Pilot Decision Support Tool

The current document is used as a supplementary material that describes the process undergone to develop the Pilot Decision Support Tool and how this tool is contextualized within a bigger environment involving multiple assessment tools linked to the FoodE project. The Pilot Decision Support Tool, which was developed via Microsoft Excel(R), is stored in the backoffice web for CRFSI from the FoodE App (please see D3.7), from which user can download it and use it after registering. This allows for a better monitoring on the usage of the tool by CRFSI. The tool is mainly automatic for most of the indicators, meaning that the user enters values and gets the value for specific indicators instantly. However, some indicators need furthers processing by experts due to license agreements with background data providers. This case is explained in Section “Pilot Decision Support Tool – Structure"; Subsection “Environmental”, along with the procedure on how to get the most out of the tool. The contribution is related to T2.5 “Pilot decision support tool and self-monitoring” for the Methodological framework development and case studies sustainability assessment (WP2). The present deliverable and T2.5 are led by UAB with the support of WP partner leader (UNIBO) and the other WP2 partners. Some content from this deliverable is similar to the prior deliverable from WP2: Extensive life cycle assessment, life cycle costing and social LCA of pilots and self-assessment tool (D2.6). This similarity is related to the link between them, since the Pilot Decision Support Tool (D2.7) is based on the improvements made to the Data Collection Template included in D2.6 and it was validated through its adoption on the FoodE pilots.