LCA software · Open-source engine
Turn environmental databases into answers you can trace.
Import, inspect, calculate, export, and integrate - through the browser, on desktop, or on your own infrastructure.
What
What VoLCA does
Import databases quickly
EcoSpold 1/2, SimaPro CSV, ILCD, and Brightway Excel.
Agribalyse · 21,510 processes · 79 s
BAFU · 11,747 processes · 9.3 s
Inspect and analyze every activity
Search records. Inspect direct exchanges, inventories, supply chains, and contribution paths.
Agribalyse: search → activity → inventory → impacts
Calculate and understand impacts
Calculate LCIA scores, compare indicators, and reveal the main contributors.
Score 911 products in 24 seconds
(26ms per activity in batch mode)
Convert and export to another format
Export to SimaPro, ILCD, EcoSpold 1/2, or Brightway.
21,510 datasets structurally checked in the historical ILCD and EcoSpold example
Integrate into your workflow
Call the same engine from applications, notebooks, scripts, pipelines, and agents.
HTTP API · Python · CLI · MCP
Build your own user interface
Build the product your users need. Let VoLCA provide the LCA data and calculation layer.
Custom experience · one inspectable engine
See the historical Agribalyse ILCD and EcoSpold export checks →
How
Use VoLCA your way
Maintain reference data for others? Explore the database production workflow.
Browser
Explore hosted databases without installing anything.
Desktop
Work locally with the desktop application.
Self-hosted
Run the engine as a binary or Docker container on your infrastructure.
Python · pyvolca
Run a standalone Python exercise with a local engine.
CLI
Inspect, calculate, and automate from the terminal.
MCP
Connect assistants to real LCA records and calculations.
HTTP API
Make a JSON request from another application or service.
Evidence
