Exciting release of BAFU 2025, a free database
The Swiss Federal Administration LCI Database (BAFU) 2025 database is now available, for free. The 2025 release contains 11747 LCIs in 176 categories including sectors such as construction, mobility, energy, metals, chemicals, paper, agriculture, food, consumption,...
ecoinvent 3.12 available for openLCA
Version 3.12 of the ecoinvent database represents a significant update to the world’s most trusted life cycle inventory database. Designed to empower businesses, researchers, and policy-makers, our latest release expands the breadth of our data, offering new insights...
Submit your abstract to openLCA.conf 2026 by 1st December
Did you hear about the openLCA conference happening 22-23 April 2026? The 3rd edition of openLCA.conf is approaching and welcoming openLCA users, and those curious, again to Berlin. At this point we would like to draw attention to the approaching deadline to submit...
Trainers Academy 6th edition scheduled for January 2026
The 6th edition of the Trainers Academy will happen online on 27th to 28th January 2026, from 09:00 - 13:00 CET. This is a great opportunity for openLCA advanced users to level up and start giving openLCA trainings with the official training material. The objective...
Python scripting in openLCA: the new Jython manual
For users interested in scripting in openLCA with Python, we have several resources available on GitHub to support you, the latest being the new openLCA Jython manual. Jython is an implementation of Python 2.7 that integrates with Java, and it is already built into...
Training on the EPD Workflow in openLCA
EPDs are no longer just a ‘nice-to-have’, they are the currency of transparent sustainability. But transforming complex lifecycle data into a verified report that meets the EN 15804+A2 standard can be a significant bottleneck and expensive. To facilitate this process,...
