimaPro to other software (such as CAD/ CAM, ERP and Product Lifecycle Management systems). This opens up the possibility to use LCA results in other tools, or to receive useful data in SimaPro. Read more.

- - -

Direct link to Excel and SQL database This feature will save you time and reduce the margin for error when it comes to data entry. It also ensures that all your linked data is always up-to-date; any changes made in the source data will be automatically updated in SimaPro.

- - -

Parse feature This feature allows you to import parameter sets previously defined in an Excel spreadsheet, thus saving you a lot of manual work.

- - -

Library switch This function allows you to switch between unit and system libraries without having to change your model.

- - Yes

Tree view This function allows you to present your results as a process tree, where each process or product stage is shown individually. this is unlike the network view, where every process or product stage that is used will be presented only once, even if it is used by multiple processes or product stages.

- - Yes

Save inventory data as system processes This feature allows you to create a system-level process from a unit-level process.

Yes Yes Yes

Export to matrix This feature allows you to export processes as a matrix to excel.

- - Yes

Free educational SimaPro license for non OECD countries

PRé offers a free SimaPro Faculty license for universities in non OECD countries. In cooperation with the ecoinvent

centre we can include the ecoinvent database at no extra costs. After 6 months, the software expires and will run as a

demo version. It can be simply be renewed for another 6 months, again at no costs! Order this license through a

SimaPro partner in your country. If there is no local partner, please use the order form.

1.2 Databases and Methods An LCA is only as valid as the data it uses. To effectively build and analyze LCA models, transparent, high quality and

widely accepted inventory data is required for the most commonly used materials and processes.

With the SimaPro life cycle assessment software you can access the life cycle inventory data at all different stages of

your model and analysis. This transparency is powerful in assessing your complex product or process. All results can be

traced back to their origin with a few mouse clicks. You can easily zoom into the "hotspots" or the area of attention. All

datasets are harmonised regarding structure, nomenclature and fit well with the life cycle impact assessment methods.

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1.2.2 SimaPro Data Libraries

SimaPro includes the following databases:

ecoinvent v3 LCI database

Agri-Footprint LCI database

European reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD)

Franklin US LCI 98 library

European Life Cycle Data

US Input Output library

EU and Danish Input Output library

Swiss Input Output

LCA Food

Industry data v2

1.2.3 Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methods

Impact assessment is an important step to measure the environmental impacts in LCA. SimaPro offers you a wide

selection of methods to choose from. For more information, please download the Methods Manual.

Midpoint methods: Endpoint methods:

CML-IA

EDIP 2003

EPD (2013)

ILCD 2011

ReCiPe Midpoint

BEES+

TRACI 2.1

Cumulative Energy Demand

Cumulative Exergy Demand

Ecological footprint

Ecosystem Damage Potential

Greenhouse Gas Protocol

IPCC 2013

USEtox

Water footprint: Berger et al 2014 (Water Scarcity)

Water footprint: Boulay et al 2011 (Water Scarcity)

Water footprint: Ecological Scarcity 2006 (Water

Scarcity)

Water footprint: Hoekstra et al 2012 (Water Scarcity)

Water footprint: Pfister et al 2009 (Water Scarcity)

Ecological scarcity 2013

EPS 2000

ReCiPe Endpoint

IMPACT 2002+

Water footprint: Boulay et al 2011 (Human Health)

Water footprint: Motoshita et al 2010 (Human

Health)

Water footprint: Pfister et al 2009 (Eco-indicator 99)

Water footprint: Pfister et al 2010 (ReCiPe)

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1.3 System Requirements

The following specifications are recommended to run SimaPro 8. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding

specific configurations.

SimaPro 8 is a 32 bits Windows application which also runs on 64 bits Windows. We highly recommend to have the

latest service pack installed. Earlier operating systems are not supported. SimaPro 8 runs on:

Windows XP (service pack 3)

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows 8/8.1

Windows 2003 Server

Windows Server 2003 R2

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2

Single and multi user client

Internal memory: 4 GB (32 bits), 8 GB (64 bit).

Screen resolution: minimum resolution is 1280 x 1024. We recommend a higher resolution and a wide screen

monitor.

Processor: a multi core processor in combination with a 64 bit operating system is recommended.

Hard disk: 10 GB free (local) hard disk space for temporary files. Only in case of single user: an additional 2 GB free

disk space for database(s).

SimaPro Database Server (only for multi-user)

Internal memory: a minimum of 4 GB (32 bit) or 8 GB (64 bit).

Hard disk: at least 2 GB space is needed for each installed database.

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2. Ordering SimaPro If you have any questions regarding SimaPro, please contact us:

The Netherlands

Email: sales@pre-sustainability.com

Telephone: +31 33 450 40 10

You can order your SimaPro license and service contract through your local partner. If there is no local partner in your

country, please use the order form.

2.1 Service Contract The service contract gives you access to our SimaPro help desk and software and database updates. Purchasing a

service contract is not mandatory and can be chosen according to your needs.

Why a service contract?

Always the latest version of SimaPro Software with its newest features.

You have access to the SimaPro helpdesk, which can be contacted by phone or email.

Save time with our database updates: receive new inventory data and impact assessment methods (at least twice a

year).

The ecoinvent helpdesk and database updates are also included in the SimaPro service contract.

Conditions

All SimaPro licenses come with a one-year free service contract (see pricing conditions).

You can purchase service contracts for additional years separately.

We offer a 5% discount on a two-year renewal and a 10% discount on a three-year renewal.

If you would like to update your software but have cancelled your service contract you will have to buy a new

SimaPro license at 75% of the listed price.

Renew your contract

You already have a SimaPro license, but not a valid service contract? To renew, please contact your local SimaPro

Partner. If there is no SimaPro partner in your country, use our Service Contract renewal order form. You can find the

prices for service contract renewals on the order form. SimaPro users will receive an email notification two months

before their contract expires prompting renewal.

Cancellations

If you would like to cancel your service contract, please use the cancellation form.

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2.2 Pricelist With a wide range of versions and license types, you can surely find a SimaPro that suits your needs and budget.

Prices below are valid until 31 December, 2014.

Prices for new licenses include the ecoinvent 3 database license and the first year service contract.

All prices are given in Euros and US Dollars, excluding VAT and possible import duties/taxes.

Delivery by registered mail is included, courier service is optional.

Report Maker is only available for indefinite licenses (excluding the Classroom version) with a valid SimaPro Service

Contract.

2.2.1 Licenses

Business Licenses

The business license is available in three different versions. Read more about the different licenses and features in

chapter 1.

Educational License

The educational license is available in three different versions. Read more about the different licenses and features in

chapter 1.

In Euros and US Dollars Compact Analyst Developer Report Maker

Single user

Indefinite license

€ 6,000

$ 8,220

€ 8,800

$ 12,056

€ 12,000

$ 16,440

€ 2,400

$ 3,288

Single user

Temporary license for 1 year

not available € 4,400

$ 6,028

€ 6,000

$ 8,220

not available

Multi user (client-server)

Indefinite license , 2 users

not available € 15,400

$ 21,098

€ 21,000

$ 28,770

€ 4,200

$ 5,754

Multi user

Indefinite license, each extra user

not available € 6,600

$ 9,042

€ 9,000

$ 12,330

€ 1,800

$ 2,466

In Euros and US Dollars 12 months Indefinite Report Maker

Faculty, single user € 3,000

$ 4,110

not available not available

Classroom, multi user € 2,500

$ 3,425

€ 4,200

$ 5,754

not available

PhD, single user € 1,800

$ 2,466

€ 3,600

$ 4,932

€ 1,200

$ 1,644

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2.2.2 Service Contract

Business Licenses

Please note that the service contract prices below only hold when you buy a new license. A free one year service

contract is included with all new indefinite licenses. Temporary licenses always include a service contract for the chosen

license period.

Educational Licenses

A free one year service contract is included with all new indefinite licenses. Temporary licenses always include service

for the chosen license period. Please note that the service contract prices below only hold when you buy a new license.

In Euros and US Dollars 1st

year Additional year Additional two years

Single user free € 1,710

$ 2,343

€ 3,240

$ 4,439

Multi user (2 users) free € 2,565

$ 3,514

€ 4,860

$ 6,658

Multi user, each extra user free € 855

$ 1,171

€ 1,620

$ 2,219

In Euros and US Dollars 1st

year Additional year Additional two years

Classroom, multi user free € 1,330

$ 1,822

€ 2,520

$ 3,452

PhD, single user free € 665

$ 911

€ 1,260

$ 1,726

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3. More Information

3.1 SimaPro World Wide SimaPro is used in more than 80 countries serviced by our global partner network. PRé cooperates closely with its

global partners. With a wide range of expertise available, we can offer you unparalleled services and facilitate large

international or multi-client projects.

Our partners also act as your local SimaPro sales and support representatives, and provide regular training

courses. Find your local sales and support partner.

3.2 Documentation

We recommend you to read the following manuals to get started with SimaPro:

Introduction to LCA

SimaPro Tutorial

On the website you can find more information on working with SimaPro and LCA.

Tip: watch our SimaPro Tips & Tricks videos

3.3 Support

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact our support team via e-mail support@pre-sustainability.com

or call us +31 33 450 40 10