About klimakost

Klimakost  is a model for calculating life cycle (direct and indirect) emissions for companies, organizations and municipalities in a cost-effective, yet still methodologically concise manner. The tool is directed towards municipalities and businesses who want to analyze the amount of direct and indirect emissions from their consumption of goods and services. This type of perspective is normally referred to as life cycle assessment (LCA), since it aims at tracing all emissions occurring from consumption, all the way back to extraction of raw materials and fuels.

The tool has been developed by MiSA AS, a start-up consultancy in Trondheim, Norway. The founders of MiSA all share a background from the Programme for Industrial Ecology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. This program is well recognized internationally for its development and application of LCA and input-output based methods, and numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals strengthen its position on both a national and international level.

Innovation Norway has supported the development of the tool, facilitating a more updated calculation model and web pages.