Abstract: The Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels (SQCB) is a webÂbased tool for the evaluation of biofuels on an LCA basis. It allows calculating the global warming potential, as well as the as overall environmental impacts of the biofuels’ life cycle. The tool was first based on the requirements for the Swiss ordinance on mineral oil tax. EMPA will expand the SQCB to include the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Certification Standard. The first step in this process is to include the regulatory requirements of the European Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC of April 23, 2009 (RED), in particular those the calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions according to the RED methodology. The implementation of the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions according to the Renewable Energy Directive will allow producers and importers to calculate the GHG emissions of their biofuels for the European context while profiting from the flexibility and comfort of the Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels.
Abstract: The Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels (SQCB) is a web¬based tool for the evaluation of biofuels on an LCA basis. It allows calculating the global warming potential, as well as the as overall environ-mental impacts of the biofuels’ life cycle. The tool was first based on the requirements for the Swiss ordinance on mineral oil tax. EMPA will expand the SQCB to include the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Certification Standard. The first step in this process is to include the regulatory re-quirements of the European Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC of April 23, 2009 (RED), in par-ticular those the calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions according to the RED methodology. The implementation of the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions according to the Renewable Energy Directive will allow producers and importers to calculate the GHG emissions of their biofuels for the European context while profiting from the flexibility and comfort of the Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels.
