What you will gain

In practice, you move from manual modelling to a more structured and scalable workflow. After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • Structure and import LCA data from Excel into SimaPro using CSV Maker

  • Handle complex BOM structures in a more structured and efficient way

  • Reduce manual and repetitive modelling work

  • Reuse model structures across products and scenarios

Increase your efficency in SimaPro with Excel

Miljögiraff’s course Scaling LCA with SimaPro teaches you how to build structured, scalable, and flexible LCA models in SimaPro by importing data efficiently and organizing complex systems in a maintainable way.

The course is designed for professionals already working in SimaPro who experience increasing complexity when handling larger datasets, multiple products, or evolving models.

A key focus is using the Excel macro CSV Maker to structure data and create hierarchies (e.g., assemblies and sub-assemblies). This makes large models easier to understand, update, and expand.

The course focuses on how to scale and streamline the handling of data in LCA work, particularly when working with extensive and complex BOM-structures, where manual modelling becomes time-consuming and difficult to maintain.

The course is hands-on and based on workflows that can be directly applied in your own SimaPro models.

Pär Lindmark, LCA Expert Miljögiraff & course instructor

LCA Scalability

The course shows how to improve scenario handling and scalability by using parameters when importing data, allowing you to reuse the same model structure for multiple variants (such as different materials, suppliers, energy mixes, or product configurations) without rebuilding everything.

Another central topic is linking model inputs to Excel, enabling real-time updates of values and making the workflow more dynamic. This supports faster iteration, better version control of input assumptions, and easier collaboration when data changes frequently.

The course focuses on moving from manual modelling to a repeatable workflow that supports complex BOM imports, modular model design, and fast scenario updates – ideal for professional LCA work where models evolve continuously.


This approach allows you to manage larger product portfolios and more complex datasets without increasing manual workload.

Pär Lindmark, LCA Expert Miljögiraff & course instructor

  • Access and study form

    Gain immediate access to the fully digital course material upon purchase. Study independently at your own pace, with access available for 3 months .

  • Price


    €2240 one course participant + CSV maker     for organization
    € 1000 per course participant excl. CSV maker

    15% discount for participants who have completed LCA with SimaPro Craft course

    Group pricing:
    For multiple participants from the same organization, a tailored offer is provided.
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  • Badge certificate

    When you complete the course, you will receive a badge certificate issued by us for completed training.

See what others think of CSV Maker

With the help of CSV maker, I was able to link 800 SNI codes to life cycle inventory data in the database Exiobase

Marcus Wendin, LCA practitioner Miljögiraff

Now I am building LCA models in a couple of minutes, that's nice!

Sofia Lindroth, LCA practitioner Miljögiraff

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome to the Course!

    • What is CSVmaker?

    • Excersice 1

    • Excersice 1: Hand in
  2. 2

    • Module 2: Introduction

    • The CSVmaker template

    • Excercise 2: True or false

  3. 3

    • Information about CSVmaker

    • Excersice 3

    • Download: The CSVmaker manual

    • Excersize 3: Quiz
  4. 4

    • Module 4: Introduction

    • 4:1 Import CSV to SimaPro

    • 4:2 Troubleshooting common errors

    • Excercise 4

    • Exercise 4: Download: CSVmaker file

    • Exercise 4: Submission
  5. 5

    • Module 5: Introduction

    • 5:1 Hierarchies with CSVmaker

    • 5:2 Creating Excel links

    • Exercise 5

    • Exercise 5: PDF

    • Excersice 5: Submission

  6. 6

    • Summerizing the course

    • Thanks for particepating

    • Course evaluation

Instructor

Senior LCA Expert

Pär Lindman