Overview

This section gives an overview on why and how the Brightway life cycle assessment (LCA) framework works, as well as some generic LCA methodology and implementation discussion. It is not designed for people learning about Brightway for the first time - please see the Brightway book which is tailored for newcomers.

Prerequisites

1. A working installation of Brightway.

2. Basic knowledge of Python data types.

Note

If you have questions that the documentation cannot answer, you can get in touch with the Brightway community or the Brightway developers.

Brightway Philosophy

Warning

Brightway is designed for flexibility, and does not place many constraints on what you are allowed to do while using it. This can be dangerous, as we will happily allow you to delete your database or enter numerical values which can break calculations. If you are first getting started, it’s safest to follow the examples and cheat sheet.