LCA Software for Professional Life Cycle Assessments
Conduct comprehensive life cycle assessments and identify environmental and carbon impacts with Umberto — the professional LCA software aligned with ISO 14040/14044.
Full Transparency Across Product Life Cycles
Graphical modeling and detailed reporting aligned with LCA, PCF, CCF and EPD standards.
Built for Sustainable Manufacturing
Analyze environmental impact from raw material to disposal and identify hotspots for improvement.
Eco-Efficiency Meets Cost Control
Combine life cycle and material flow cost accounting for resource-friendly, competitive production.
| ✓ | New: Free BAFU:2025 LCA database included |
| ✓ | Optionally expandable with ecoinvent and Carbon Minds |
What Do You Want to Achieve with Umberto?
Build LCA capabilities
Start professional LCA modeling with included open databases — no upfront investment in commercial data required.
Compare alternatives
Evaluate materials, suppliers, recipes or production routes side by side to find the most sustainable option.
Identify hotspots
Pinpoint the impact drivers across materials, energy, transport and processes that matter most for improvement.
Support external LCA work
Add broader, higher-resolution data when results become customer-facing or move closer to audit and verification.
Prepare Carbon Footprints
Model Product Carbon Footprints and prepare data for customer requests or supply-chain reporting.
Prepare EPD workflows
Work toward EPD-related and EN 15804-aligned assessments with the right database setup.
Features of Our LCA Software
Trusted by Leading Companies and Research Institutions
“Umberto is scientifically grounded and provides seamless access to the ecoinvent 3 database. Research results can be clearly visualized using Sankey diagrams.”
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hilty, Research Group for Informatics and Sustainability, University of Zurich and Empa, Switzerland
“My role is to systematically and scientifically analyze material cycles, identify sustainable optimization potential, and present the results to our corporate clients. Umberto supports me in all these tasks, and I benefit from its flexibility and features every day.”
Dr. Jörg Nispel, Fraunhofer Project Group IWKS
Get the Setup That Fits Your LCA Goals
With Umberto, you always get the same professional LCA modeling software. Open databases are included by default. Depending on your use case, you can add commercial databases for broader coverage, EPD workflows or chemistry-intensive assessments.
Included free databases
For LCA entry, screening, hotspot analysis and internal PCF readiness. Includes: ProBas, BAFU:2025, USLCI
Umberto includes ProBas, BAFU:2025 and USLCI as open LCI database options for LCA entry, screening, hotspot analysis and internal decision-making.
BAFU:2025 is a strong fit for DACH- and EU-oriented industrial screening, material and process comparisons, PCF readiness and portfolio prioritization. USLCI is useful when North American background data is relevant. ProBas can support German reference use cases, basic background data, education or complementary checks.
For customer-facing, globally representative, externally scrutinized or highly specific assessments, a commercial database such as ecoinvent, ecoinvent EN 15804 or Carbon Minds may be recommended.
ecoinvent
For complex products, global supply chains and customer-facing LCA or PCF work.
ecoinvent can be added to Umberto when your LCA or PCF work requires broader sector and geographic coverage. It is especially relevant for complex product systems, global supply chains, customer-facing Product Carbon Footprints and assessments with higher data quality requirements.
Use ecoinvent if your results will be shared externally, used in demanding customer conversations or need stronger background data for globally sourced materials, components and processes.
ecoinvent EN 15804
For EPD preparation, EN 15804-aligned LCA data and PCR-based assessments.
ecoinvent EN 15804 can be added to Umberto for EPD-related LCA work and assessments that require EN 15804-aligned background data. It is especially relevant for construction-product-related workflows, PCR-based assessments (Product Category Rules) and EPD preparation.
Use ecoinvent EN 15804 if your LCA work needs EN 15804-specific indicators, documentation support or a stronger basis for Environmental Product Declaration workflows.
Carbon Minds
For chemicals, plastics and process-industry use cases requiring deeper feedstock data.
Carbon Minds (cm.chemicals) can be added to Umberto for chemistry- and plastics-intensive LCA or PCF work. It provides deeper feedstock and process granularity for chemical value chains, specialty materials, plastics and process-industry use cases.
Use Carbon Minds if you need to compare raw material alternatives, model chemical production routes or prepare product-level carbon footprints where chemical data depth matters most.
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Frequently Asked Questions
ISO 14040/44 outlines four structured steps for conducting a Life Cycle Asssessment (LCA):
- Goal and Scope Definition: Determine the purpose, boundaries, and focus of the assessment.
- Life Cycle Inventory (LCI): Gather data on resource use and emissions across all stages of the product's life cycle.
- Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA): Evaluate environmental impacts based on the data collected.
- Interpretation: Analyze results, draw conclusions, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
The Umberto LCA software is designed to align with this ISO framework, guiding you through each step while automating complex calculations, managing databases, and visualizing results with Sankey diagrams.
Umberto calculates results according to different evaluation methods, standards and impact categories. This supports detailed interpretation of environmental impacts across products, processes and lifecycle stages.
Results can also be visualized with Sankey diagrams across dimensions such as mass, energy, costs and environmental impacts. This makes it easier to identify hotspots, validate models and communicate findings clearly.
Umberto can consider costs and losses in product and process models, including Material Flow Cost Accounting. This helps connect environmental impacts with material efficiency, process losses and cost-related improvement potential.
Umberto supports graphical modeling of product life cycles, production systems, material and energy flows, and product loops. Remote models and subnets keep complex production systems manageable, while multi-level bills of materials, production orders and visual validation help you build and check models that reflect real manufacturing structures.
Generic models let you analyze entire product families at once, reducing effort when products or variants share similar structures.
You can also compare scenarios and variants — different materials, suppliers, production routes or end-of-life pathways — through scenario and sensitivity analysis, to see which parameters have the strongest influence on results and where improvement measures pay off most.
Yes. Umberto supports Product Carbon Footprints and Corporate Carbon Footprint calculations based on transparent product, process and material flow models, in line with standards such as the GHG Protocol, ISO 14067, ISO 14064 and PAS 2050.
A key advantage is that product-level PCF data can be used to support more granular Scope 3 and CCF perspectives. This helps companies move beyond top-down averages and build carbon insights from detailed product and process data.
Yes. Umberto can support LCA modeling for EPD-related workflows, including PCR-based assessments and EN 15804-aligned requirements when the appropriate database setup is used.
For EPD preparation, ecoinvent EN 15804 can be added to provide EN 15804-specific background data and indicators. The final verification and registration of an EPD depends on the relevant program operator, PCR and verifier requirements.
Umberto includes open LCI databases such as ProBas, BAFU:2025 and USLCI by default. These databases provide a strong starting point for LCA entry, screening, hotspot analysis and internal decision-making.
Commercial databases can be added when your requirements grow. ecoinvent is suitable for broader sector and geographic coverage, customer-facing PCFs and complex supply chains. ecoinvent EN 15804 supports EPD-related workflows. Carbon Minds is available for chemistry- and plastics-intensive LCA or PCF work.
Yes, we support your journey to sustainable products with comprehensive LCA software training for both beginners and advanced users. Access brief tutorials in our Knowledge Hub or follow step-by-step Video Tutorials demonstrating Umberto's LCA software features.
Our comprehensive online manual covers all Umberto functions and features. Our Umberto Support team of developers and LCA experts is ready to assist with technical questions and content-related inquiries about life cycle assessment software implementation.
Umberto is delivered as desktop software via e-mail and installed in your IT environment. Open LCI databases such as ProBas, BAFU:2025 and USLCI can be added in Umberto after installation via online database access.
If you add ecoinvent, the database is made available as a library inside Umberto. In addition, you receive direct online access to ecoinvent. During the request process, we help clarify the right license, database setup and installation requirements for your use case.
Supported Operating Systems and Environment
- Windows 10 (64-Bit), Version 21H2 or higher
- Windows 11 (64-Bit)
- Latest Windows updates recommended
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
- (.NET 4.8 included in regular installations of Windows 10, .NET 4.8.1 included in regular installations of Windows 11)
Recommended Hardware
- Processor: Quad-Core CPU with at least 3.0 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB (minimum 4 GB)
- Hard Drive: 4 GB minimum, increasing depending on the number of databases used
- Display: 1920 × 1080 pixels or higher
Recommended Software
- Microsoft Excel 365 to open result exports or to open, edit, and reimport model configurations and specifications. And optionally to use Live Links to update values in models.
Network and Service
- Permanent internet connection required
- External communication exclusively via HTTPS
- Proxy environments are supported (system-wide Windows proxy settings)
- Backend Webservices (hosted on ipoint-systems.com). While working with Umberto on models, only download of LCA-related data is performed. No upload of data or models is done. If Product Sustainability is used together with Umberto, models can optionally and explicitly be uploaded to be shared with other users of the same company.
- Check for software updates (against update server updateservice.ipoint-systems.com). The automatic check on application start can be switched off in the options or via app.config if required. If an update is available, Umberto opens a download page by shell execute in the default browser. The page contains a link to the release notes and a link to download the installer.
- Models are stored as files on your local computer or on any file storage in your company. Umberto supports storing files optionally on SharePoint/OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive via API calls of these providers.
Webinars & Resources for Your LCA Work
Deepen your LCA knowledge with on-demand webinars and expert guides — from getting started with life cycle assessment to advanced carbon footprint workflows.
Sustainability Intelligence: The Steering Logic for Sustainable Value Creation
Turn product and supply-chain data into decision-ready insights across the entire product lifecycle.
Teaching EcoDesign with LCA
Gain insights into best practices for Teaching EcoDesign with LCA and Umberto.
Cracking the Code PCF & LCA
Gain exclusive insights on LCA basics, PCF data exchange, and real-world decarbonization.
Automate Product Carbon Footprints
With guest speaker Stefan König, Chief Quality Officer at AundE Group
Sustainability Solutions Covered by Umberto
Analyze environmental impacts of products across their entire life cycle (ISO 14040/14044).
Prove the environmental performance of your products with an EPD according to ISO 14025.
Calculate the products' climate impact according to ISO 14067, GHG Protocol, or PAS 2050.
Calculate your company's carbon footprint in accordance with ISO 14064 and the GHG Protocol.
Transform environmental stewardship for a greener future with Sustainability Intelligence.
Uncover the hidden costs of losses in production processes in accordance with ISO 14051.
Optimize resource and energy use for smarter, more sustainable production.
Measure comprehensive sustainability performance with the EU's PEF methodology.
Support circular economy strategies at every product life cycle stage.
Do You Have Questions About Our LCA Software?
Our team of LCA experts is ready to discuss your sustainability goals and show you how Umberto can support your life cycle assessment projects.
