One Click LCA
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What is One Click LCA
One Click LCA is a sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA) software platform used to quantify and report the environmental impacts of buildings and construction materials. It supports use cases such as whole-building LCA, embodied carbon calculations, and environmental product declaration (EPD) workflows for designers, engineers, contractors, and manufacturers. The product differentiates through construction-focused datasets and workflows aligned to building certifications and LCA standards, rather than broad enterprise ESG coverage.
Construction-specific LCA workflows
The platform is purpose-built for building and infrastructure LCA, including embodied carbon and material impact calculations. It fits common workflows in architecture, engineering, and construction where project models, bills of quantities, and material selections drive assessments. This specialization can reduce configuration effort compared with general-purpose ESG or EHS platforms.
Standards and certification alignment
One Click LCA supports LCA methods and reporting structures commonly used in the built environment, including workflows tied to green building certifications and regulatory reporting needs. This helps teams produce outputs that map to recognized assessment frameworks without building custom templates from scratch. It is particularly relevant for organizations that must demonstrate compliance or certification evidence at the project level.
EPD and product data support
The product includes capabilities and content aimed at working with product environmental data, including EPD-related processes and datasets used in construction. This can help manufacturers and project teams compare materials using consistent impact categories and data sources. It also supports collaboration between product teams and project teams when product data must be reused across multiple assessments.
Narrower enterprise ESG scope
The product focuses on LCA and embodied impacts for construction, not full-spectrum enterprise sustainability management. Organizations looking for broad ESG controls, enterprise risk management, or multi-domain EHS incident management may need additional systems. As a result, it may not replace platforms designed for company-wide ESG reporting across all operations.
Data quality depends on inputs
Assessment accuracy depends heavily on the completeness and correctness of project quantities, material specifications, and selected datasets. In early design phases or in projects with limited material transparency, results can require assumptions that reduce comparability. Teams often need governance processes to manage dataset selection, versioning, and audit trails for repeatable reporting.
Integration effort for BIM/ERP
Connecting LCA workflows to upstream systems (for example BIM authoring tools, estimating systems, or procurement/ERP) can require additional setup and process changes. Without strong integration, users may rely on manual imports and data normalization, which increases effort and the risk of inconsistencies. Integration needs can be a constraint for large organizations standardizing reporting across many projects.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Designer | Custom pricing — Request a quote (contact sales) | Decarbonize projects and deliver compliant LCAs from pre-design to construction; local compliance modules; Materials Compass data search; Carbon Designer 3D; BIM & cloud integrations (20+); ISO 27001 certified; 24/7 Academy onboarding and expert support. |
| Expert Pack | Custom pricing — Request a quote (contact sales) | Includes Designer features plus customized/private LCA datasets, advanced LCA modelling control, advanced visualisations & insights, Plausibility Checker, additional add-ons (e.g., LCC). |
| Power Pack | Custom pricing — Request a quote (contact sales) | Includes Expert Pack features plus enterprise features: internal LCA verification, custom LCA/reporting templates, generative design with Carbon Designer 3D, AI assistant, dedicated account manager; intended for enterprise-scale adoption. |
Additional official notes (from vendor site):
- Licensing models: Named user or concurrent user licenses (concurrent allows multiple users to share licenses with one active session at a time).
- Many product-specific packs/add-ons (e.g., Manufacturer Commercial Pack, regional compliance modules, MEP Carbon tool, Net Zero Carbon tool) are offered and priced on request.
- Permanently free tools offered by One Click LCA on the official site include: Planetary (free embodied carbon measurement tool) and a Free Concrete Carbon / EPD generator tool. Educational offerings include free student licenses and free coursework licenses for universities (subject to eligibility).
- Free trial: One Click LCA offers a 14-day free trial for the Building LCA tool (no credit card required) as documented on the vendor site.
Seller details
Bionova Ltd
Helsinki, Finland
2001
Private
https://www.oneclicklca.com/
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