Modelling a Life Cycle Assessment in SimaPro

• Navigate the SimaPro interface with confidence
• Apply each stage of an LCA within SimaPro using the software's core functions
• Implement the full range of product modelling stages in SimaPro
• Use SimaPro's result analysis and interpretation functions

Module 1 — Process-based modelling (2 days)

Day 1

• SimaPro within an LCA workflow
• Key LCA concepts applied to the case study: goal definition, scope, functional unit, life cycle outline
• Data in SimaPro: sources and structure
• SimaPro architecture
• Guided exercise: defining a modelling structure and implementing it in SimaPro
• Guided exercise: modelling a product using a process-based approach

Day 2

• Completing the guided exercise: process-based product modelling
• Guided exercise: using SimaPro's result analysis and interpretation functions
• Guided exercise: configuring a parameterised model
• Introduction to analysis groups
• Guided exercise: importing a model and running a comparative analysis

Module 2 — Product stage modelling (1 day)

Day 3

• Introduction and familiarisation with the new case study
• Importing case study processes
• Guided exercise: product stage modelling (assembly, life cycle, waste scenario)
• Advanced modelling functions in SimaPro — introduction and application: additional life cycles, waste disposal scenarios
• Advanced modelling functions in SimaPro: disassembly and reuse
• Independent exercise: configuring a model across multiple scenarios
• Analysis and interpretation

• Structured presentations
• Small-group work
• Practical exercises based on case studies — open-enrolment sessions use a shower gel and a bar of solid soap as modelling subjects
• Training workbook provided to all participants

Prerequisites

• An active SimaPro licence on the day of the training
• Working knowledge of LCA methodology: goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory, impact assessment, interpretation, and related stages — acquired either through prior LCA fundamentals training or equivalent experience

• At the start and end of the training: knowledge validation test
• During the training: ongoing assessment of learning progress through case studies, quizzes, practical exercises, and similar activities
• Individual certificate of completion awarded upon conclusion of the training

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?