Read more on our dedicated open source page. Contact us if you are interested, and find examples here.Īnd by the way, the fact that openLCA is open source causes no obligation to publish or make accessible any data you use, or models you create in openLCA. group in the intergovernmental forum for LCA databases (Global LCAccess), and is author and co. This makes openLCA also suited for work in highly sensitive areas, but also in education and research.įurther, openLCA is also well suited for tailored software, developed by you or by us. WHAT: A webinar about OpenLCA, a free LCA software. the model, database access, calculations, data exchange, and. This project depends on the olca-modules project which is a plain Maven project that contains the core functionalities of openLCA (e.g. openLCA is a Java application that runs on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (Eclipse RCP). If you want you can inspect the code for any potential issues including security issues and any malicious behaviour. This repository contains the source code of openLCA. Since the code and program is accessible, you see the quality of our work. We believe this fits perfectly to Life Cycle and Sustainability Assessment as a user, this brings you flexibility, you do not need to worry about software codes, and are not locked in, and bound by, a closed source, black box software.

One reason for its development was to make LCA and Sustainability Assessment more accessible and affordable, and we are grateful for supporters for the project, initially in Europe and later on especially in the US.Īs a result, openLCA is completely free, without any license costs, and there is no catch. Traditional LCA software such as GaBi, SimaPro, OpenLCA, and Umberto can be used to conduct a WBLCA, but the learning curve for these software solutions can be steep and take longer than a.

This is uncommon for LCA software, where other main software packages are closed source, with costs for a business licence of several thousand Euros. A whole-building LCA (WBLCA) is a specific kind of assessment targeted at understanding the life-cycle impacts of materials used in constructing a building. Since its beginning, openLCA is an open source software, according to the standards of the open source initiative.

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