LCA / Life Cycle Assessment by Fraunhofer UMSICHT
ISO-compliant life cycle assessments / LCAs for waste management and new technologies.
Our team for life cycle assessment and life cycle analyses (LCA) at the Sulzbach-Rosenberg branch of Fraunhofer UMSICHT supports you in properly determining and calculating the environmental impact of products and processes.
Our specialization lies in the preparation of ISO-compliant life cycle assessments and life cycle analyses in the areas of waste management, recycling technologies, bioenergy and combustion technology and in the evaluation of new technologies, for example in chemical recycling, carbonization or pyrolysis.
Methodologically, we work on the basis of recognized frameworks such as ISO 14040/14044, Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and Organization Environmental Footprint (OEF) methods or the GHG Protocol. When calculating greenhouse gas emissions, we take Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions into account.
For life cycle inventory data on energy procurement, material production and processing, logistics and disposal services, we use the Ecoinvent and GaBi databases.