Quick start for openLCA
Introduction to openLCA
- Software website
- User manual of openLCA version 2
- Dataset portal
- openLCA YouTube channel
- openLCA forum
Install openLCA
Basic operations
- How to import a database | Explanation of database elements
- How to create processes, flows and product systems
- How to create nested product systems in openLCA ≥ 1.9
- How to analyse LCA results
- Copying/modifying an ecoinvent process
- Creating Parameters in openLCA
Case studies
- Full Building LCA in openLCA: A Practical Template for Practitioners
- Scooters LCA Using Ecoinvent 3.6
- AGRIBALYSE in openLCA & Pizza LCA case study [start from 30:00]
- Cotton fabrics case study (step-by-step tutorial using a free database)
- Other case studies (using free and for-purchase databases)
Related information
- openLCA Python Tutorial
- How to use Global LCA Data Access Network (GLAD) to search for LCA datasets
- LCA training kit (from Life Cycle Initiative)
- Life cycle assessment: Quantitative Approaches for Decisions that Matter (free LCA textbook and presentations compiled by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University)
- LCA discussion email list (an open, constructive and safe platform where people can freely exchange ideas, look for collaborations and post job ADs)
- OCELOT: Open source linking framework for life cycle assessment