Consulting services in life cycle assessment and sustainability analysis

We make sure your products are ready to enter the sustainable markets and advise you on circular economy, life cycle assessment and sustainability analysis.

It is becoming increasingly important to take a natural resource conservation approach, particularly in construction. The key here is to consider the environmental impact throughout the entire life cycle of a product, from initial resource extraction through transportation to the manufacture site, manufacture, use, recycling or disposal.

Range of services

We accompany you from the initial idea to the product launch. We use quantitative sustainability analyses to provide you a sound basis for making informed decisions. One of our core competencies lies in the area of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). We specialise in LCA of materials, processes and buildings, in particular wood-based, cement-based and bitumen-based construction materials.

Our range of services:

LCA according to ISO 140140 and 14044, hot-spot analysis, comparative life cycle assessment, scenario analysis and model sensitivity analysis
Environmental impact assessment in support of innovation development
LCA of construction materials, components and buildings based on EN 15804 sustainability standard
Cleaner production assessment to increase both environmental and cost efficiency
Sustainability analysis with environmental, economic and social indicators
Carbon footprint
LCA training and sustainability courses
Environmental and sustainability consulting

Examples of life cycle analyse

Facilities

The following infrastructure is available to us for the professional processing of consulting services and development contracts:

Software and calculation tools

Open LCA as complete LCA software
SimaPro (LCA-Software)
Industry-specific simplified LCA tools

Databases

ecoinvent (various sectors and in particular the construction sector, worldwide)
EN 15804 add-on for ecoinvent (creation of EPDs)
Circular economy add-on for ecoinvent (Material Circularity Indicator MCI or Circularity Index CI)
UVEK database (Swiss construction sector: background data for KBOB “Life cycle assessment data in the construction sector”)
Environmental Footprint EF (various sectors, EU)
ARVI (wood-polymer composites)
Agribalyse (agriculture and food)
NEEDS (electricity supply Europe)
bioenergiedat (bioenergy supply chain)
exiobase (raw material extraction)
PLEX (plastic waste)
Soca (social aspects)
Social Hotspot (social aspects)
others on request