But this is uncharted territory and I need some help from LCA experts to make sure it is done correctly before I can start claiming any meaningful connection. Unfortunately, the quality of BIM model geometry are often too poor to be reliable for this, so perhaps we need to link a cost schedule or a derivative of a cost schedule used purely for LCA quantity take-off.
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The actual value comes in linking BIM quantities directly to the LCA model, so that updates to the BIM model can automatically know how to rerun the LCA calculation. It offers little to no tangible benefit other than a technical demo that a connection is possible. Join hundreds of leading companies that trust Ecochain. And reduce your impact where it really matters. Zoom into any part of your product or company. Measure and improve your environmental impact with our Environmental Intelligence Platform. into place the LIRIDE YouTube channel to explain the basic knowledge of LCA. We empower companies to reduce their environmental impact. For now, we simply allow them to insert a quantity and press the "calculate" button for an already setup LCA model. LIRIDE is the Canadian scientific partner of OpenLCA open source software. Our goal is to help industries and companies increase their environmental performance and efficiency through life cycle approaches. We provide strategic sutainability information through data and science. They have a Python client to this, so any function available by the app can be run remotely via code. Private research institute based in Guatemala. When you launch the OpenLCA desktop application, you have an option to enable an "IPC Server", basically makes your currently active app listen to commands on a port.
The connection is very superficial at the moment.
It is an incredibly important project and amazing how mature it is.