Dear all

There have been several concerns about multiple communication channels in BONSAI which make it challenging to follow on what's going on and how to contribute.

To resolve this issue, I suggest some ground rules:

BONSAI github -

•  All issues must be raised and discussed on our Github platform. Issues raised, opened or closed (as well as pull requests) will be automatically updated on the bonsai project board
• This will help everyone to visualize the progress in the overall project. I have already linked the main repositories to the project board.
• If there are issues that you would like to highlight in the community, you can of course write an email to the community with a link to the issue. So people address it directly on github.

Groups.io -

• To announce, webinars, hackathons, workshops
• Meeting minutes
• Introduce new members
• Direct members towards specific issues which require discussion (important: only share the GitHub link for the specific issue)

Slack-

• To be actively used only during Hackathons for informal quick communication
  

Bonsai Wiki

• Bonsai wiki documents the overall vision of the project. I will link Wiki sections to specific repositories where we have addressed the work suggested in the Wiki.

I hope this will help BONSAI members to navigate through the ongoing work on the BONSAI platform

Best wishes
Agneta

Dear all-

PSI and LIST are part of a consortium of research groups trying to
make prospective LCA better. To accomplish this, we have decided to
create a standard implementation merging LCI databases with scenarios
from energy system models or integrated assessment models. The
software would be in Python and based on
https://github.com/IndEcol/wurst.

As our aim is to support multiple systems, we need a reference base
nomenclature for products and activities. As far as I can tell, we
have invested a lot in building up various correspondence tables, but
do not have a lot of development on a base nomenclature with
scientific justification. (On the other hand, I think we have made a
lot of progress in how to describe any such system.) I assume that
such a system will start with a standard classification (e.g. GS1,
NACE, etc.), and then use industry-specific classifications when more
detail is needed (e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_steel_grades). One important
exception here is electricity, where I don't find a standard system
that captures the level of detail we need (e.g. utility versus
roof-top solar).

As Tomas N. and I are responsible for the technical foundation of this
consortium, we have the chance to build it BONSAI-compatible from the
beginning - but we need to make decisions soon on this critical issue.
Any input from the list would be greatly appreciated.

-Chris

Dear all-

I would like to invite Wes Ingwersen to present the work that the US
EPA is doing on open data infrastructure and associated efforts to the
BONSAI group. We have had a "hang out" on Friday afternoons before,
and that time works well for him, so those who are interested and
available are welcome to join.

Bo, can you send out a Zoom link?

-Chris

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Chris Mutel
Technology Assessment Group, LEA
Paul Scherrer Institut
OHSA D22
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
http://chris.mutel.org
Telefon: +41 56 310 5787
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Dear all-

I would like to invite Wes Ingwersen to present the work that the US
EPA is doing on open data infrastructure and associated efforts to the
BONSAI group. We have had a "hang out" on Friday afternoons before,
and that time works well for him, so those who are interested and
available are welcome to join.

Bo, can you send out a Zoom link?

-Chris

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Chris Mutel
Technology Assessment Group, LEA
Paul Scherrer Institut
OHSA D22
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
http://chris.mutel.org
Telefon: +41 56 310 5787
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