There are many Life Cycle Assessment tools for performing building LCA. Here’s a list of LCA tools and useful links.
The IGBC run an on-demand course that covers Life Cycle Assessment of a Building, for more information see here
Carbon Designer for Ireland
The Carbon Designer tool is a simple way to estimate the carbon impact of your project at an early stage of building design. The tool is free and quickly shows you the differences you can make to the overall carbon impact by selecting different material build ups of large elements such as walls, floors and roof. https://www.igbc.ie/carbon-designer-for-ireland/
Whole Life Carbon National Methodology Methodology
The IGBC is currently developing a National Methodology for Whole Life Carbon Assessment in Ireland as part of the INDICATE initiative.
The Methodology is:
- Still in development
- Aimed at being incorporated into the BER so is worth following and getting to understand in more detail
- Can be accessed by contacting Stephen.
The Embodied Carbon 101 training course includes a live zoom session explaining the Indicate tool.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with Stephen.
OneClick LCA
OneClickLCA is a full suite LCA tool and the market leader in Europe. It provides the tools necessary to carry out a Levels compliant LCA as well as others for certification programs such as BREEAM and LEED. http://oneclicklca.com
ICE database
The ICE database offers more generic average data drawn from EPDs. It is a downloadable Excel spreadsheet – useful for early stage estimating and as a learning tool. https://circularecology.com/embodied-carbon-footprint-database.html
ICE concrete EC estimator tool
The ICE Concrete EC estimator can quickly compare the carbon differences of concrete recipes depending on the type, cement replacement opportunities and overall volume. As concrete is often the largest contributor to embodied carbon, particularly if used in the structural frame of the building, this can give an indication of the largest single area on which to focus design attention. https://circularecology.com/concrete-embodied-carbon-footprint-calculator.html
EC3 Tool
The Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator is a free and easy-to-use tool that allows benchmarking, assessment and reductions in embodied carbon, focused on the upfront supply chain emissions of construction materials. https://www.buildingtransparency.org/
Etool
A global leader in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software for buildings and infrastructure. https://etoolglobal.com/
Tally Revit plugin
Tally Revit is the first LCA app that lets you calculate the environmental impacts of your building material selections directly in an Autodesk® Revit® model. https://choosetally.com/
HawkinsBrown Revit plug in
HawkinsBrown is an easy-to-use open-source Revit-based tool that enables design teams to quickly analyse and clearly visualise the embodied carbon emissions of different building components and construction material options at any time during the design process. https://www.hawkinsbrown.com/services/hbert
