We provide free tools to maximize LCA access.

Athena software tools make it possible for architects, engineers, sustainability consultants, policymakers, and academics to access environmental data and quickly estimate the lifecycle impacts of a work of construction.

Our mandate is to provide free, scientifically robust whole-building LCA (wbLCA) tools for North America, as a public service, to reduce environmental impacts in construction, enable wide uptake of LCA, and support policy. We are also working on interoperability with other tools to increase LCA access, especially in early design.

The Athena team is continually updating the background data in our tools, either with our own LCA data or with EPDs.

We rely on funding from research grants, our members, and other sources to maintain our tools and to keep them free.