PackageSmart Features

Seamlessly integrate LCA into your design process with PackageSmart. Launch your product with the rigor of a full ISO compliant LCA behind your marketing claims.

"I was not experienced in LCAs before PackageSmart, yet I was creating full cradle to grave models in the first week."  
Dan Robinette, Director of Sustainability, The Robinette Company

Build Packaging Systems in One Simple Window

In one simple window, build Packaging Systems that include primary, secondary and tertiary packaging, as well as the material and distribution transportation.

Add Custom Recycling Rates

Quickly add custom end of life recycling rates for individual materials.

View Environmental Hot Spots

View the environmental Hot Spots of your design. Compare your alternatives using the latest internationally accepted impact assessment method, ReCiPe (recommended by the Global Packaging Project for measuring LCA sustainability indicators in their Packaging Sustainability Indicators and Metrics Framework v1.0) for the impact categories Human Health (DALY), Ecosystems (Species.yr), Resources (economic), Water depletion (m3), Climate Change (CO2 eq), plus cumulative energy demand. Export tables into Excel and save charts or create custom reports with the powerful Report Writer.

Explore Alternatives

Explore reusable options for your designs. Rapidly model alternative design options which might include: lightweighting, alternative materials or manufacturing processing, recycled content, reusable packaging, or transportation options. Simply copy your existing packaging system, rename, edit relevant components, and save.

Quickly Add LCI Data

Select Life Cycle Inventory Data (LCI) from over 4,000 processes available in the ecoinvent and USLCI databases. Import your own LCI data from your facilities and suppliers.