Background and development
About LCAbyg
LCAbyg is a tool that calculates life cycle assessments for buildings.
With LCAbyg you can calculate a building's environmental profile and resource consumption. You enter information about the building elements and, where relevant, the building's energy consumption. The tool automatically handles the LCA calculations and gathers the results into selected figures and a report.
It is calculated over the building's entire life cycle and therefore includes the extraction of raw materials, production of building materials, energy and resource consumption during operation and maintenance, as well as disposal and, where applicable, reuse of building elements and materials.
The company
Company information
LCAbyg is developed and operated by LCAbyg ApS. Enquiries about the tool, licences and invoicing go to the email address below.
- LCAbyg ApS
- Liljevej 12, 2820 Gentofte
- CVR 46723821
- Email: info@lcabyg.dk
The team
The people behind LCAbyg
Harpa Birgisdottir
Director and LCAbyg lead
Emilie Brisson Jørgensen
LCA specialist
Christoffer Ole Olsen
LCA specialist
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Michael Hartoft-Nielsen
Developer
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Morten Munch-Andersen
Developer
Advisory body
Advisory board
LCAbyg is advised by an advisory board with representatives from research and the construction industry, who help set the direction for the tool. The board meets twice a year.
- Navn EfternavnProfessor, Aalborg Universitet
- Navn EfternavnHead of sustainability, entreprenør
- Navn EfternavnSenior adviser, ingeniørvirksomhed
- Navn EfternavnArchitect MAA, tegnestue
History
Development of LCAbyg
LCAbyg was originally developed by SBi – Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut (now BUILD, Aalborg University) – with financial support from a range of stakeholders in Denmark. LCAbyg is now developed by LCAbyg ApS, an independent company, under an agreement with BUILD.
Development originally drew on an Excel tool that BUILD developed for Green Building Council Denmark's DGNB certification of buildings in Denmark. The first version of LCAbyg was launched in 2015 for the Danish Energy Agency, as part of a construction policy strategy from 2014, in broad collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders in the Danish construction industry.
Since then, both small and large changes have continuously been made to LCAbyg, and the user interface and calculation core are now on version 6. LCAbyg is still developed in close collaboration with research and the industry.
LCAbyg is used for e.g. education, public and private, and the latest version makes it possible to calculate the climate impact requirements in the Building Regulations and DGNB.
LCAbyg has previously been funded by
- Villum Fonden and Realdania
- BUILD, AAU (formerly Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut)
- The Danish Energy Agency, the Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority, the Danish Housing and Planning Authority
- Elforsk
- Green Building Council DK (Rådet for Bæredygtigt Byggeri)
- Grundejernes Investeringsfond