Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment (wbLCA) Services
Quantify the Environmental Impact of Your Building Design
Whole-building Life Cycle Assessment (wbLCA) provides a data-driven understanding of your building’s embodied carbon and environmental performance. Using the National Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment Practitioner’s Guide, LCA Design helps project teams measure, compare, and reduce the impacts of materials and design decisions across a building’s full life cycle.
Our wbLCA Services
1. Early-Stage Design Support
Evaluate material and structural options during concept design to identify low-carbon strategies before major design commitments are made.
2. Detailed Whole-Building Assessment
Model the life cycle of materials from extraction to end-of-life using standardized LCA software and national databases. Results can be used for:
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Green building certification (LEED v4 MRc1, Zero Carbon Building Standard, etc.)
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Embodied carbon reporting
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Design comparisons and optimization
3. Compliance with the National wbLCA Practitioner’s Guide
We follow the National Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment Practitioner’s Guide to ensure consistent methodology and credible, comparable results across projects.
4. Results Interpretation and Reporting
Receive a clear report outlining global warming potential, resource use, and other key indicators, along with practical recommendations for reducing embodied impacts.
Why Work with LCA Design
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Experience with Building LCAs across commercial, institutional, and residential projects
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Compliant with ISO 14040/44 and the wbLCA Standards
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Independent, third-party expertise — transparent and defensible results
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Actionable insights that help design teams meet performance targets and certification requirements
Deliverables
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Whole-building LCA report aligned with the National wbLCA Practitioner’s Guide
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Summary dashboard of key indicators (e.g., GWP, ODP, AP, POCP)
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Comparative results for design options
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Recommendations for embodied carbon reduction
Get Started
Ready to integrate whole-building LCA into your next project?
Contact LCA Design to discuss your building type, goals, and timelines. We’ll help you select the right approach for accurate, actionable results.
