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Analyze the environmental impacts of your company and its products & services. Create sustainable products, optimize the ecological footprint and improve business sustainability using our powerful LCA software.

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  • Analyze then environmental impact of products or companies (PCF, CCF, LCA, EPD)
  • Identify eco-hotspots for improvement
  • Benefit from various tutorials, trainings & support by our experts
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LCA Software for Life Cycle Assessment

Analyzing the environmental impact and carbon footprint of products poses a major challenge. Our LCA software solution supports you step by step and offers the following advantages for you and your company:


Full transparency with our LCA software
Get a clear overview of the entire product lifecycle with the help of graphical modeling and comprehensive reporting on your life cycle assessments according to ISO 14040/44.


Manufacture environmentally friendly products
Achieve holistic product sustainability by taking into account various environmental impacts, identifying relevant eco-hotspots for improvement, and enhancing risk assessment strategies.


Strategic management of sustainable value creation
Evaluate the entire life cycle of your products and services - from raw material extraction in your supply chain to manufacturing and logistics to recycling or disposal - to ensure sustainable value creation.


Improve resilience and competitiveness
Use integrated life cycle and material flow cost accounting to create eco-efficient products by manufacturing in a more resource-friendly and cost-saving way.

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How our LCA Software Works

  • Graphical Modeling in Umberto
  • Import Production Orders
  • Product Carbon Footprint
  • Scenario Analysis
  • Sankey visualization
  • Generic Models in Umberto

Create an energy and material flow model across all life cycle phases

 

  • Determine all inputs and outputs associated with your products
  • Get an idea of what is removed (e.g. raw materials) and returned (e.g. waste) to the environment

 

Conduct an inventory analysis

 

  • Get primary data from MS Excel links or by importing parts lists (BOM)
  • Integrate environmental data through LCA & LCI databases (e.g. ecoinvent, USLCI & Carbon Minds)

Calculate environmental impact and identify hotspots

 

  • Measure various environmental impacts, such as carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions, energy or water consumption and waste generation
  • Identify the key stages in a product's life cycle that contribute most to its environmental impact

Carry out scenario & sensitivity analyses for profound decision-making

 

  • Compare different scenarios by varying parameters, production orders and data set selection
  • Check robustness of results and their sensitivity to uncertainty factors
  • Calculate the success of your improvement measures before investing in it

Interpret the LCA results

 

  • Present your results in an comprehensible, appealing way using integrated Sankey diagram visualization
  • Export results to MS Excel or other analyzing tools such as BI solutions

Extend the assessment to entire product groups

 

  • Use generic and parameterized models to reduce effort and ease comparability
  • Lay the foundation for scalability and LCA automation

Your Benefits with our LCA Software

Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)

Calculate the PCF according to ISO 14067, GHG Protocol or PAS 2050 and optimize the climate impact of your products.

 

Corporate Carbon Footprints (CCF)

Enhance corporate sustainability by calculating your company's climate impact in accordance with ISO 14064 and the GHG Protocol.

 

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Achieve product sustainability through the assessment of various environmental impacts according to ISO 14040.

 

Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Prove the environmental performance of your products with an Environmental Product Declaration according to ISO 14025.

Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

Integrate all the costs that your product incurs throughout its life cycle into your environmental assessment.

 

Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)

Uncover the hidden costs of production via Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) in accordance with ISO 14051.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions on Umberto

Benefit from our all-round solution for life cycle assessment. We support you step by step in optimizing your environmental performance.


A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), is a method to calculate the environmental impact of a product over its entire life cycle. In this context, the term 'product' includes packaging, construction and also services. Taking the entire product life cycle into consideration - from resource extraction to production, use, and  disposal – guarantees an integrated evaluation of all inputs and outputs, thus making sure negative environmental impacts aren't shifted to other life cycle phases of the product.


This methodology is defined in the ISO 14040/14044 standard. Each LCA starts with setting the goal and scope of the particular study. In some instances, for example, it is sufficient to limit the system boundaries to the 'cradle-to-gate' approach rather than analyzing the entire product life cycle.
 

> More on life cycle assessments

 


ISO 14040/44 outlines four structured steps for conducting a Life Cycle Assessment:
 

  1. Goal and Scope Definition: Determine the purpose, boundaries, and focus of the assessment.
  2. Life Cycle Inventory (LCI): Gather data on resource use and emissions across all stages of the product's life cycle.
  3. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA): Evaluate environmental impacts based on the data collected.
  4. Interpretation: Analyze results, draw conclusions, and communicate findings to stakeholders.


Our tool is uniquely designed to seamlessly align with the structured framework of ISO 14040/44, facilitating efficient execution of each step in the Life Cycle Assessment processes. Take a look at our demo video to see how our software creates an LCA step by step:


> Watch LCA Demo Video

 


The use of suitable data is essential when preparing a life cycle assessment. Primary data is often not available, which is why various LCA & LCI databases (ecoinvent, Carbon Minds and USLCI) are integrated into Umberto.


> More on LCA databases

 


Different industries face different challenges when it comes to assessing the environmental impact of their products. Take a look at our case studies to see in detail how our customers have overcome these challenges with our software.


> To our case studies

 


Surely we support you in particular in starting your journey to sustainable products. We offer the right training for both beginners and advanced users.


> To our LCA Trainings


To get to know our software, you find brief tutorials within our Knowledge Hub.


> Umberto Knowledge Hub.


Additionally, we offer video tutorials, which demonstrate the use of our software step by step:


> Umberto Video Tutorials

 


You can find all Umberto functions and features in our online manual.


> Read online manual
 

Our support team consisting of developers and LCA experts is looking forward to your inquiries in case your need technical support or have content-related questions.


> Umberto Support

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