{"id":23854,"date":"2026-09-17T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/?page_id=23854"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:19:17","slug":"life-cycle-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/life-cycle-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Life cycle assessment as the basis of your EPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:98.8%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><!-- WordPress\/Avada content only. Set the page title\/H1 separately: Life cycle assessment as the basis of your EPD --><\/p>\n<article lang=\"en\" aria-label=\"Life cycle assessment as the basis of your EPD\" style=\"max-width: 820px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 8px 0 24px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.8; color: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 16px;\">The life cycle assessment describes the environmental impacts of the product on a defined basis. EPD-Online incorporates the resulting information into the declaration; calculations take place outside the platform.<\/p>\n<nav aria-label=\"On this page\" style=\"margin: 0 0 36px; padding: 18px 22px; background-color: #f5f5f5; border-left: 3px solid #747474;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px;\"><strong>On this page<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 22px;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"><a href=\"#abschnitt-1\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Define scope and reference quantity<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"><a href=\"#abschnitt-2\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Evaluate company data in the model<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"><a href=\"#abschnitt-3\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Deliver results and background report<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"><a href=\"#abschnitt-4\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Transfer content into EPD-Online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"abschnitt-1\" style=\"margin: 36px 0 14px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.35; color: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 120px;\">Define scope and reference quantity<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 16px;\">Agree product coverage, the declared or functional unit and the life cycle modules assessed with your LCA specialist. Include the necessary scenarios. These choices must fit the PCR and affect how results are interpreted.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"abschnitt-2\" style=\"margin: 36px 0 14px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.35; color: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 120px;\">Evaluate company data in the model<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 16px;\">Specialists combine production information with suitable background data and document methodological decisions. Missing inputs, allocations and assumptions need traceable treatment. Software choice alone does not establish compliance with programme rules.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"abschnitt-3\" style=\"margin: 36px 0 14px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.35; color: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 120px;\">Deliver results and background report<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 16px;\">Arrange delivery of result tables with explicit units, modules and version information. The background report explains the calculations and their basis. Check together that the EPD text and assessment concern the same products, sites and periods.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"abschnitt-4\" style=\"margin: 36px 0 14px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.35; color: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 120px;\">Transfer content into EPD-Online<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 16px;\">Transfer the agreed results into the designated tables or available import template. Then check units and column mapping. Technical verification takes place later; successful data entry does not confirm the calculations.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"weiterlesen\" style=\"margin: 36px 0 14px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.35; color: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 120px;\">Related guides and next steps<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 22px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/lca-consultants\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Choose an LCA consultant for your EPD<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/collecting-data\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Collect and check data for an EPD<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/epd-online\/background-report\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Background report and evidence for your EPD<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/guides\/import-lca-data\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Import LCA values using the Excel template<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n<nav aria-label=\"More topics\" style=\"max-width: 820px; margin: 16px auto 32px; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid #dddddd; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.8;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">EPD-Online<\/a> &nbsp; \u00b7 &nbsp; <a href=\"\/en\/epd-online\/getting-started\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Getting started<\/a> &nbsp; \u00b7 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/guides\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Guides<\/a> &nbsp; \u00b7 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/documentation\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px;\">Documentation<\/a> &nbsp; \u00b7 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ibu-epd.com\/en\/epd-online\/help\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; 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