• New! Mapping file for conversion of elementary flows from openLCA reference flow list to the Federal LCA Commons elementary flow list for use with U.S. federal agency databases (July 2020)
• New! Flow mapping in openLCA (June 2020)
• A results comparison of PSILCA SimaPro and PSILCA Starter in openLCA (May 2016)
• Regionalized LCIA in openLCA (March 2016)
• Life Cycle Costing in openLCA (March 2016)
• EPD Editor in openLCA (English, July 2015)
• EPD-Editor in openLCA (German, May 2015)
• How to perform Life Cycle Costing in openLCA (June 2013)
• Using pedigree features in openLCA (June 2012)

• New! PSILCA database: Manual and documentation for PSILCA v3 (June 2020)

Version 1.6.3/1.7

• PSILCA database: Manual and documentation for PSILCA v2 (December 2017)
• Webinar: What´s new in PSILCA 2.0? (You can also watch the video on our YouTube channel)

Version 1.5/1.4.2

• The GaBi 2016 database in openLCA (February 2017)
• The Soca v.1 add-on – Adding social impact information to ecoinvent (January 2017)
• The NEEDS database in openLCA (January 2017)
• The ecoinvent 3.3 database in openLCA (September 2016)
• The ELCD 3.2 database in openLCA (June 2016)
• The PSILCA database (March 2016)
• The database ecoinvent v.3.2 in openLCA (March 2016)
• Die ProBas+ Datenbank in openLCA (German, Januar 2016)

Previous versions

• Die ProBas Datenbank in openLCA (German, Juli 2014)
• The database Ökobau.dat in openLCA and SimaPro (April 2015)
• Die Datenkbank Ökobau.dat in openLCA and SimaPro (German, April 2015)
• Using nexus and different databases in openLCA (May 2013)
• Social Hot Spots Database (SHDB) in openLCA – quick overview (September 2013)
• Using GaBi databases in openLCA (November 2013)

• Bunsen, J., Greve, S., Ciroth, A. (2019): LCA Collaboration Server – User Manual and Instruction:
• Ciroth, A. (2018): Using social LCA databases for support of policy and business decisions: Where and how, presentation, 70th LCA Discussion Forum – Social LCA – Challenges and solutions in application and implementation, Zürich, 22.11.2018
• Di Noi, C., Eisfeldt, F., Ciroth, A. (2018): Sustainable mining: how to quantify social issues in the mining industry and metals supply chain, presentation, 70th LCA Discussion Forum – Social LCA – Challenges and solutions in application and implementation, Zürich, 22.11.2018
• Di Noi, C., Ciroth, A. (2018): The importance of a three-dimension approach in LCA – A screening study on mining addressing environmental, social and cost aspects, presentation, extended abstract, ACLA LCA XVIII, Fort Collins, 26.09.2018
• Bunsen, J., Ciroth, A. (2018): Regionalisation in openLCA, presentation, 69th LCA Discussion Forum – Regionalization in LCA: Current status in concepts, software and databases, Zürich, 13.09.2018
• Di Noi, C., Eisfeldt, F., Ciroth, A., Bizarro, D. (2018): Complementarity of social and environmental indicators in assessing the sustainability of the mining industry, presentation, extended abstract, 6th International Social LCA Conference – People and Places for Partnership, Pescara, 10.09.2018
• Eisfeldt, F. (2017): What´s new in PSILCA 2.0, Webinar – slides and video, 14. and 19.12.2017.
• Ciroth, A., Bizarro, D. (2017): Implementing AWARE as regionalized LCIA method in software – challenges, outcomes, findings, poster, ACLCA Conference Series, Portsmouth 03.-05.10.2017
• Ciroth, A., Hildenbrand, J., Krewer, Chr. (2017): SuBoot – Sustainability Bootstrap, poster, LCM Conference Series, Luxembourg, 03. – 06.09.2017
• Ciroth, A. (2017): Hotspots analysis in LCA supported by novel visualisations, presentation, LCM Conference Series, Luxembourg, 03. – 06.09.2017
• Ciroth, A., Greve, S., Srocka, M. (2017): SuBoot-Sustainability Bootstrapping The Frist Implementation, presentation, LCM Conference Series, Luxembourg, 03. – 06.09.2017
• Eisfeldt, F., Ciroth, A. (2017): Contribution of Social Life Cycle Assessment to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, presentation, CILCA 2017, Medellín, 14.06.2017
• Eisfeldt, F., Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2017): Soca – A database add-on for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, presentation, CILCA 2017, Medellín, 14.06.2017
• Eisfeldt, F., Rodríguez, C., Ciroth, A. (2017): Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of photovoltaic panels using soca, presentation, SETAC Europe 2017, Brussels, 10.05.2017
• Ciroth, A., Srocka, M. (2017): Introducing the LCA data machine, presentation, SETAC Europe 2017, Brussels, 08.05.2017
• Social and environmental impacts of a T-shirt: A life cycle approach. Jan 2017 (pdf, 2MB)
• Life Cycle Costing in openLCA 1.5 with ecoinvent 3.2 extended. June 2016 (pdf, 1.4MB) 
• Introducing Regionalized LCIA in openLCA. May 2016 (pdf, 1.5MB)
• Towards more interoperable databases: openLCA, SimaPro, summary of tools. Jan 2015 (pdf,  811KB)
• openLCA training slides. December 2014 (pdf, 17MB)
• openLCA training slides. September 2014 (pdf, 10MB)

• The format converter (May 2013)

• Tutorial: Social and environmental impacts of a T-shirt: A life cycle approach (Jan 2017, presentation)
• Tutorial: Viticulture – Organic vs. Conventional production; (Sep 2016, based on the ecoinvent 2.2 database, modelled in openLCA 1.5, documentation only)
• Tutorial: Cotton production (Apr 2016, based on free LCA commons database, download the tutorial database for teachers and students here, 30MB each, modelled in openLCA 1.4).
• Tutorial: PET water bottles from different production locations (Dec 2014, based on the ecoinvent 2.1 database, modelled in openLCA 1.4, documentation only)
• Tutorial: Beer Containers: Aluminum can vs. PET bottle (Oct 2014, based on the free US LCI database, download the tutorial database for this study here, modelled in openLCA 1.4)