Provides Air.e LCA and Air.e HdC software for Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon, Water and Environmental Footprint calculations, together with technical environmental consultancy and training.
Circularity Relevance
Supporting
Solid Forest provides LCA and footprint software which supports circular decision-making by quantifying environmental impacts (explicitly described on the website). This is a supporting enabler rather than a direct reuse/resale platform. Source: Solid Forest
Circular Role
SupportEnabler
Provides LCA software and consultancy tools used by organisations to perform environmental assessments rather than operating circular flows directly. Source: Solid Forest
Circular Type
Design & Lifecycle
• Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) & Modelling Tools
The website explicitly describes Air.e LCA as software for Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Footprint analysis; fits the 'Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) & Modelling Tools' sub-type. Source: Solid Forest
R Strategy
R2 - Reduce, R1 - Rethink
LCA tools primarily enable 'Reduce' by identifying opportunities to lower environmental impacts. They also support 'Rethink' (new delivery or design approaches) through decision-support insights. Evidence: product and consultancy descriptions on the website. Source: Solid Forest
Circular Business Model
Unknown
Website describes commercial software sales and consultancy but does not explicitly describe circular business model delivery mechanisms (e.g. PaaS, rental, take-back). Categorisation left as Unknown. Source: Solid Forest
Organisational Type
ForProfit
Offers commercial software (Air.e LCA / Air.e HdC), consultancy and training and lists corporate customers, consistent with a for-profit company. Source: Solid Forest
Primary contact and many projects are Spain-based, but the website describes projects outside Spain (e.g. Macedonia) and provides English content, indicating activity beyond a single country. Source: Solid Forest project pages
Hardware Component
None
All evidence on the website describes software products (Air.e LCA, Air.e HdC), consultancy and training; no specialised hardware supplied or required by the provider is mentioned. Source: Solid Forest
Tech Map Relevance
Solid Forest provides LCA and footprint software (Air.e LCA / Air.e HdC) and consultancy which directly supports circularity decision-making - therefore relevant to the Circular Tech Map. Source: Solid Forest
Enablers are initially categorised by an AI agent, then verified by a real human. Suggestions or corrections are most welcome.
