Hands-on Life Cycle Assessment training
Join the hands-on Life Cycle Assessment training program -designed by Dr Gregory Norris. Understand how products and systems impact the environment at every stage of their life and complete your first LCA project -supported by our experts!
60 hours training
8 weeks LCA project experience
Designed by Dr. Gregory Norris
Get your first LCA done
LCA project coaching
Life Cycle Assessment - What, Why and How?
What’s LCA?
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment, is an methodology for assessing a wide range of environmental impacts of a system over its full life cycle. LCA can me bused to measure environmental impacts of products, processes or whole organizations.
Why is LCA vital?
LCA is a vital tool for companies who want to gather and model complex environmental data in a simple and easy-to-understand way. Identifying environmental hotspots and modelling products during production helps in decision-making and strategy setting and measuring.
Why learn LCA?
As businesses increasingly prioritize sustainability efforts, the demand for LCA professionals is increasing. Expertise in LCA provides access to a wide range of career paths within industries committed to eco-friendly practices, enhancing your competitiveness in today's dynamic job market.
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LCA Training Timeline
Registration
Hurry to secure your spot for a comprehensive Hands-on LCA Training with industry experts, hands-on LCA software experience and completing one LCA study supported by us.
Course start:
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Phase 1:
Learn the LCA basics training
Dive into the comprehensive 60h LCA training guidng you through the basics of the methodology. The training consists of video lectures, self-study, exercises and online sessions with our teachers and coaches.
Duration: Intense 2-weeks or Flex 6 weeks
Phase 2:
Hands-on LCA project
Dive into your real-life LCA project, as you deepen your skills in LCA. Create a project plan and start executing. Our weekly support sessions with our teachers and coaches ensures a successful learning experience.
Duration: 8 weeks
Phase 3:
Certificate
Present your project findings and what you learned to your study group and teachers. Get feedback and a certificate of completion.
What are we providing you?
Our practical LCA training program ensures that you get the critical skills you need to do LCAs in your organisation like LCA fundamentals, Life Cycle Thinking and LCA implementation.
Gain experience from a real-life LCA project
Be supported by world-leading experts in your LCA learning
Our program is one of the fastest and most affordable ways to learn and get started with LCA
Build a network and collaborate with peers
Happy customers
Training Schedule
We run multiple training starts per year.
Deadline to join our next Intense training: April 5th
Training dates: 8th April - 16th June
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Deadline to join: 1 week before start date
Flex: ongoing - 16th June
Intense: 8th April - 16th June -
Deadline to join: 1 week before start date
Flex: 6th May - 30th August
Intense: 3rd June - 30th August -
Deadline to join: 1 week before start date
Flex: 9th September - 13th December
Intense: 7th October - 13th December
2024 schedule
Why should you join?
Our training program is designed for company professionals keen on mastering LCA calculations and implementation in their roles. Ideal for sustainability and R&D specialists across diverse industries, as well as environmental consultants aspiring to get started in LCA. This training is designed to enable participants to become confident and capable beginning practitioners of LCA.
Students will specifically develop a practical familiarity with:
Life cycle inventory databases and datasets, both process-based and input/output-based
The ISO standards for Life Cycle Assessment, with a focus on:
Goal and scope definition
Specification of the functional unit
The implications of intended applications
LCA software, in the form of Earthster.
Life cycle impact assessment methods, with a focus on the ReCiPe 2016 method
Executing a real-life LCA in their organisation from start to finish
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Summer special price
€ 4800
Including 2 or 6 weeks of LCA theory, 8 weeks of project support, tools like LCA software, Simple LCA project. This price is available for participants in the Summer 2024 program.
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Support by our world-class experts
Our programs professors, teachers, mentors and other staff are always available to answer any questions you have. We work with the students on a weekly basis answering questions and making sure their projects move along and they have the resources they need to deepen their knowledge about conducting Life Cycle Assessments. Our students also have access to our alumni network of LCA professionals.
Tools, templates and LCA software
Our training program includes all the tools you need to get started with learning to do your first LCA.
Training materials
Templates
Access to USEEIO and Ecoinvent databases
LCA software - license to Earthster
If you already have LCA software of your own, no worries, it can be used in parallel with our training software. This is actually often seen as an advantage, you get to utilize the best parts of each system.
Flexibility to choose your study pace
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Flex training
We recognise that busy professionals, like y cannot set their work on hold for 2 weeks, which is why we give you the option to study the training portion of the program in 6 weeks.
Duration: 6 weeks
Study time: 10h/week -
Intense training
If you want to focus fully on learning LCA, the full-time study option, which we call intense is the right one for you. In the intense training, you study our comprehensive LCA basics training in 2 weeks.
Duration: 2 weeks
Study time: 30h/week
Testimonials
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"Intense learning and a fantastic opportunity to gain new skills, even without prior experience; the program is accessible to everyone and highly suitable for those interested in the field."
Eveliina Araja
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"For a few months I was reading about LCAs, trying to understand the standards, tools and concept. The 2 weeks of the course provided a great insight on the LCA process, much more that I could've done in a year of own research. I'm eager to start the hands-on project!"
Krista Huttu - iLOQ
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“I had a fantastic experience working with the Environmental Impacts Academy. Their team was incredibly supportive in training, enabling me to successfully complete a screening life cycle analysis. Highly recommended!”
Jenna Browne - Carbon Forest Products Limited
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"My experience with the LCA training provided by the was exceptional as it equipped me with a solid understanding of LCA."
Andreea Ghiocel - The CSR Agency
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"A great way to kickstart your career as an LCA specialist, providing a solid foundational understanding of the topic."
Minni Tynkkynen
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"The weekly sessions with experts were invaluable, elevating my work and LCA knowledge. I highly recommend it to professionals and businesses pursuing sustainability."
Zien Hussein
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"At first, I had doubts about the two-week training period, but it pleasantly surprised me. It provided ample time for me to grasp and fully comprehend the content."
Kwame Agyemang
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"I really liked the collaborative aspect of the program. Besides gaining valuable insights from my own project, I also learned a lot from the other attendees."
Isha Sen
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"EIA paired me with my company, and I was absolutely thrilled. The project was fantastic, so I felt very fortunate to work with them and to learn LCA."
Casey Guo
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€ 5750*
Expand your environmental team with junior-level LCA talent
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Easy to recruit
3-5 hand-picked candidates based on your team’s needs
LCA training and onboarding done by us in our hands-on LCA training program
Right fit for the team
Candidate guarantee
*The summer special price of 5750€ is available for participants in the Summer 2024 program. Normal price: 7950€
Price breakdown:
Talent recruiting 950€
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LCA project support - 1800€
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Complete in 4h at your own pace
Certificate of completion
Available globally, taught in English
Live monthly Q&A session
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LCAs in practice - do your first LCA supported by us
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LCA in theory and in practice
Intensive 10 weeks/ flexible 14 weeks
World-leading LCA experts
Project support and coaching
Certificate of completion
Available in Europe, taught in English
*The summer special price of 4800€ is available for participants in the Summer 2024 program. Normal price: 7000€
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