LCC - Economicial calculations for a sustainable conversion

The lack of tailor-made economic models is a major bottleneck for the sustainable adjustment of society and industry. Uncertainties regarding investments, logistics and business models between stakeholders make it difficult for companies to assess and manage risks related to the introduction of new technologies, innovations and processes.

At RISE, we therefore work with economic life cycle calculations (LCC) together with our customers to help them understand which path provides the most value for money invested. We evaluate the economic feasibility and its impact on business opportunities. We are used to helping everything from innovative entrepreneurs to map their future economic potential, to supporting municipalities with the basis for decision-making to understand the potential of new sustainable solutions such as hydrogen or new types of construction in the long term.

With LCC as a tool, we collect the total cost and revenue that a system or product generates during its life cycle. Depending on ambition and needs, we can also include meta-costs such as production time, interest rates or maintenance of a product in our models. LCC can evaluate and compare different alternatives when commercializing an innovation, producing a new type of product or understanding which process is most reasonable from an economic perspective.

Independent expertise

As an independent party, RISE experts can contribute to developing innovations in services and products, facilitating dialogue and collaboration between stakeholders, and developing system analyses at local, national and global levels to understand the economic value an innovation or system change can entail. We also have access to a wide network of experts in both technical areas such as product development, recycling, energy modelling, and production processes, and areas with system perspectives such as market trends, industrial symbiosis and policies that we can support during our work with LCC.

What do we offer more concretely?

LCC is a method where we, together with the customer's and/or our technical expertise, can break down, describe and create financial forecasts based on the customer's unique needs and ecosystem. We identify the current situation and through dialogue, the definition of system boundaries and analysis of the system, we make suggestions on how your desired change affects you from an economic perspective. Such an analysis can be used in your internal development work or as a decision basis for a board. We give you an impartial second opinion and can suggest new projects, methods or partners to take your business forward.

Quite simply, we help you understand the financial possibilities that a change can entail step by step.