Defining a material record for an Eco Audit project

Create a custom material to use in your Eco Audit project.

To add a user-defined record for use in Eco Audit:

  1. Click Tools > Add Record > MaterialUniverse.
  2. In the User-defined Record dialog, enter the record Name and Generic material class.
  3. Enter information on the record, such as Record color and Notes.
  4. Enter other property values as required.
  5. Click OK.

    The new record will appear on the Browse tree under My Records, and can be added to your Eco Audit Product by clicking the Browse (...) button on the Product Definition tab.

    Any user-defined record you create can be saved in both Selection Project (.ces) and Eco Audit Product Definition (.prd) files. All user-defined records in your project will be saved as part of the Product Definition file, not just the records included in a Product.

    There are no required properties for records used in Eco Audit, but if a property used by Eco Audit is missing from a user-defined record:

    • A red exclamation mark may appear next to the record name in the BoM.
    • Calculations which use the property may use a default value instead.
    • Any options associated with the property will not appear in the BoM.

    The table below lists the properties used by Eco Audit and what happens when their values are missing.

    Property If missing:

    Generic material class

    Default value used: Other

    Typical % is not included in the Recycled content options.

    Determines which options appear under Primary process and Secondary process.

    Price

    Default value used: 0

    Embodied energy, primary production (virgin grade)

    Default value used: 0

    Cannot specify Recycled content percentage.

    Cannot define a custom process.

    Climate change (CO2-eq), primary production (virgin grade)

    Default value used: 0

    Cannot specify Recycled content percentage.

    Cannot define a custom process.

    Recycle

    Embodied energy, recycling

    Climate change (CO2-eq), recycling

    Recycle is not included in the End of Life options.

    Typical % and user-specified percentages are not included in the Recycled content options.

    Recycle fraction in current supply

    Typical % is not included in the Recycled content options.

    Downcycle

    Downcycle is not included in the End of Life options.

    Combust for energy recovery

    Heat of combustion (net)

    Combustion CO2

    Combustion is not included in the End of Life options.

    Landfill

    Landfill is not included in the End of Life options.