Available Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Features
Missing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Features
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Deployment Options
Good Option For
- Small Business (11-50 people)
- Medium Business (51-250 people)
- Large Business (250+ people)
Deep dive
Core Features
Generis runs an activity-based building LCA workflow. Its key features include:
Browser-based workspace — works as a web tool without requiring local installation or admin rights; includes German/English language settings.
Building modelling from constructions — model buildings from a catalogue of standard constructions or build custom layer structures for your own constructions and projects.
Database-driven LCA inputs — access Ökobau.dat (multiple versions) and ESUCO, with automatic linking of datasets across production/use/end-of-life and optional project updates when new Ökobau.dat versions arrive.
Option testing for components — compare self-created constructions (including side-by-side comparisons) and use “dynamic” layers that vary thickness across a min/max range in defined steps.
Certification-oriented evaluation outputs — generate evaluations for DGNB, plus BNB/BREEAM templates; the tool can also estimate achievable DGNB points and reports credit points alongside LCA values.
EPD use, collaboration, and support — integrate EPD datasets, add team logins and permissions (in higher tiers), and access various support/training options.
Closing Insights
Developed from over 30 years of LCA expertise at the Fraunhofer IBP institute, Generis specializes in creating building certification-ready Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs). Introduced in August 2021, it succeeds the SBS Building Sustainability tool, offering a unified web platform for modeling building environmental performance. Its core workflow involves assembling constructions into a project, defining use-phase data, and generating evaluations that provide environmental indicators and credit points for schemes like DGNB. Licenses range from a free tier for individual modeling to advanced versions that include DGNB submission, quality checks, and team features.