Environmental impact calculator

LCADesign is a real-time environmental impact calculator designed for commercial properties.

Building designers can now optimise the eco-impact of a building, as the design model evolves, using the software package.

LCADesign — Life Cycle Assessment Design — measures the environmental values and risks of materials in commercial buildings. Working directly from the building designer’s model, users can measure and compare changes to new and refurbished designs. They can see in seconds the impact of design improvements across human health, ecosystem damages, resource depletion, carbon impacts and dollar cost. Users may select from any combination of over 70 measures.

Building operating energy and water, as well as product selections, can be changed in seconds and new results generated to show comparative numbers and graphs.

The software is suitable for developers, architects, engineers, builders and manufacturers as well as local, state and federal governments.