chwr_LCA — Sankofa LCA

Open-source Life Cycle Assessment tool for buildings in Sub-Saharan Africa, focused on earth-based construction (adobe, CEB, CSEB) and comparison against conventional alternatives (concrete hollow block, RC frame).

Standards: ISO 14040 / 14044 → EN 15804+A2 → EN 15978. ISO 21931. EF 3.1 characterisation. Licence: AGPL-3.0-or-later. Status: pre-alpha (targeting v1.0 in ~4 months).

Contents

• Methodology — the living methodological specification (target of external ISO 14071 critical review).
• API reference — endpoints and OpenAPI schema.
• Data schema — openEPD alignment and the proxy_provenance extension.
• Testing — coverage, regression parity, external validation.
• Contributing — how to run, contribute, and license work.
• Changelog

Quick start

See Development setup.