Bring the EPD data for products within your system together to calculate and communicate its overall upfront carbon.
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Trusted data, for confident carbon assessment
NBS LCA is designed for manufacturers that provide complete systems. Build assemblies from your products, combine them with other components where needed and generate system-level carbon values to support project and tender requirements.
Alongside your own EPD data, NBS LCA gives you access to manufacturer-specific carbon data from NBS Source and ECO Portal, as well as trusted generic data from the ICE Database, helping you build and assess complete system assemblies.
12,500+
Products with EPDs
500+
Generic materials
1,300+
Pre-calculated assemblies
How it works
NBS LCA is a powerful carbon platform built for everyone. It helps manufacturers create carbon assessments for systems and tender packages using trusted lifecycle carbon data.
Build complete systems
Combine your own products with other relevant components to model complete, real-world assemblies. This helps you show the carbon impact of the full system, rather than relying on individual product figures alone.
Generate carbon values
Assess systems per m² and calculate embodied carbon values for the complete package. This gives clients and project teams the system-level information they increasingly need for comparison, reporting and decision-making.
Support tender requirements
Provide project-ready carbon information when clients, contractors or project teams request it. This helps your teams respond more efficiently and with greater consistency across bids and tenders.
Use trusted carbon data
Bring together your own EPDs with relevant manufacturer and generic carbon data. This helps create more complete assessments and reduces the need to piece information together manually from multiple sources.
The plan for complete system assessment
Our core package gives manufacturers access to the project, calculation and reporting tools needed to turn product-level carbon data into practical assessments.
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Live, project-based carbon assessments. Priced at £1395 for first license, £800 per additional user license (up to 9) | |
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Browse and search
Our library contains tens of thousands of product-specific lifecycle carbon assessments
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Generic materials
Embodied carbon data for more than 500 construction materials, from the ICE Database
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Manufacturer products
Manufacturer-specific carbon data and EPDs for tens of thousands of products from NBS Source and ECO Portal
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Generic assemblies
Over 1,000 pre-calculated assemblies, such as wall, roof and floor build-ups, developed by NBS and BDP
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Create projects
Add materials, products and assemblies to projects
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A1-A3 project calculations
Calculate A1-A3 carbon values for projects
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Reporting
Export project reports in Excel format
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Live, project-based carbon assessments. Priced at £1395 for first license, £800 per additional user license (up to 9)
Content
Browse and search
Our library contains tens of thousands of product-specific lifecycle carbon assessments
Generic materials
Embodied carbon data for more than 500 construction materials, from the ICE Database
Manufacturer products
Manufacturer-specific carbon data and EPDs for tens of thousands of products from NBS Source and ECO Portal
Generic assemblies
Over 1,000 pre-calculated assemblies, such as wall, roof and floor build-ups, developed by NBS and BDP
Projects
Create projects
Add materials, products and assemblies to projects
A1-A3 project calculations
Calculate A1-A3 carbon values for projects
Reporting
Export project reports in Excel format
NBS LCA can support
System Manufacturers
Specification teams
Technical teams
Bid & Tender teams
Frequently asked questions
NBS LCA is a cloud-based, user-friendly platform that enables construction professionals to efficiently understand, quantify, compare and report on the upfront carbon impact of materials, products, and systems, as well as assessing and comparing the impact of design decisions and iterations as projects develop.
The platform includes trusted generic embodied carbon data from the Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) Database, as well as a comprehensive library of manufacturer-specific sustainability information and EPDs from NBS Source and ECO Portal.
In addition, NBS LCA includes thousands of pre-calculated generic assemblies, covering commonly used building fabric elements, developed by NBS in partnership with BDP, the UK’s largest architect-led multidisciplinary practice.
Yes. The platform is built around UK construction methodologies and recognised best practice. Examples of standards include:
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BS EN 15978
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BS EN 15804
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ISO 14040
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ISO 14044
It is most relevant to manufacturers that supply complete construction systems and already have EPDs for the products within those systems.
Yes. You should already have EPD information for the products you want to bring together within a system assessment.
Yes. You can combine your own products with other relevant manufacturer or generic data to build a more complete system assessment.
Yes. NBS LCA Core allows you to build assemblies and calculate A1–A3 carbon values for complete systems.
The platform is designed to be simple to use, but support resources are also available. If you’re interested in understanding more about how the platform works, you can book a free demo with our team.
NBS LCA for larger teams
Book a demo to explore how NBS LCA can support consistent carbon assessment across your organisation.