Release 1.3 of Sustainable Minds allows you to enter data in the units your BOM or project uses and includes a broad range of both metric and imperial units. For example, 0.25 kg of aluminum can now be entered as 0.25 kg, 250 g, or 0.00027558 short tons. Sustainable Minds then converts the measurements to a common unit to deliver the impact assessment results.
Unit conversion is available for the manufacturing, use, and transportation stages of the product’s lifecycle, for both manual part and sub-assembly entry and BOM import.
Available units
| Description | Symbol |
|---|---|
| Energy | |
| Kilowatt-hour | kWh |
| Megajoule | MJ |
| Kilojoule | kJ |
| Joule | J |
| British thermal unit | Btu |
| Kilocalorie | kcal |
| Therm | thm |
| Length | |
| Inch [inches] | in |
| Foot [feet] | ft |
| Yard [yards] | yd |
| Mile | mi |
| Millimeter | mm |
| Centimeter | cm |
| Decimeter | dm |
| Meter | m |
| Kilometer | km |
| Surface area | |
| Square inch [square inches] | in2 |
| Square foot [square feet] | ft2 |
| Square yard [square yards] | yd2 |
| Square mile [square miles] | mi2 |
| Acre | acre |
| Square millimeter | mm2 |
| Square centimeter | cm2 |
| Square meter | m2 |
| Hectare | h |
| Square kilometer | km2 |
| Temperature | |
| Degrees Fahrenheit | °F |
| Degrees Celsius | °C |
| Time | |
| Second [seconds] | s |
| Minute [minutes] | min |
| Hour | h |
| Day [days] | day |
| Year [years] | year |
| Volume | |
| Tablespoon | tbsp |
| Teaspoon | tspn |
| Cubic inch [cubic inches] | in3 |
| US quart (dry) | us dry quart |
| Cubic foot [cubic feet] | ft3 |
| Cubic yard [cubic yards] | yd3 |
| US gallon (liquid) | gal |
| Cup | cup |
| US ounce (liquid) | oz |
| US pint (liquid) | pt |
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