I am conducting an LCA for stone and would like to know if I can use OpenLCA (the free version) with an existing database that comes with the software? I am open to suggestions.
you can perform LCA by using both, however, in Open LCA you must have to import the Ecoinvent database for better results, while in commercially available software (i.e., SimaPro, GaBi, Umberto, etc.) you may not need to import, since the database is already existing. Additionally, the interface of commercially available software is quite friendly.