Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) For Beginners

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Every product and service has an impact on the world around us.
With a Life Cycle Assessment or short LCA, we measure this environmental impact.
In this video, I will walk you through the fundamentals of a Life Cycle Assessment, who it is useful for, and how the process of conducting an LCA looks like in practice. So let's go!
You've probably asked yourself that question many times:
Which tomatoes are better for the environment? The ones from Spain or The Netherlands?
Should I buy the organic T-shirt or the regular one?
Or, if you think even bigger, what is the impact of the supermarket I am walking through right now?
But answering this question can be very difficult. There are just so many factors to consider, like:
Which raw materials were involved in the production process?
How are these products produced? What about heating, water, ventilation?
How do they get transported? By truck, rail, or airplane?
And because this can become confusing very fast, Life Cycle Assessment is a standardized framework that governs how we are supposed to measure these footprints.
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[@myllasunaya3871]

Thank you so much for this video! I am doing my thesis with LCA for my master's degree in environmental engineering, this video helps me so much to understand LCA in a nutshell

[@michaelokere951]

Hi Mylla, what software do you use please?

[@lakshansamarasinghe2439]

Hey! Same here... What are you working on?

[@spandankumar1936]

@@lakshansamarasinghe2439 from where are you pursuing your masters?

[@lakshansamarasinghe2439]

@@spandankumar1936 Sri Lanka! Are you working on any research as well?

[@user-yh4bt3ew6h]

@@lakshansamarasinghe2439 hi, so what software do you use?

[@Designotherwise]

This is great! Thank you! I’m studying nature inspired design and LCAs are a big part of it. Your video was helpful for me to understand them better

[@EcochainLCA]

This is sooo cool know! Where can I learn more about nature inspired design? Is it a new thing?

[@rasiksawant7491]

Awesome video. The LCA concept is explained very nicely.

[@rhell7078]

Great summary. Thank you 😊

[@sebastiangarcia1287]

Good explanation about LCA. Thank you! I am going to apply in my projects as Chemical Engineer

[@SuperKiffi]

It's great info...I'm masters student in process engineering in Germany and as a part of my degree I'm being offered a project for the completion of my master thesis on LCA with Umberto and ecoinvent system data base....I hope it will be good learning for me

[@EcochainLCA]

Germany is just next door! We are in the Netherlands. Yes we also have Ecoinvent data in our software! Feel free to head over to Ecochain Mobius and try it for free!

[@fatmakitine7674]

very helpful. Am currently doing my research and am using LCA.

[@hisham1429]

I am doing the same thing for my thesis, could you tell me what books/courses did you take to learn how to apply LCA?

[@aLena14x]

Very clear & informative, thank you!

[@mindseye123]

Thank you!

[@M2dhanik]

Thank you for the video! Well Explained!

[@komalchougule1426]

hey its a great video...From long time i was looking for LCA beginners module....Thanks

[@jvisback3618]

This is a very helpful video, extremely well explained, I was positively surprised! WOW

[@mariabrosell]

Excellent!! Thank you

[@ashagreenway6792]

Awesome video 🎉 Thank you 👍

[@liranekm]

I am doing LCA of wastewater treatment plant . This comes handy 🙏🏾

[@darpexplained79]

Plz tell how to do lca for free one click lca is charging money

[@EcochainLCA]

why do you want to do LCA for free? One click LCA is for construction and we specialize in product LCA. It is an investment in terms of cost and time but the impact is measurable but also endless!

[@whenthesunlightdies]

Excellent explanation, thank you!!!

[@medhanaik2986]

Great explanation step by step, gives clear understanding about LCA

[@EcochainLCA]

Nice! Why are you learning LCA?

[@callmereno]

Great video and explanations! Thanks a lot :)

[@aseelqasab7241]

excellent , thank you very much

[@lateworm]

very good summery thank you

[@fahadmcrandas6577]

What are the softwares being used in the LCA?

[@faredshamma6554]

• Cloth diapers compared to disposable diapers • To use paper cups compared to porcelain cups • To read the newspaper on the phone or in paper format • Comparative study on different types of windows. my answers are respectively: -1000 diapers for a baby under one year. -60DL cup for drinking. -reading 2000 words article under one day. -2m(high) 0.70(width) 0.02(thickness) manufactured window withy 25 years lifespan. Am i right with my Function unit? thanks for helping))))

[@moodbooster862]

thanks

[@blumensalmen1399]

Thank you for this video!

[@EcochainLCA]

You are welcome! Hope it helps!

[@mykhailshavkunov7345]

Really informative! thanks!

[@EcochainLCA]

Great Mykhail! Glad to hear!

[@SgtMajor82]

A great video... Thanks! Really summed up well and in simple terms that doesn't sound like a scientific paper. Do you have any other videos on this subject such as LCIA and internal and external normalization please?

[@EcochainLCA]

Thank you @AI! We are working on more video content that we will publish over the course of the next weeks. We will include your feedback!

[@trinayanakaushik811]

Thank you for the great video. What are the softwares the are usually used for an LCA and which part of the LCA usually requires one?

[@marisatowa7248]

@@trinayanakaushik811 openLCA and sigmapro. These are the ones I know of. There maybe more

[@tarunigopidasi]

nice video! thanks

[@irmaqadarsih9799]

AWESOME !!! thank you.. i have any question, What is the first step in compiling an LCA Report for manufacturing Industry??

[@EcochainLCA]

that depends on what and how you produce. Can you give more info?

[@dahyankhan2098]

Tank you so much

[@AbdulWahab529]

Hi, I want to do the life cycle assessment of a beverage production plan (carbonated drinks). Kindly could you please tell me how to scope out things. What factors Do I need to consider. What tools should I be using to do the calculations e.g. carbon impact etc.

[@EcochainLCA]

Thanks for your question Abdul. I remember there was someone from Alka chemicals also named Abdul Wahab that was in touch with us. Was that possibly you?

[@Matthew.Morcos]

Making my poject seem way less scary, thanks a bunch

[@EcochainLCA]

What kind of project are you working on?

[@ernysoekotjo4566]

thank you for this superbe video...easy to understand for the beginner. I'm starting my doctoral study in this subject. Do you have any suggestion?

[@EcochainLCA]

Hi Erny, great to hear it helps! Our suggestion: really first make sure you understand the basics of LCA completely. This will help a lot in the rest of your studies. We have quite some KZbin videos on how an LCA looks like in practice, you should check them out on our channel! You can also read our beginner's guide to LCA right here: ecochain.com/knowledge/life-cycle-assessment-lca-guide/. Good luck!

[@saumyaraj3689]

Have an exam tomorrow This helped a lot.

[@EcochainLCA]

Good luck tomorrow then! I would love to start a group for students to ask questions and discuss what they find fun or confusing in LCA. Would that be interesting for you?

[@saumyaraj3689]

@@EcochainLCA hey, the LCA question came in compulsory question and I rocked it! Thankyou

[@EcochainLCA]

Great! if you have more questions, feel free to ask in our facebook group LCA for students. It's a new group I just started 2 minutes ago. Would love to see you there =) facebook.com/groups/1245301776100308

[@brianlungu6347]

any idea where I can find a video For LCA of cement to help, me with my master's research? the video so far was helpful

[@EcochainLCA]

Hi Brain! Great to hear our video was helpful. Sadly we don't have a video for LCAs on cement. However, there are a couple on KZbin that are very informative. Here's a link to one of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKTHo2aJmaaKnNk. Good luck with your master research!

[@hisham1429]

Hey brian, could you tell me what books/courses are you using to learn how to do LCA for your research? I am doing LCA for my masters thesis as well.

[@fernandavallejo9540]

Good video 🙏🏼 Where do I find the chart which appears in 3:13 minute ? Thanks

[@EcochainLCA]

Great to hear Fernando! You can find our article on LCA impact indicators right here: ecochain.com/knowledge/impact-categories-lca/ - Good luck!

[@hi-nw8pq]

is there any course to learn how to evaluate and analyze the LCA ?

[@EcochainLCA]

Hi there! In our easy product footprint Ecochain Mobius, we have a Knowledge Hub where you can learn about making LCAs. Here is a link to the free trial if you want to have a go at it: ecochain.com/mobius-free-trial/

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