LCA Analyzer Skill

Purpose

The LCA Analyzer Skill performs Life Cycle Assessment to evaluate environmental impacts across process life cycles and support sustainable process design decisions.

Capabilities

• Goal and scope definition
• Life cycle inventory (LCI) development
• Impact assessment (LCIA)
• Carbon footprint calculation
• Water footprint analysis
• Energy analysis
• Sensitivity analysis
• Comparative assessments
• Hot spot identification

Usage Guidelines

When to Use

• Evaluating process sustainability
• Comparing design alternatives
• Calculating carbon footprints
• Identifying improvement opportunities

Prerequisites

• Process data available
• System boundaries defined
• Impact categories selected
• Inventory databases accessible

Best Practices

• Follow ISO 14040/14044
• Document assumptions clearly
• Perform sensitivity analysis
• Use peer review for public claims

Process Integration

This skill integrates with:

• Process Sustainability Assessment
• Green Chemistry Metrics Evaluation
• Energy Efficiency Optimization

Configuration

lca-analyzer:
  standards:
    - ISO-14040
    - ISO-14044
  impact-methods:
    - CML
    - ReCiPe
    - TRACI
  databases:
    - ecoinvent
    - US-LCI
    - GaBi

Output Artifacts

• LCA reports
• Impact assessment results
• Comparative analyses
• Hot spot analysis
• Improvement recommendations