Life Cycle Assessment


Download the LCA Brochure here


Machine energy monitoring capability


Product improvement insights

Interest in LCA has been growing rapidly as businesses and policy-makers strive to understand the true environmental impacts of production and consumption. Here at the BioComposites Centre we have expertise in conducting LCA to international standards (i.e. ISO14040/44) and a comprehensive range of tools to help in doing this.

  • Energy monitoring capability linked to all pilot scale equipment
  • Acess to the world’s largest database of lifecycle inventory data
  • SimaPro, the market-leading LCA analysis software to carry out studies ranging from small-scale scoping reports – ideal for hotspot identification work – to full cradle-to-grave research-based analyses.

Conducting a LCA or carbon footprint assessment of a product (or process) can have a number of significant benefits to the organisation:

Benefits to your organisation:

  • Environmental product benchmarking
  • Product improvement insights
  • Identification of process & supply chain 'hotspots'
  • Green marketing & communications opportunities
  • Brand differentiation & enhancement
  • Environmental management planning insights
  • Transparent & credible environmental claims

We offer businesses of all kinds the knowledge and technical alternatives to lower costs, increase productivity and make activities more environmentally and socially responsible.

For further information download the LCA brochure or contact Cambell Skinner.