CORE SERVICE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
We produce methodologically sound LCAs for bespoke and multi-layer construction products, as the data basis for EPDs, DPPs, PCFs and reduction strategies. Turnaround is about one week, depending on scope and data availability.
Every construction product has a story: raw materials are extracted, materials processed, components transported, products manufactured, installed, used and eventually disposed of or recycled. A life cycle assessment, or LCA, makes that story measurable. It shows which environmental impacts a product causes across its life, through energy use, raw materials, transport or disposal.
So that this assessment is not arbitrary, it follows clear rules. The international standards ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 set out how an LCA has to be built. Put simply, it has two central parts. The inventory collects what goes into the product and what comes out of it: materials, energy, waste and emissions. The impact assessment then calculates which environmental effects follow from that, such as global warming potential or resource consumption.
An LCA is therefore more than a single calculation. It is the data basis for dependable sustainability assessment. EPDs, product carbon footprints, reduction strategies and many regulatory records all build on it. Calculate it properly once and you have not just a report, but a foundation that can be used again and again.
For manufacturers of construction products this foundation matters more every year. New reporting obligations such as the CSRD require large companies to disclose their sustainability data in far more detail. At the same time they ask their suppliers for exactly that data, above all for so-called Scope 3 emissions, which do not arise inside the company itself but in the supply chain. The EPD to EN 15804+A2 is also becoming standard in tenders, product comparisons and building certification. Anyone who cannot supply sound life cycle data risks a weaker position in tenders, or being dropped from the supply chains of larger customers.
It gets genuinely demanding with complex construction products. A simple, single-phase product can often still be represented with standard data or templates. Multi-layer products, or products with many variants, are a different matter: facade and insulation systems, fire protection products, building services components or functional building elements often combine several materials, functions and processing steps. A standard template is rarely enough here.
This is exactly where ecoverity comes in. We model complex products layer by layer, test assumptions methodically and document decisions so they can be followed. The result is a data basis that works not only for a single EPD, but also for the coming Digital Product Passport and for later PCFs, updates, variants, tenders and reduction measures. A compliance obligation turns into a dependable tool for product development, sales and strategy.
Your LCA project in 6 steps
We start with a shared understanding of the product, its application and the goal. What will the LCA be used for: as an internal basis for decisions, as the foundation for an EPD, or for a PCF? From that we derive the relevant life cycle and the requirements the data has to meet.
We record every relevant input and output along the defined system boundary. For multi-component construction products we structure the material logic so that it can later be checked, updated and reused for variants without guesswork.
We translate the product data into a dependable LCA model and calculate the environmental impacts across the life cycle. The results show how much individual materials, processes or transport steps contribute.
We analyse which materials, processes or life cycle stages cause the largest environmental impacts, and test how sensitive the results are to assumptions and data uncertainty. That makes it visible where reduction potential sits and which levers actually matter.
We document the goal, method, data sources, assumptions and results in an LCA report to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. Before sign-off we review the modelling critically in-house and prepare the documents for follow-on projects.
The LCA does not end with a report. We turn the results into a data basis that connects to further sustainability evidence. On request we keep the data set current and extend it when the product changes, new variants appear or regulation shifts.
We start with a shared understanding of the product, its application and the goal. What will the LCA be used for: as an internal basis for decisions, as the foundation for an EPD, or for a PCF? From that we derive the relevant life cycle and the requirements the data has to meet.
Binding scope, life cycle boundary, data requirement list
We record every relevant input and output along the defined system boundary. For multi-component construction products we structure the material logic so that it can later be checked, updated and reused for variants without guesswork.
Inventory data set, data gap overview, material and process model
We translate the product data into a dependable LCA model and calculate the environmental impacts across the life cycle. The results show how much individual materials, processes or transport steps contribute.
Impact assessment report, LCA model, results by life cycle stage
We analyse which materials, processes or life cycle stages cause the largest environmental impacts, and test how sensitive the results are to assumptions and data uncertainty. That makes it visible where reduction potential sits and which levers actually matter.
Hotspot report, sensitivity analysis, prioritised reduction options
We document the goal, method, data sources, assumptions and results in an LCA report to ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. Before sign-off we review the modelling critically in-house and prepare the documents for follow-on projects.
Validated LCA report, data basis ready for review
The LCA does not end with a report. We turn the results into a data basis that connects to further sustainability evidence. On request we keep the data set current and extend it when the product changes, new variants appear or regulation shifts.
LCA data basis in the ecoverity system, update structure
What you actually receive
Complete study to ISO 14040 / 14044 with inventory, impact assessment, interpretation and prioritised recommendations. In German and English on request.
Machine-readable data set in ILCD format, ready to feed EPD preparation, database submissions and tool workflows.
Identification of the largest environmental burdens per life cycle stage, plus sensitivity analysis and prioritised reduction options as a dependable input to your reduction strategy.
A structured LCA data basis in the ecoverity system. We keep it current and usable for EPDs, PCFs, DPPs, variants and the regulatory requirements still to come.
What the LCA makes possible
A properly built LCA becomes the foundation for PCFs, EPDs and DPPs.
In one conversation we establish what you need the LCA for, which life cycle stages matter and how much detail is genuinely useful for your product.
