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Guide LCAbyg
Guide LCAbyg 2023
Getting started
What is LCAbyg, and what can it do
Find your way around: projects, library and the project menu
Create your first project
Fill in General information
Describe the building under Building and operation
Build the building model, your first building element
Add building products to a building element
Run your first calculation
Read the result
Check against the limit values, and what next?
How-to
How-to
bibliotek
Library
How to build a construction up from sub-constructions
How to find your way around the three library types: Official · Organization · Personal
How to import gen_dk data into a library
How to enter emission data: a single factor or factor per year
How to insert/copy library content into a project
How to copy from a project up into your library
How to unlock a construction that comes from the library
How to navigate a library's content tabs
How to create a new version of library content (and why "Edit version number" is something else)
How to create an organization library
How to create your personal library
How to publish a library, and what draft means
How to extract a whole version's constructions to the library
byggeplads-transport-og-saerlige-forhold
Construction site, transport and special conditions
How to use default values for transport
How to handle special conditions
How to enter transport for a single building product
How to register the construction site's consumption
byggevarer-og-epder
Building products and EPDs
How to specify unit, mass and conversion factors for a building product
When should you use a generic value instead of a specific EPD?
How to create your own building product
How to create your own construction
How to search the library
How to choose an EPD when there's no Danish one
bygning-og-drift
Building and operation
How to specify heated floor area
How to enter electricity and heat supplements from BE18
How to split a building with mixed usage
How to register own production from solar panels
How to set the assessment period and year of occupancy
How to change classification, and what it costs
How to add an energy source
How to fill in the building's areas
How to choose calculation mode
How to choose building type and BBR category
bygningsmodel
Building model
How to change a quantity, unit, or scaling factor
How to use keyboard shortcuts in the building model tree
How to find the right building product
How to copy a construction to your library
How to set lifespans
How to add a building element
How to exclude something from the calculation
import-og-eksport
Import and export
How to export a quantity sheet
How to export results to Excel
How to export a project as .lcabyg.json
How to export to the old Konto format
How to import from Konto JSON
How to import a project from LCAbyg desktop (.lb5)
How to import a whole Konto folder
How to import an LCAbyg project file (.lcabyg.json)
How to import a quantity sheet
How to update the building model from a file
How to choose the right export settings
konto-og-organisation
Account and organization
How to deactivate and reactivate a user
How to resend an expired invitation
How to invite a colleague to a project
How to create a user in your organization (welcome email, link valid for 7 days)
How to fix the organization's name and description
How to change your password
How to change a colleague's role between Member and Owner
How to switch between light and dark theme
How to change language
How to delete your account (and what happens to the organization)
How to control who has access to a project
How to control your notifications
projekter-og-versioner
Projects and versions
How to share a project with a colleague
How to find a project again: search, filters and sorting
How to give the whole organization read access to a project
How to make a version the active version
How to copy a project
How to copy a version
How to lock and archive a version
How to create a new version
How to create a project from a template
How to compare two versions
renovering-og-eksisterende-byggeri
Renovation and existing buildings
How to keep an existing building product out of the accounting
How to model a building product installed later in the process
How to model a building product that gets demolished
How to model a replacement mid-way through the assessment period
resultater
Results
How to find the biggest contributors
How to run a calculation
How to read the result table
How to compare against benchmark
Reference
Reference
Top menu
Library
Settings
What's new
Organization
Project overview
Project menu
Construction site
Building and operation
Building model
General information
lca-beregninger
LCA calculations
Accumulated
Benchmark
Sunburst chart
CO₂ trend
Stages and breakdown
Limit values
Hotspot
Materials
Overview
Result table
Sankey diagram
Reports
Special conditions
transport
Transport
Background
Background
LCA fundamentals
LCA fundamentals
Generic data vs. specific EPDs
Reference period and service lives
Building regulations and limit values
Building regulations and limit values
What belongs to the construction site (A5)?
Energy supplements from BE18: why it takes two energy framework calculations
Special conditions: what counts and why
Renovation and demolition
Renovation and demolition
Delayed start: when A1-A3 becomes B4
Service life 0 and calculation mode
Demolition of existing building products: the Ex stages and B4C
Demolition, delayed start and renovation: which function should you use?
Library and versioning
Library and versioning
The library types: Official, Organisation and Personal, who may see and edit what
Emission data: one factor vs. one factor per year, and how interpolation works
Locked data: what it means that a construction comes from a library
Published and draft: why a library can be invisible to a colleague
Versioning library content: new version vs. edited version number
Access, files and export
Access, files and export
Conformity check: the locked copy, and what the Danish Green Building Council needs
The two access systems: organisation role and project access
The Excel export: what the columns mean
The file formats: .lb5, Konto JSON and .lcabyg.json
The LCAbyg project file (.lcabyg.json): what the file contains
Project owner, editor and read-only, and what the organisation owner can do regardless
Scenarios: two different meanings, and what happens on import
Glossary (da / en)
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Building products and EPDs
How-to pages on finding, choosing and creating building products and EPDs.
