Modelling a life cycle assessment (LCA) in openLCA (experienced LCA practitioners)

• Explore the structure of a database in openLCA, including data types and how they relate to one another
• Apply the key modelling steps in openLCA: creating processes, setting parameters, and modelling allocation
• Navigate the results analysis interface in openLCA

• Introduction to openLCA: its place in the LCA tools ecosystem, the philosophy behind the software, and typical use cases
• Presentation of the case study
• openLCA structure: organisation of projects, databases, and reference data (flows, processes)
• Guided exercise: modelling processes in openLCA — creating flows, defining providers, and applying an allocation method
• Navigating the results analysis interface: contribution tree, category grouping, and Sankey diagram
• Guided exercise: defining modelling parameters and running a parameterised calculation
• Guided exercise: importing a project

• Instructor-led presentations
• Demonstration-based learning with hands-on software use
• Practical exercises: modelling a simplified LCA (limited input and output flows)
• PDF training materials provided to participants

Prerequisites

• Ability to carry out the stages of a life cycle assessment: goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory, impact calculation, and interpretation
• Experience modelling in at least one LCA software tool (other than openLCA)
• Prior use of the Ecoinvent database

• Knowledge test at the start and end of the course to validate learning outcomes
• Ongoing assessment throughout the course: case studies, quizzes, practical exercises, and more
• Individual certificate of completion issued upon finishing the course

Companies may draw on the services of a skills development operator (OPCO — opérateur de compétences) to fund this training. To identify your OPCO, visit the France Compétences website: Which OPCO applies to me?