Construction & Infrastructure

Find out how we help companies within Construction & Infrastructure to stay ahead of the competition. With efficiency, accuracy and cost-reducing LCA software solutions. Ecochain is an experienced LCA software company with a strong focus and origin in the construction industry and related segments. Ecochain started specifically for production facilities in construction products, that wanted to manage their sustainability performance in one platform.

Why? The built environment has a significant impact on many sectors of our economy, on local jobs and the quality of life. Greenhouse gas emissions from material extraction, manufacturing of construction products, as well as construction and renovation of buildings are estimated at 5-12% of total GHG emissions. It requires vast amounts of resources and accounts for about 50% of all extracted raw material. In addition, this is responsible for over 35% of the EU’s total waste generation.

Ecochain for the Construction Industry

Win tenders

Measure, share, and improve the environmental footprint (LCAs) of your products. You will be able to participate in tenders and win them at a fraction of the costs & time. Provide highly accurate LCAs with our solutions and comply to tender requirements and regulations.

Create LCAs, EPDs and ECI

Create an LCA report of your product. Make your own EPD with the results of our LCA software. Or share your ECI (MKI) with our verifiable Environmental Profile or the Product Footprint PDF

Cost-efficient LCAs

With bulk LCA creation, reporting and mass verification of all your products we create value for your business by reducing the cost per LCA. In short, we enable cost savings per individual LCA, including the verification of your LCAs of all your product footprints at once.

According to norms & standards

With both Helix & Mobius you can work according to all the required norms & standards relevant within the construction industry, such as: EN15804+A2:2019 and NMD Bepalingsmethode 1.1.

10+ years of expertise in construction

Ecochain is the go-to partner when it comes to impact calculations for the European construction industry with more then 10 years of experience in creating LCAs, LCA reports, PCRs and EPDs. Our specialists have helped hundreds of construction businesses win tenders – and even written some of the Product Category Rules (PCR) that define how products in the sector need to be assessed.

Working in the European construction industry?

Our solutions are geared to help measure your products environmental impact. Create LCAs according to required standards such as the EN15804+A2:2019. Create a LCA report or make your own EPD with the results of our LCA software.

Active in the Dutch construction industry?

With both tools you can work according to all the required norms & standards.

Create several product LCAs.
With one click on a button create >100 Environmental Profiles.
Provide a milieukostenindicator. In Dutch: MKI-waarde or in English: ECI calculation.
Create an LCA report of multiple products and verify the report in one go.
Submit your verified LCA to the Nationale Milieudatabase (NMD).

We have modeled and assessed every building material!

From industry-standards to never-seen-before market innovations. We have seen your product before. Our Environmental Specialists truly understand your specific challenge and will provide you with clarity.

Our solutions for construction

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Helix

How Dutch construction contractor Dura Vermeer created LCAs in bulk:

Bulk LCA creation, enabling more than 500 LCAs in one go.
Comply to European construction standard EN15804+A2
Comply with the PCR for asphalt and create Environmental Profiles accordingly
Comply to Dutch construction standard NMD 1.1
Report on Milieukostenindicator (MKI) and sumbit to tenders

Ecochain Helix

Dura Vermeer, both a contractor and asphalt producer, Ecochain Helix is a perfect solution as they are able to create LCAs in bulk and report on the Milieukostenindicator (MKI) for all of their 500 asphalt mixtures. Using Ecochain Helix, they create asphalt LCAs that comply with the PCR asphalt. They can also report in different standards such as the EN15804+A2:2019, and assess the entire production location and their supply chain.

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What our customers are saying

“Through Ecochain Helix we have the possibility to make the environmental footprint of all our asphalt mixtures - and make it transparent. This also allows us to convince our clients and partners to take sustainable steps.” — Sven van Es, Project Coordinator Sustainability at Dura Vermeer Infra Read more