Table 1.

The Other Software tools for LCA calculation

Tool Developer Approach Web
AIST-LCA 4 National Institute of Generic www.aist-riss.jp/main/
Advanced Industrial Science
and
Technology (AIST), Japan
Athena Athena Sustainable Materials Building and www.athenasmi.org/
Institute, Canada construction
BEES 4.0 National Institute of Standards Building www.nist.gov/el/economics/BEES
and Technology, USA materials So ftware.cfm
Be Cost Finlad Building http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/proj6/en
Materials viron/ohjelmat_e.html

E3DATABASE Ludwig-Bölkow- Generic www.e3database.com/

Systemtechnik
GmbH,
Germany
Eco-Quantum Netherlands Generic www.ivam.uva.nl/index.php?
id=559&L=1#c4126
ECO-BAT 4.0 Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie et Building and www.eco-bat.ch/
de Gestion du Canton de construction
Vaud,
Switzerland
GEMIS Oeko Institut, Germany Generic www.gemis.de
LEGEP LEGEP Software GmbH, Generic and www.legep.de/?lang=en
Germany Building
REGIS Sinum AG - EcoPerformance Generic www.sinum.com/
Systems
SABENTO ifu Hamburg GmbH, Germany Chemical www.sabento.com
SULCA 4.2 VTT Technical Research Generic and www.vtt.fi/index.jsp
Centre of Finland forest
TEAM Ecobilan Generic www.ecobilan.pwc.fr/en/boite
PricewaterhouseCoopers -a- outils/team.jhtml
TESPI ENEA, Italy Generic www.elca.enea.it/
Sustainable Germany Building http://sbs-
Building prod.elasticbeanstalk.com
Specifier (SBS
 Aspects Description
LEGEP is an integral software for integral project design. It assesses Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Cost (LCC) based on German standard DIN 276
(Kosten Plannung) and Operational Energy use assessment by means of 5
Short Description
modules integrated in the tool: - LEGEP-Kostenplanung, - LEGEP-
Lebenszykluskosten, - LEGEP-Ökobilanz, LEGEP-Wärme & Energie - LEGEP-
Wirtschaftlichkeit.
Country of Developer Germany
to install individual computer, a demo version can be downloaded from the
Type of Software
website
Website http://www.legep-software.de
Integrated tool (with a LCA module) for building planners and designers. It can
Purpose of the Tool
also be used for the German certification system (DGNB).
modeling choices situation A according to the ILCD handbook (attributional LCA)
One type of assessment, the main focus on LEGEP being put on the integrated
assessment (LCA but also LCC). The user can however select different LCA
databases for describing the materials. In LEGEP, the user can describe a
building from different scale starting at the bottom with life cycle inventory of
Study Type
material layers and composed elements (e.g. windows) up to macro elements
(e.g. a roof). The user can also define scenarios for maintenance, cleaing and
refurbishment. The data are fully scaleable and can be used either “bottom-up”
or “top-down”.
Different databases can be used depending on the project stages and on the
practitioners e.g. Ecoinvent data and specific values from the Baustoff
Ökoinventare database (see the REGENER Project) and the LEGEP database
LCA Data Used with specific values for construction products. The LEGEP database contains the
description of all elements of a building (based on DIN 276). All information is
structured along life cycle phases (construction, maintenance e.g. replacement
of products, operation such as cleaning), refurbishment and demolition.
 Aspects Description
"TEAM™ Web Simulator", through a standard Web browser, allows non-
Intoduction LCA practitioners to run LCA simulations through user friendly control
panels. TEAM™ Web Simulator uses TEAM™ on a remote web server.
Standarization ISO 14040
raw material acquisition
manufacture
LCA Product
transportation
installation, use, and recycling and waste management
Sector specific No
Screening LCA tool No. TEAM™ Web Simulator is not a software for screening LCA
Eco-design approach Design for Environment (DfE) is included in the tool.
Application for
laws/regulatory No
compliance
Life Cycle Cost TEAM™ Web Simulator is a tool for assessing Life Cycle Costs.
Social Life Cycle Analysis NO
Inventory The modeling is predefined in TEAM™ with parameters.
All TEAM™ methodologies are available. Different methods are used, such
as IPCC, energy consumption, resource depletion, ozone depletion,
Impact Assessment tropospheric ozone creation, air acidification, eutrophication, emissions to
soils, human and ecotoxicity. The user might implement and use its own
impact assessment methodologies.
Interpretation TEAM™ Web simulator displays results in graphical and tabular views.
Hybrid LCA NO