Databases

The quality of a proprietary database and global databases

EIME software has the proprietary CODDE® database continuously updated by our LCA experts.

To adapt to each sector of activity, EIME software also provides access to ecoinvent and Ecosystem databases.

For each context the most relevant database

CODDE® The most comprehensive electrical & electronic database in the world

Historically developed by manufacturers in the electrical & electronic sector, EIME has maintained its core market and is today the reference for environmental assessment of E&E products.

Owner and developer of the CODDE® database, we at Bureau Veritas update and make available to EIME users more than 2,300 data sets (materials, components, processes, transport) each year.

The E&E sectoral databases and 2050 Objectives are made available to all users.

In 2025, EIME software integrated 2 new proprietary databases:
Microelectronics and Digital, for even greater precision in impact assessment.

Applications

E&E products (electrical and electronic), air conditioning, telecommunications and operators.

Electrical electronics

Microelectronics

Digital services

2050 Objectives

LCIE CODDE logo (Design, Sustainable Development, Environment), LCA and ecodesign experts, by Bureau Veritas LCIE CODDE logo (Design, Sustainable Development, Environment), LCA and ecodesign experts, by Bureau Veritas

A proprietary database

30 years of continuous development

The global reference for E&E products

ecoinvent Official provider for a wider range of data

The ecoinvent database contains more than 23,000 LCI data sets including agriculture and livestock, buildings and construction, chemicals and plastics, energy, forestry and wood, textiles, transport, tourism accommodation, waste treatment and recycling, and water supply.

EIME has the Allocation, cut-off, EN 15804 (versions 3.10.1, 3.11 and 3.12) database in two formats:

LCIA Format – access to the life cycle impact assessment (also called LCIA or emissions factor). Does not include the aggregated list of elementary flows input/output (LCI).

LCI Format – access to the aggregated list of elementary flows input/output (LCI) in Unit Process Black Box format (also called Cumulative Life Cycle Inventory) and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA).

The structure by UPR (Unit Process) and uncertainty assessment (Pedigree Matrix) defined by ecoinvent are not available in EIME.

Applications

Building and construction products, textiles, food.

Textiles

Chemical products

Agriculture

Forestry

Ecosystem Database* Precision in end-of-life treatment management

* Included in the CODDE® database

The Ecosystem database aims to describe the end-of-life management of each material/WEEE flow pair as they are managed within the framework of the French WEEE system.

More than 1,400 LCI data sets by Ecosystem are available in EIME.

Applications

End-of-life management of electrical, electronic and air conditioning products.

A research & development interface

Looking for a custom database?

With EIME, experienced users seeking data that closely matches their production reality have the ability to create their own data from those present in the CODDE® database.

To do this, you will need to have a licence EIME Classic - Database Manager.

Creation

  • Material, component, process
  • Life cycle modeling
  • Transformation of a study into LCI

Verification

  • Compliance verification
  • Monitoring of Bureau Veritas protocols
  • EPLCA platform (ILCD data format)

Use

  • Documentation
  • Publication
  • Sharing with team members
  • EIME LCA software life cycle databases
  • EIME LCA software databases documentation
  • EIME LCA software LCI database development

Focus on two key features

EIME LCA software databases documentation

Documentation and elementary flows

EIME provides a documentation sheet for each data. This sheet describes:

  • Temporal, geographic and technological representativeness.
  • Physical and end-of-life characteristics.
  • LCI method and allocations.
  • Data sources and quality.
  • Impact results.
  • Complete list of elementary flows.
EIME LCA software LCI database development

Data creation and management

EIME has a Database Manager interface*.

It allows users to create and manage their own life cycle inventory data:

  • Transform your case studies into LCI data.
  • Verify the compliance of your LCI data.
  • Document your LCI data.
  • Publish and use your LCI data.

* Requires a licence EIME Classic - Database Manager.

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