Advance Your openLCA Capabilities

Scope of Coaching Service

This service provides focused, one-to-one coaching for professionals who already use openLCA and want to advance in specific technical, analytical, or methodological areas.

The scope includes:

• topic-based skill enhancement

• advanced software capability development

• methodological explanation and guided discussion

• practical coaching in selected openLCA features and modeling approaches

• focused professional development without the structure of a full training program

Each booking is centered on a defined topic or closely related group of topics selected in advance.

Participant Profile and Required Background

This coaching service is intended for users who already have prior knowledge of openLCA.

Participants should already be familiar with:

• the openLCA interface

• basic database use

• basic process and product system creation

• core LCA concepts and terminology

This service is designed to strengthen and expand existing capabilities. It is not intended for complete beginners or for users seeking full structured training from the ground up.

For full openLCA training, visit:
https://dei.so/openlca-training-programs/

Coaching Topics

Coaching topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas selected from DEISO’s broader SimaPro knowledge framework:

• Getting Started with SimaPro

• Basic SimaPro Modeling Principles

• Advanced SimaPro Modeling Principles

• Understanding Process Documentation

• Process Search and Filters

• Process Input/Output

• Process Edit

• Unit Process vs. System Process

• Market Process and Transformation Process

• Cut-Off Criteria

• Basic Impact Assessment

• Advanced Impact Assessment

• Basic Inventory Analysis

• Advanced Inventory Analysis

• Basic Network Analysis

• Advanced Network Analysis

• Basic Process Contribution Analysis

• Advanced Process Contribution Analysis

• Basic Hotspot Analysis

• Advanced Hotspot Analysis

• Defining Data Uncertainty

• Building Custom Processes

• Local Parameters

• Global Parameters

• Parameter Calculations

• Converting a Model to a System Process

• Process Technology Analysis

• Advanced Process Technology Analysis

• Dashboards, Calculations, and Result Interpretation

• Graph Formatting, Editing, and Export

• CO2 and CH4 Emissions Analysis

• GHG Emissions Analysis

• Carbon Footprint Calculation

• Water Footprint Calculation

• Exporting and Manipulating SimaPro Results in Excel

• Basic LCIA Methods

• Advanced LCIA Methods

• Midpoint Modeling

• Endpoint Modeling

• Cradle-to-Gate Modeling

• Gate-to-Gate Modeling

• Cradle-to-Grave Modeling

• Life Cycle Modeling Across Production, Transportation, Use, and Waste Reuse

• Professional Modeling Techniques

• Comparing Alternative Products or Technologies

• Allocation Principles and Calculations

• Monte Carlo Analysis

• Uncertainty Analysis

• Sensitivity Analysis with SimaPro Parameters and Excel

• Credit Modeling of Energy Recovery

• Credit Modeling of Material Recycling

• Assemblies Modeling

• Disassemblies Modeling

• Waste Scenario Modeling

• Scenario Modeling and Eco-Design Modeling

• Database Management

• Database Backup

• Database Maintenance

• Professional Tips and Techniques for Advanced SimaPro Use

• Expert Tips and Techniques for Professional SimaPro Practice

Case studies are excluded from the scope of this service.

The final coaching topic is selected based on the participant’s requested area of development at the time of booking.

Example Coaching Topics

Coaching sessions may cover selected topics such as:

• Getting Started with openLCA

• Database Creation

• Combining Databases

• Importing and Restoring Databases

• Importing databases from exported zolca-files

• Advanced Database Import

• Database Elements

• Understanding Database Documentation

• Exporting Data in ILCD ZIP-file Format

• Exporting Data in Excel Format

• Exporting Data in EcoSpold File Format

• Exporting Data in CSV-Matrix

• Building and Connecting Multiple Models

• Model Local and Global Parameters

• Advanced openLCA Features

• System Process vs Unit Process

• Flow Properties

• Creating New Processes

• Process Inputs and Outputs

• Modeling Aspects and Principles

• Understanding Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methods

• Importing LCIA Methods

• Creating Product Systems

• Model Graph

• Normalization

• Weighting

• Grouping

• Inventory Results

• Midpoint Modeling

• Endpoint Modeling

• Impact Analysis

• Results Interpretation

• Process Contribution Analysis

• Database Update, Maintenance, and Backup

• openLCA Projects Management and Backups

• openLCA Nexus Databases

• Product or Scenario Comparison

• System Process Modeling

• End-of-Life Modeling

• Material Flow Logic

• End-of-Life Modeling: Opposite Approach

• Transportation Modeling

• Hotspot Analysis in Excel

• Monte Carlo Simulation

• Sensitivity Analysis with openLCA Parameters

• LCA Results Export and Analysis in Excel

• Generate, Prepare, and Share Interactive LCA Results in HTML Format

Case studies are excluded from the scope of this service.

What Is Included

Each coaching booking includes:

• one-to-one coaching only

• live expert-led session

• topic-focused discussion and explanation

• practical guidance within the selected topic

• oral coaching in a professional and interactive format

• focused support for skill development in openLCA

The service is designed to provide efficient, personalized coaching for one participant at a time.

What Is Not Included

The following are not included in this service:

• troubleshooting or debugging specific user problems

• fixing participant models or technical issues

• software support services

• case-study-based delivery

• full structured training curriculum

• group coaching under a single booking

• training materials, manuals, or slide decks

• written reports or post-session deliverables

This service is strictly:

• one-to-one

• coaching-based

• topic-focused

• oral and live

Maximum number of coachees per booking: 1 person

Delivery Format

The coaching is delivered in a focused, professional format designed to maximize value and learning efficiency.

Format:

• one-to-one live coaching

• remote online session by default

• delivered in English

• scheduled in advance

• no training materials included

This format gives experienced openLCA users direct access to focused expert guidance in the exact area they want to strengthen.

Why Choose DEISO

DEISO is a Tokyo, Japan-based environmental sustainability company delivering science-based consulting, advanced digital intelligence, and premium professional training and coaching.

DEISO’s openLCA coaching is built on:

• practical LCA experience

• advanced software knowledge

• strong methodological understanding

• professional, real-world application of life cycle thinking

• focused and efficient one-to-one knowledge transfer

This is not generic software tutoring. It is professional coaching designed to improve the quality, depth, and confidence of openLCA use in serious practice.

Benefits and Advantages of This Service

This coaching service enables experienced openLCA users to:

• improve selected skills without committing to full training

• strengthen technical and methodological capabilities efficiently

• learn new advanced topics in a focused format

• enhance the quality of LCA modeling and result interpretation

• build greater confidence in professional use of openLCA

• access expert guidance directly in one-to-one sessions

It is especially valuable for practitioners who need targeted development rather than broad structured training.

Coaching vs Full Training

DEISO offers both full openLCA training programs and dedicated coaching.

This coaching service is designed for users who already know openLCA and want focused professional development in selected areas.

The full training programs are more suitable for participants who need broader, structured, step-by-step learning across multiple modules and levels.

For full structured openLCA training programs, visit:
https://dei.so/openlca-training-programs/

Booking and Payment

Sessions are arranged in advance and require prior booking.

Participants are expected to:

• specify the coaching topic

• select the required duration

• complete booking and payment before confirmation

Booking is subject to schedule availability.

Refund Policy

All bookings are final.

• none of the bookings are refundable

• all purchases are final

• no refunds are issued after booking and payment confirmation

Important Service Limitation

This coaching service is designed specifically for skill enhancement and learning new topics in openLCA.

It is not intended for:

• troubleshooting

• error fixing

• project repair

• software support

• dedicated technical problem solving

DEISO provides separate services for troubleshooting and problem-solving under a different scope.