Introduction
One Click LCA is a life cycle assessment (LCA) platform for construction and manufacturing. It is developed by One Click LCA Ltd., a company founded in 2001. Users run LCAs from BIM models, Excel files or bills of quantities and compare the results of design options.
Purpose and Target Audience
The platform serves three groups. Architects, engineers, contractors, developers and consultants use it for buildings. Manufacturers of construction products, MEP equipment and other products use it for EPDs and product carbon footprints. Infrastructure teams in transport, utilities, mining and offshore projects use it for their assets. Students and educators can get free licenses.
Key Features
- Building LCA: Run life cycle assessments from BIM, Excel or bills of quantities and compare design options.
- Compliance checks: Check results against standards and certification schemes such as LEED, BREEAM and GRESB, and download the results.
- EPD Generator: Create environmental product declarations from templates, with quality checks, verification and publishing. A pre-verified EPD option is also available.
- Product carbon footprint: Calculate the carbon footprint of manufactured products.
- Early design tools: Carbon Designer 3D and Materials Compass support decarbonization decisions in early design.
- Data and integrations: A database of more than 500,000 LCA and EPD datasets, links to more than 20 BIM and other tools, and APIs.
Benefits
One Click LCA keeps building LCA, product EPDs and product footprints in one tool. Design teams can test the embodied carbon of options before they fix a design. Manufacturers can produce EPDs for their products without building the LCA models from scratch. The platform covers more than 140 international standards and methods, which helps when a project must meet several certification schemes.
Conclusion
One Click LCA fits teams that need LCA and EPD work for buildings, infrastructure or construction products.
