NEWS

The Canadian Economic Input-Output Model is now available online! To access the model:

• Visit www.eiolca.net
• Click on “Use the Model” tab.
• Click on “Advanced” tab.
• Under “Available Models” select “Statistics Canada 2002”. Click on “Change Model”.
• Under “Categories” select the industry group you are interested in evaluating. Click “Browse”.
• Select the industry sector you are interested in.
• Select the data source that you would like to display.
• Enter the economic activity you would like to display.
• Click on “Display Data for selected sector(s)”.

Accomplishments to Date

• Peer-reviewed paper comparing existing life cycle studies and models that assess the life cycle GHG emissions of oil sands-derived transportation fuels:
  • Charpentier et al., 2009, “Understanding the Canadian oil sands industry’s greenhouse gas emissions”, Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 4, Num. 1. Available at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1748-9326/4/1
• Energy futures review paper
  
  
• Canadian eiolca model (see instructions on how to access the model above)
  
  
• MIT white paper on nuclear in the oil sands
  
  
• Petrobank study (private)
  
  
• Outreach
  • Initial workshop (>40 people, industry government and academia).
  • Conference presentations. (InLCA special sessions, Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, ISIE conference, CIRAIG)
  • Multiple industry meetings (>20).
  • Meeting on LCFS with Alex Farrell and oil industry (VP’s of marketing)
  • Sustained interaction with GHGenius group at NRCan
  • On land use, interaction with CEMA & EUB
• Completion of an economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) model for the Canadian economy in the year 2002.  Available online at www.eiolca.net.
• Hybrid LCA case study of Petrobank Whitesands pilot project (private study).