ISO 14040/14044 · Higher Education

The LCA framework built for teaching

An ISO 14040/14044 aligned canvas that gives lecturers a structured, interactive way to teach life cycle thinking — without expensive software or a steep learning curve.

LCA Canvas — ISO 14040/14044 framework
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Goal & Scope
Completed
02
Functional Unit
05
Life Cycle Impact Assessment
03
System Boundary
Completed
04
Inventory Analysis (LCI)
06
Impact Categories
07
Interpretation
08
Results & Recommendations

Who it's for

Built for educators, not enterprise consultants

Professional LCA tools cost tens of thousands per year and require months of training. LCA Canvas is different — embed it into any module from day one.

Lecturers & module leads

Drop the canvas into any sustainability, engineering, or design module. Students work through a structured assessment with guided prompts — no extra tools required.

Sustainability coordinators

Embed consistent environmental thinking across disciplines — product design, engineering, business, architecture — with one shared framework.

Research supervisors

Give dissertation students a rigorous starting point for environmental assessment before they move on to professional analysis tools.


How it works

From product selection to complete assessment — in seconds

No installation. No licence. Just a browser and a product to assess.

01
Choose a product

Pick from a set of real products — a PET bottle, a drone propeller, or enter your own. The assessment is built around your specific product from the start.

02
Review the bill of materials
03
Make six LCA decisions
04
See your results
Step 1 of 4
Choose a product

Pick from a set of real products — a PET bottle, a drone propeller, or enter your own. The assessment is built around your specific product from the start.

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Features

Everything a module needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Every feature addresses a real teaching challenge — not a feature list built for a sales deck.

01
Bill of Materials first

Students start by reviewing what the product is actually made of — materials, weights, and emission factors. The LCA is grounded in real data before any methodology decisions are made.

02
Structured 6-block canvas

Each block maps to ISO 14040/14044 — goal, boundary, end of life, functional unit, use pattern, and impact categories — explained in plain English before each decision.

03
Interactive scenario engine

Every combination of choices produces a different, coherent result. Students see how boundary and use pattern decisions directly change the environmental hotspot and recommendations.

04
Three live charts

A material breakdown chart, a life cycle stage comparison, and a 5-year cumulative impact line chart — all generated from the student's own choices.

05
Specific recommendations

Recommendations are tailored to the exact scenario — they name the dominant material, reference the hotspot percentage, and explain the reasoning.

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Works in any discipline

Product design, mechanical engineering, environmental science, business, architecture. The canvas works wherever life cycle thinking belongs in the curriculum.

Early access — free to try

Ready to try it with your students?

Try the canvas as a student, or explore the lecturer dashboard with simulated submissions.