alculates other environmental impacts to show how they may be affected by any changes in the carbon footprint

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• Carbon footprinting
  The CCaLC tool calculates carbon footprints from 'cradle to grave'. It enables identification of carbon 'hot spots' and carbon reduction opportunities.
• Water footprinting
  In addition to carbon footprints, CCaLC also incorporates water footprint calculations to take into account water scarcity in different countries.
• Other environmental impacts
  CCaLC also calculates other environmental impacts to show how they may be affected by any changes in the carbon footprint. These include acidification, eutrophication, ozone layer depletion, photochemical (summer) smog and human toxicity.
• Economic impacts
  CCaLC enables estimation of economic value added, to show the trade-offs between 'carbon added' and 'value added'. The cost of reducing carbon footprints can also be estimated.
• Optimisation of carbon footprints
  CCaLC Optimiser enables identification of optimum low-carbon options at minimum costs.
• Databases
  Over 6000 data items are available in CCaLC, including data for materials, energy, transportation, packaging and waste. The data can be sourced from either the CCaLC or Ecoinvent databases.
  CCaLC database: This database contains over 2000 data from open literature.
  Ecoinvent database: This database contains over 4000 data items from the commercial provider Ecoinvent.
  In the past decade, Ecoinvent has established itself as a global leader in creating a comprehensive and transparent life cycle inventory database. Its database helps companies to produce environmentally more sustainable products, guides policy makers in implementing new policies and informs consumers on how to adopt environmentally more sustainable behaviour.
• Case studies
  Over 50 case studies are included within CCaLC, each of which can be modified to suit the specific needs of the user. The case studies span the biofeedstock, biofuel, chemical, food & drinks and packaging sectors.