ISO 14040/14044 · Higher Education

LCA teaching, finally structured

A structured way to teach Life Cycle Assessment — from assignment design to submission review, built around ISO 14040/14044.

LCA Canvas — ISO 14040/14044 framework
01
Goal & Scope
Configured
02
Functional Unit
05
Life Cycle Impact Assessment
03
System Boundary
Configured
04
Inventory Analysis (LCI)
06
Impact Categories
07
Interpretation
08
Results & Recommendations

Who it's for

Teaching LCA thinking in one platform

LCA Canvas is built for teaching — assign a product or system, set the brief, and let students work through the ISO 14040/14044 framework step by step.

Lecturers & module leads

Create an LCA assignment in minutes. Students get a structured 8-block canvas to work through — goal, boundary, inventory, LCIA, interpretation, and results. You review their submissions from one dashboard.

Course coordinators

Run the same structured LCA framework across product design, system engineering or any modules that search environmental impact. All submissions land in one place with comparable results.

Research supervisors

Give students a rigorous, ISO-aligned starting point before they move on to professional tools. The canvas enforces correct methodology from the start to build LCA thinking



Features

What the lecturer portal actually does

Built around the ISO 14040/14044 framework. Nothing more, nothing less.

01
Assignment canvas builder

Create an assignment by configuring each of the 8 ISO-aligned blocks. Set the system boundary, lock impact categories, pick a product from the Study Library, and write guided prompts for students. Each block has built-in ISO hints.

02
Library

A shared product database across lecturers can help fast deploy. Easy access to proven LCA Assignments can save time and may help to make new connections in LCA field.

03
Submission review

Each student submission shows their inventory data, emission factor sources, stage breakdown chart, material contribution, and written interpretation. Leave targeted comments on findings, interpretation, and recommendations individually.

04
Cohort reports

See results across all submissions for a course. Compare hotspot distributions, system boundary choices, and result ranges. Useful for identifying where students commonly go wrong.

05
Multi-course management

Run LCA assignments across multiple courses from one dashboard — each with its own enrolled students, submission progress, and deadline tracking.

06
ISO 14040/14044 aligned

Every block maps directly to the ISO standard — goal & scope, functional unit, system boundary, inventory analysis, life cycle impact assessment, and interpretation. Students learn the framework by doing it, not by reading about it.

Early access

Want to run this with your students?

Join the waitlist and we'll be in touch. LCA Canvas is being built for a small number of pilot institutions first.