Features and benefits

LCA implementation can be data intensive and time consuming in order to receive comprehensive results; however, the LCA Calculator has most of the data pre-entered, creating a fast and user-friendly solution for Life Cycle Analysis providing fully comprehensive results from internationally recognised data.

There are numerous benefits when using LCA Calculator:

  • Identify stages or materials where additional impact can be reduced.
  • Create innovative products based on sustainable designs
  • Reduce time and energy spent on life cycle and sustainable design research
  • Gain market share on sustainability
  • Persuade end-use purchase decisions
  • Identify the environmental impact of your product early in the design process allowing ‘prevention’ rather than ‘cure’
  • Prioritise simple solutions by highlighting the most environmentally damaging processes and materials
  • Identify opportunities for innovation

The LCA Calculator provides the following features:

  • Simple intuitive interface
  • Large material and process database
  • Choice of metric or imperial units
  • My LCA’s console allows comparison of multiple LCA’s
  • Duplicate LCA’s to eliminate re-entering data
  • Simply move parts between one assembly and another with results instantly recalculated
  • CO2 figures presented in easy to understand data
  • Add unlimited parts and assemblies
  • Model complex supply chains with multiple parallel transport stages
  • Categorise material list which makes the data easy to find
  • Instant results
  • Create process materials and features with the corporate bespoke version
  • Share LCA within a team with the corporate version