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The research on LCA method of buildings started in 1990 as an activity of the Architectural Institute of Japan, and it became LCA guideline of buildings. By using of this guideline, the cost effectiveness evaluation tool to mitigate climate change was developed and applied by the public building department, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as a operation tool for Green government design guideline in 1998. A similar evaluation tool that suits each climate of various regions was developed and applied by local governments and private companies. As well as LCA, the comprehensive assessment system for building environmental efficiency named “CASBEE” was developed supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Since 2004, more than 1300 buildings have been assessed and ranked by national government, local governments and private companies using CASBEE tool, and in 2007, CASBEE was revised to contain simplified LCA method limited to LCCO2 calculation for all kind of buildings such as detached houses and large-scale commercial buildings. This paper describes current situation on these projects of which the author has taken charge.