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
Matter PD conducts LCAs using the ecoinvent life-cycle inventory (default, cut-off approach) and reports multiple impact categories. Results can align with ISO 14040/14044, with traceability down to secondary (ecoinvent) data. It's key capabilities include:
Designer-first workflow – Each LCA step is reimagined for product design with new tools, methods and visualizations that help engineers “design out” impact earlier and with less effort.
Ecoinvent data foundation – Access tens of thousands of ecoinvent processes (cut-off approach by default) for transparent, rigorous modeling; trace impacts to underlying secondary data.
Multi-impact & one-score comparisons – Review GWP, energy, ReCiPe endpoints and water use, then use One Score graphs (stochastic multi-attribute analysis) to compare options across categories.
Uncertainty & scenario analysis – Run hundreds or thousands of simulations with Monte Carlo to see best, worst and most-likely outcomes and focus work where it matters.
Underspecification for early design – Model “known unknowns” (manufacturing, use, logistics, end-of-life not yet fixed) to identify hotspots when information is incomplete.
Collaboration & cloud access – Share models with co-workers, suppliers and customers; cloud-based app supports simultaneous editing.
Closing Insights
Matter PD’s early-stage focus fits diverse contexts. In academia, EarthShift Global notes it supplies LCA software—including Matter PD—to over 180 universities in North America, supporting teaching and project-based learning where rapid exploration and uncertainty handling are essential. In hardware/electronics design, the tool has been featured in a design-concurrent LCA webinar with experts from Synapse Product Development—showcasing how product teams can analyze trade-offs while iterating designs.
Following its public launch in October 2024, Matter PD was recognized with the Electronic Design’s 2024 PowerBest Award (Applications), reflecting momentum among engineering audiences within only months of its release.
Backed by a rich repository of resources to guide users, Matter PD is set to become a key resource helping businesses to embed LCA into everyday product decisions.