Icons and colours

LCAbyg reuses the same icons across its pages, and the colour of an icon usually carries its own meaning. This page collects the icons tab by tab. Several icons appear in more than one colour, and each colour is explained where the icon is used.

The icons in the tables here are the ones the app draws. A neutral (dark) colour in the Icon column just means “this is the shape”; where the colour has a meaning, the icon is shown in that colour.

What the colours mean

The colour code recurs throughout the app. The same icon changes colour with the state instead of being swapped for a different icon.

Colour	Means	Typical places
Green	Normal state (your own project content, active, not locked) and “in order” (limit value met, confirmed, synchronised with the library)	Node icons in the building model, the navigation, key figures
Grey (muted)	Inactive, deactivated, empty or “no data”	Empty categories, deselected rows, missing figures
Red	Error or block: limit value exceeded, broken library link, EPD withdrawn, delete	Calculation errors, limit-value status, library status
Amber	Warning: newer version exists, unknown version, service life out of range, content from the gen_dk library	Library status, the service-life column, benchmark
Orange	Data differs from the library version the item is locked to	Library status in the tree and on consumption lines
Violet	The library is not enabled for the project’s calculation mode	Library status in the tree and on consumption lines
Purple	Library content from a source other than gen_dk, or a personal library	Node icons in the building model, the library overview
Blue	Marker for an official library	The library overview

If an icon is faded and grey, the function is not active right now.

General Information

Icon	Meaning
	Edit the field (e.g. project name)
	Version, and switching between versions
	Version history
	The project’s address
	Create a new version
/	Import and export of a version
	Copy as a new version
	Delete version
	Change in result between versions

Building and operation

Icon	Meaning
	The key figure meets the limit value
	The key figure exceeds the limit value
	Add row (usage, energy entry, standard installation)
	Remove row
	Missing or incomplete data in the table

If the key figure has no colour (grey), there is not yet enough data to decide whether the limit value is met.

Building model

The building model is the page with the most icons. The tree on the left shows the building’s constructions and building products, and each row can carry a node icon, one or more status icons and a marker for service life.

Node icons

The icon at the front of the row tells you what the row is.

Icon	Node
	The building (the root of the tree)
	Category in the classification
	Empty category (dimmed green): no classified constructions below it
	Building-part group
	Category carried by a standard value for technical installations
	Construction
	Building product
	Building product without a classification

Colour on constructions and building products

The block stack and the square change colour according to where the item comes from:

Icon	Colour	Means
	Green	Your own item: created in the project, not locked to a library
	Amber	Inserted from the gen_dk library (generic Danish reference data)
	Purple	Inserted from another library (official, organisation or personal)

The same colour logic is used on the large node icon at the top of the detail panel on the right.

Status icons on the row

The status icons sit after the name and are buttons: clicking opens the compare window with the right view. A row without status icons is synchronised with the library. The same icons appear on consumption lines in Transport and Construction site.

Icon	Colour	Means
	Red	Broken library link: the item points to a library that cannot be found
	Violet	The library is not enabled for the project’s calculation mode
	Amber	Unknown library version: click to compare
	Orange	Data differs from the library version the item is locked to
	Amber	A newer library version is available: click to update
	Red	EPD withdrawn by the provider
	Red	Calculation error on the row: click to see and copy the reasons
	Green	The row is part of a special condition: clicking jumps to Special Conditions

Service life

Shown only when Service lives is enabled in the View menu.

Icon	Colour	Means
	Amber	The service life is outside the expected range for the item
	Red	The service life is invalid, and replacement (B4) is left out of the calculation

Row state

A row that is deselected from the calculation (the Include in calculation check box turned off) is shown struck through in red, in italics and dimmed. The entire subtree below a deselected category or construction is shown struck through.

Toolbar and View menu

Icon	Meaning
	Search in name, guid, version and metadata
	The View menu: a number on the button shows how many display options are enabled
/	Expand or collapse the whole tree
	Reload structure and calculation
	Kebab menu: actions for the category or item

The icons in the View menu are grey and purely descriptive:

Icon	Option
	Include in calculation
	Quantities
	Service lives
	Validate against library
	Building parts (groups)
	Empty categories

Action menus (kebab and right-click)

Icon	Action
	Create a construction or building product from scratch
	Insert from library
/	Move the row up or down (only in Own order)
	Replace the building product
	Copy to library
	Export quantity sheet
	Unlock (for content inserted from a library)
	Delete
/ /	Cut, copy and paste a row

“Locked: from library”

Constructions inserted from the library are locked. The lock is inherited down to the items underneath. Unlock via Unlock in the action menu to be able to edit the build-up, service life and include check box.

Construction site

Icon	Entry
	Energy supply (A5)
	Fuel (A5)
	Waste (A5)
	Soil disposal (A5)
	Equipment transport (A4)
/	Key figure against the limit value, as on Building and operation
/	Add and remove an entry
	Calculation error

Transport

Icon	Colour	Means
	Green	The page icon, and transport method
	Grey	The building product’s mass
	Grey	The consumption line is locked (it sits in a locked construction)
	Green	Transport is configured for the item
	Amber	Transport is missing for the item
	Grey	The item is not counted
	Grey	No building products to show
/ /	Grey	Add, remove and close rows

The library status icons (broken link, differs, newer version, etc.) are the same as in the building model tree, see Status icons on the row.

Special Conditions

Icon	Colour	Means
	Green	The page icon
	Green	The condition is active or fulfilled
	Amber	A note on a field
/	Grey	Collapse or expand a condition

LCA Calculations

The result pages also use:

Icon	Colour	Means
/	Green / Red	Key figure in the account: limit value met or exceeded
	Green	Limit-value status: OK
	Red	Limit-value status: Over
	Grey	Limit-value status: No data or Missing area
	Yellow	Benchmark: caveat about the comparison
	Grey	Recalculate or reload the card

Library

The library overview

Icon	Colour	Library type
	Blue	Official library
	Green	Organisation library
	Purple	Personal library

Icon	Meaning
/	Shown or hidden in the overview
	Regional binding
	Library settings
	Rename
	Search

Content in a library

Icon	Means
	Construction
	Building product
/	Import and back
	New version

The block stack and the square use the same owner colour as in the building model: green for your own content, amber for gen_dk, purple for another library. The selected row is shown in a darker green.

Reports

The page is under development. The icon in the project menu leads here.