Tool provides a simple way to assess the environmental impact of a product.  It calculates a product’s  energy input and carbon output from design-development to disposal at the end of the product's useful life. 

The IDC Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) calculator estimates the carbon footprint and embodied energy of any product. Calculator was developed by the Industrial Design  Consultancy Ltd (IDC).

Tool helps manufacturers assess the carbon footprints of products within minutes. IDC hopes the online service tied into the calculator may lead manufacturers toward developing greener products from the start of the design-development cycle. 

The service provides a lifecycle assessment of products based on a comprehensive group of questions. Among the topics covered via the calculator and the LCA online service are the materials used; the amount of energy consumed to produce the product; transport methods and distances for delivering the product; manufacturing processes used; and the methods of disposal.

Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC) is a product design and development firm working in the field of sustainable design, eco design and life cycle assessment (sometimes described as life cycle analysis or eco-balancing).

Go to the URL below for more information.  

www.lcacalculator.com