Note

The EU MFA module is under active development.

This documentation is a work-in-progress and will be updated continuously.

Inputs from other modules

We will set the values for some exogenous parameters, but some will also be coupled with other MIC3 models’ outputs. The following table presents a preliminary list of these parameters, their sources and necessary steps for their integration.

Parameter	Source	Description
Material intensity buildings	P&S Database	No data manipulation required
Building inflow	P&S Database	Determine building inflow from the building stock and building outflow
Building outflow	P&S Database	Determine building outflow from the residential per capita building stock, share of residential building types, population development, changes in the non-residential building stock and the non-residential building stock in a base year
Material intensity vehicles	P&S Database	No data manipulation required
Vehicle registrations	Energy system module	Differentiate the vehicle inflow to consider different vehicle sizes
Consumption change	CGE module	No data manipulation required
Translation	P&S Database	No data manipulation required
Trade clinker	Global MFA	Harmonization of product categories
Trade cement	Global MFA	Harmonization of product categories
Trade concrete	Global MFA	Harmonization of product categories
Trade unsorted concrete waste	Global MFA	Harmonization of product categories
Trade sorted concrete waste	Global MFA	Harmonization of product categories

Outputs to other modules

Some outputs from the MFA model are inputs to the techno-economic industry modules. The table below presents a preliminary list of these variables.

Parameter	Sink	Description
Steel production	Techno-economic industry modules	Production of steel products
Plastics production	Techno-economic industry modules	Production of polymers
Concrete production	Techno-economic industry module	Production of concrete
Cement production	Techno-economic industry modules	Production of cement
Clinker production	Techno-economic industry modules	Production of clinker
Steel scrap	Techno-economic industry module	Availability of secondary material
Recyclates	Techno-economic industry module	Availability of secondary material