Life Cycle Design
Life Cycle Design for Products & Buildings
We quantify the environmental impact of buildings and products, so you can design better ones.
Trusted by industry leaders
300+
Building LCAs completed
100+
Product LCAs completed or verified
260,000+
tCO₂e savings quantified
15+
Years specialist experience
What we do
From early design-stage modelling to third-party verification, we help clients measure what matters and improve what they build.
Buildings & infrastructure
Whole life carbon, embodied carbon and operational assessments for developers, design teams and contractors — from RIBA Stage 2 through post-completion verification.
- Embodied Carbon Assessment for Net Zero
- Operational Carbon Assessment
- Mat01 Life Cycle Assessment for BREEAM/LEED
- Net Zero Carbon Buildings
- Whole Life Carbon Assessment for Buildings
Products & materials
EPDs, product LCAs and verification for manufacturers who need credible environmental data to win specifications and meet customer disclosure requests.
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
- Product Life Cycle Assessment
- Product Carbon Footprint
- Product Water Footprint
Free LCA Tools
Quantify your environmental impacts without subscriptions or data fees. Built by our team, free for everyone.
OpenImpact Product
Quantify your product's environmental impacts and get an idea of what your EPD results would look like and the data you'll need. Free and openly available to anyone.
Get the toolOpenImpact Building
Quantify your building's full EN 15978 LCA impacts, including all EN 15804 indicators, without subscriptions or data fees. Free and openly available to anyone.
Get the toolNeed support with the tools, or want your results independently verified? Get in touch.
Recognised expertise
Our team sits on the industry committees that write the standards. We have trained over 50 practitioners in LCA software and presented to over 500 sustainability professionals.
Recent work
What our clients say
"It's always a pleasure to work with Patrick. His experience and flexibility when supporting time-sensitive Whole Life Carbon Assessments have been invaluable to our team on a number of occasions. Patrick is always keen to share his knowledge and takes pleasure in helping this growing industry progress."
"We have used LCD on a number of projects for their expertise and their advice has been invaluable in helping us to advise clients accordingly. They have a pro-active approach and are always ready to engage."
Insights
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