Developer tools Since version 1.4.1 openLCA supports the possibility to run Python and JavaScript programs and SQL queries directly in openLCA. With this feature you can automate calculations in openLCA, write your own data imports or exports, perform sensitivity...
Allocation and system expansion In openLCA there are three allocation methods: physical allocation economic allocation causal allocation Every process has an “Allocation” tab where the allocation factors for all three cases can be viewed or altered. When...
Regionalized impact assessment In openLCA 1.5 it is now possible to handle GIS data, allowing the user to include this type of data in the process locations, as well as for defining site-specific impact factors in the method (using parametrization) and therefore...
Life Cycle Costing In openLCA 1.5 Life Cycle Costing is newly implemented. In line with the approach of Environmental Life Cycle Costing, it comes as a flow-based approach for calculating Life Cycle Costs and Value Added, with Value Added being considered as „negative...
