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BREEAM Life cycle impacts

2018-12-05T08:12:53Z

Oneclicklca:

= Aim and benefits =

The Mat 01 Life cycle impacts credits allow to understand, consider and reduce the environmental impacts of the projects from the construction materials used. When taken in the early phase of the design, this can help identify material quantity savings or material type changes, or when done later on, it can help identify best performing materials from environmental point of view.

= When to consider =

While the highest benefits are always coming in the very early design, most BREEAM schemes require this credit to be tackled in the design phase. The exception is the BREEAM UK NC 2018, which requires this credit to be addressed before applying for planning permission.

This credit can also be achieved with automated integrations with such energy modelling tools as [https://www.iesve.com/ IES Virtual Environment] as well as [https://www.designbuilder.co.uk/ DesignBuilder], and by automating the analysis using Revit models.

= Step by step guidance =

Tackling this credit requires following a number of steps which vary by the applicable BREEAM scheme. Some software tools include scheme-specific workflows to support this credit. For example, One Click LCA includes specific workflows for BREEAM UK NC 2018 (benchmarks and optioneering) as well as BREEAM International, BREEAM SE, BREEAM NOR, BREEAM ES and BREEAM DE (for the new construction and renovation versions).

= Questions to ask while seeking compliance =

The key is using a compliant software tool. BRE pre-approves the software that can be used for this credit. It cannot be documented without an approved software solution.

Compliant software tools are documented by BRE in the so-called Mat 01 calculator which is available in the BRE Extranet. However, for BREEAM UK schemes the approved software are listed here: [https://kb.breeam.com/knowledgebase/building-lca-tools-recognised-by-breeam/ https://kb.breeam.com/knowledgebase/building-lca-tools-recognised-by-breeam/]

One part of the BREEAM UK compliance requires using IMPACt-compliant software. The IMPACT-compliant software can be found here: [https://www.impactwba.com/ https://www.impactwba.com/]

For BREEAM NOR, the Mat 01 credit includes both use of an LCA software, as well as greenhouse gas accounting using the Norwegian national standard [https://www.oneclicklca.com/certifications/one-click-lca-ns-3720/ NS 3720.]

For [https://www.oneclicklca.com/milieuprestatie-gebouwen-breeam-nl-materialentool/ BREEAM NL,] the Dutch regulatory method is applied and software complying with that can be found here: [https://www.milieudatabase.nl/index.php?q=rekeninstrumenten https://www.milieudatabase.nl/index.php?q=rekeninstrumenten]

In terms of software instruments, One Click LCA is approved for every BREEAM scheme as an LCA software, and allows targeting every credit for the Mat 01 LCA as well as associated EPD credit(s). It has several specific modules, including specific tools for IMPACT-compliant (BREEAM UK), Non-IMPACT compliant tool (BREEAM UK), BREEAM International/NOR/ES/SE/DE tool, and specific tool for BREEAM NL and a specific tool for BREEAM NOR’s national greenhouse gas accounting method.

= Tools and resources =

The highest rated LCA tool for BREEAM is [https://www.oneclicklca.com/certifications/breeam/ One Click LCA], which has received a Mat 01 100% rating and allows users to calculate Life Cycle Impacts credits fast and easily.

= Tips and best practice =

Addressing the credit early on, and using automation to speed up this credit analysis are very important productivity factors.

= Typical evidence =

The evidence is generated by the LCA software. It takes the form of Excel spreadsheets, whose content varies by the BREEAM scheme.

= Applicable Schemes =

The guidelines collated in this ISD aim to support sustainable best practice in the topic described. This issue may apply in multiple BREEAM schemes covering different stages in the life of a building, different building types and different year versions. Some content may be generic but scheme nuances should also be taken into account. Refer to the comments below and related articles to this one to understand these nuances. See [[BREEAM_Issue_support_document_template|this document]] for further guidelines.

* List applicable schemes here

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2018-11-30T10:39:57Z

Oneclicklca: The Embodied Carbon Review – Embodied carbon reduction in 100+ regulations and rating systems globally

The Embodied Carbon Review Embodied carbon reduction in 100+ regulations and rating systems globally

The Embodied Carbon Review

2018-11-30T10:38:58Z

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= The Embodied Carbon Review – Embodied carbon reduction in 100+ regulations and rating systems globally =

The [https://www.oneclicklca.com/embodied-carbon-review/ Embodied Carbon Review] reports the results of how embodied carbon, that is, the carbon emissions from construction materials, is addressed in certifications and regulations globally. This unique research was conducted by Bionova Ltd (One Click LCA) and sponsored by Saint-Gobain, Stora Enso, Finnish Ministry of the Environment and the Finnish Transport Agency.

The growth of global urban population drives unprecedented construction, resulting in embodied carbon emissions from new buildings alone to excess of 100 gigatons by 2060. If all construction activity, including infrastructure and renovations, are included, the global construction activity carbon until 2060 is set to exceed 230 gigatons, unless carbon intensity is drastically cut.

Embodied carbon has a short-term climate impact. If energy grids decarbonize, the embodied carbon from new buildings may remain the higher long-term emissions driver as well. As buildings become more energy-efficient and use more renewable energy sources, the proportional share of embodied carbon grows.

This review analyzed environmental sustainability certifications and regulations applied to construction works used at least regionally. The study identified 156 such systems, of which 105 include measures addressing embodied carbon directly. National systems were identified in 26 countries.

Embodied carbon is addressed with methods of different carbon reduction efficiency, including carbon reporting, comparison in design, carbon rating, carbon caps, and mandatory offsetting. Embodied carbon reduction methods also vary in the ways the performance is rated, and if low-carbon product selection is included as a complementary measure.

Results are reported and analyzed for five global regions, in addition with all internationally used systems and civil engineering works-targeting systems analyzed separately. Regions differ significantly in terms of prevalence of embodied carbon targeting, as well as the level of sophistication for its reduction.

The report concludes with an explanation of the identified best practices for embodied carbon reduction, highlighting of the successful cases of embodied carbon reduction in certification, regulation, and infrastructure, as well as an outlook for embodied carbon reduction in the future.

You can download the report for free [https://www.oneclicklca.com/embodied-carbon-review/ here].

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One Click LCA

2018-07-11T13:56:42Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Building Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufacturers and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits, and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessments easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, IESVE, DesignBuilder, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software to get a ready-made report in less than one hour.

With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED.
* DGNB.
* HQE.
* Energie Carbone.
* Living Building Challenge.
* CEEQUAL.
* PAS 2080.
* Envision.

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

It is also compliant with BREEAM UK NC 2018 and can achieve up to 10 Mat 01 credits.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, NCC, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardisation worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

--[[User:Oneclicklca|Oneclicklca]] 08:22, 25 Jul 2017 (BST)

= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* BREEAM.
* BREEAM Life cycle cost and service life planning.
* Environmental product declaration.
* Life cycle assessment.
* Life Cycle Costing BG67 2016.
* Utilising life cycle costing and life cycle assessment.
* Whole life costs.

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BREEAM Life cycle impacts

2018-04-23T13:57:27Z

Oneclicklca:

= Aim and benefits =

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= When to consider =

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= Step by step guidance =

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= Questions to ask while seeking compliance =

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= Tools and resources =

The highest rated LCA tool for BREEAM is [https://www.oneclicklca.com/certifications/breeam/ One Click LCA], which has received a Mat 01 100% rating and allows users to calculate Life Cycle Impacts credits fast and easily.

= Tips and best practice =

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= Typical evidence =

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= Applicable Schemes =

The guidelines collated in this ISD aim to support sustainable best practice in the topic described. This issue may apply in multiple BREEAM schemes covering different stages in the life of a building, different building types and different year versions. Some content may be generic but scheme nuances should also be taken into account. Refer to the comments below and related articles to this one to understand these nuances. See [[BREEAM_Issue_support_document_template|this document]] for further guidelines.

* List applicable schemes here

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:39:25Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED
* DGNB
* HQE
* Energie Carbone
* Living Building Challenge
* CEEQUAL
* PAS 2080
* Envision
* and many more

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

--[[User:Oneclicklca|Oneclicklca]] 08:22, 25 Jul 2017 (BST)

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:24:24Z

Oneclicklca: Protected "One Click LCA": I am the only author and will personally update it ([edit=author] (indefinite))

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED
* DGNB
* HQE
* Energie Carbone
* Living Building Challenge
* CEEQUAL
* PAS 2080
* Envision
* and many more

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

--[[User:Oneclicklca|Oneclicklca]] 08:22, 25 Jul 2017 (BST)

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:22:58Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED
* DGNB
* HQE
* Energie Carbone
* Living Building Challenge
* CEEQUAL
* PAS 2080
* Envision
* and many more

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

--[[User:Oneclicklca|Oneclicklca]] 08:22, 25 Jul 2017 (BST)

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:22:39Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED
* DGNB
* HQE
* Energie Carbone
* Living Building Challenge
* CEEQUAL
* PAS 2080
* Envision
* and many more

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:21:28Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED
* DGNB
* HQE
* Energie Carbone
* Living Building Challenge
* CEEQUAL
* PAS 2080
* Envision
* and many more

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:20:47Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including:

* LEED
* DGNB
* HQE
* Energie Carbone
* Living Building Challenge
* CEEQUAL
* PAS 2080
* Envision.

You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One_click_lca_software.jpg|link=File:One_click_lca_software.jpg]]

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:18:01Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including LEED, DGNB, HQE, Energie Carbone, Living Building Challenge, CEEQUAL, PAS 2080, and Envision. You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

[[File:One click lca software.jpg]]

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File:One click lca software.jpg

2017-07-25T07:16:49Z

Oneclicklca: One Click LCA Life Cycle Assessment software for the construction industry

One Click LCA Life Cycle Assessment software for the construction industry

One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:15:41Z

Oneclicklca:

[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ One Click LCA] is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including LEED, DGNB, HQE, Energie Carbone, Living Building Challenge, CEEQUAL, PAS 2080, and Envision. You can check the full list [http://www.oneclicklca.com/compliancy-and-certifications/ here]. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Learn more by watching a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeltmTJKHQc 1 minute video] or by visiting the [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ website].

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One Click LCA

2017-07-25T07:12:54Z

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[http://www.oneclicklca.com/green-building-software/ O]ne Click LCA is a Life-Cycle Assessment and Life-Cycle Costing software that is used by construction experts, green building consultants, architects, investors, manufactures and designers to design greener building, achieve certification credits and create Environmental Product Declarations for building materials.

The software allows users to calculate Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment easily and fast, thanks for a seamless automation process. Users can import their building data from their Revit or BIM model, gbXML Energy model, Excel, or use the manual import within the cloud software itself and obtain a ready-made report in less than one hour. With the biggest LCA database of building materials, One Click LCA can be used for calculations anywhere in the world: if a country does not have its own database of building materials it is possible to use generic data thanks to a local compensation mechanism that has been verified and approved by BRE.

One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM, with a verified maximal Mat 01 score of 100%, and is compliant with more than 20 Green Building certification schemes, including LEED, DGNB, HQE, Energie Carbone, Living Building Challenge, CEEQUAL, PAS 2080, and Envision. You can check the full list here. The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931-1, ISO 21929-1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards.

Besides being used for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide by top performers like Skanska, Sweco, WSP, Arup, Ncc, and many more, One Click LCA is also used by universities to promote the use of Life-Cycle Assessment among engineering and architecture students.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, is involved in LCA standardization worldwide, and has authored many studies on Life-Cycle Assessment standards, including a recent carbon roadmap for the Finnish construction industry.

Find out more by watching a video or by visiting the website.

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Life cycle assessment

2017-07-25T06:40:27Z

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= Introduction =

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method for evaluating the environmental load of processes and products during their life cycle from cradle to grave (Ortiz, Castells et al. 2009). It attempts to identify the environmental effects during all stages of the life of a product and produces a figure (or several figures) that represent the environmental load of a product (Finch 1994). It is a process that is becoming more widely adopted in the context of national and international environmental regulations.

In a full Life Cycle Assessment, the energy and materials used, along with waste and pollutants produced as a consequence of a product or activity are quantified over the whole life cycle (G P Hammond 2007). The ISO 14040 standard refers to Life Cycle Assessment as, ‘the collection and assessment of the inputs and outputs of any potential environmental impacts caused by the product system throughout its life cycle,’ (Bristish Standard 2006).

Life Cycle Assessment tools for use in environmental assessment can be classified in three levels (Haapio and Viitaniemi 2008; Ortiz, Castells et al. 2009):

* Level 1: Product comparison tools, such as Gabi (Germany), SimaPro (Netherlands), TEAM (France) and Umberto (Germany).
* Level 2: Whole-building design or decision support tools such [http://www.oneclicklca.com/ One Click LCA] (International), eTool (UK/International) and ATHENA (Canada).
* Level 3: Whole-building assessment frameworks or systems such as BREEAM (UK), LEED (USA) and SEDA (Aus).

Approaches that are categorised as level one focus on individual materials and components. These components are then summed together to form a Life Cycle Assessment for the entire building.

Level 2 tools are consider the entire building as the starting point. For example their starting point may be the shape of the building and then gradually work down through the construction to the choice of materials in the frame, infill walls and so on (Erlandsson and Borg 2003).

Level 3 approaches tend to be comparative scoring systems that can be applied across the building sector. They consider the whole life of the product in some sense, but also assess social sustainability and health aspects of a building design. It has been argued that they are essentially a scoring system to benchmark different buildings, based on predefined and generic environmental performance. Erlandsson and Borg (2003) suggest this is inadequate as the environmental performance of a building is dependent on its context (such as geographical location, requirements for foundations, logistic context and so on). They argue that each building should be competing with itself, in order to make the best choices based on its unique context. Others believe that level 3 building assessment frameworks do have their place in the construction sector, as they guide whole-life and environmentally focused design through competition between clients. They are also useful in informing the design process.

The approach taken to Life Cycle Assessment will be driven by the decisions that need to made. Obviously the more detail that is required, the harder and more onerous the task, but the more project specific the answer will be. In reality the approach is likely to be a hybrid, where more information is used where it is easier or more important and more generic information elsewhere.

= Formalities of analysis =

ISO 14040, 14041 and 14044 provide guidance about how Life Cycle Assessments should be carried out. Principally the expectation is that the approach to the problem is consistent and transparent in terms of how data is gathered, analysed and presented.

A full Life Cycle Assessment consists of four stages:

* ISO 14040 and 14044: Generic LCA standards for any product or service
* ISO14025: Generic environmental product declaration standards (EPDs)
* EN 15804: Building product EPDs
* EN 15978: Whole of building, whole of life LCA

The Life Cycle Assessment report should be structured in the following form according to EN15978

* Goal & scope definition.
* Inventory analysis.
* Impact assessment.
* Interpretation of results.

These standards cover the principles of analysis for all environmental impacts not just carbon dioxide.

PAS 2050 is specific to climate change, and so only considers carbon dioxide equivalent. It is also more prescriptive about how the analysis is done; for instance it looks at the impact of the product over a 100 year lifetime, and it defines which emissions to include and exclude. Because PAS 2050 only looks at emissions over a 100 year horizon and heavily discounts future emissions it may be more suited to simple products such as furniture and ironmongery than to buildings.

When conducting a Life Cycle Assessment it is essential that the boundaries of the system to be analysed are clearly defined. For example should it include only the processes that occur within the building, or the processes that are associated with the entire building plot? And what about the energy and material used to travel to and from the building?

A functional unit is a unit across which two materials or products perform the same function and can be compared. For example comparing steel and concrete structures on a per tonne basis would be meaningless as steel may have a large impact per tonne but much less may be required to perform the same function, for example providing structure for 1m2 of floor space.

For some elements, such as an external wall or roof, the functional unit also takes into account the thermal resistance of the construction to ensure that all specifications are compared on a like for like basis (as in the Green Guide to Specification). The functional unit for roofs as defined in the Green Guide to Specification is, “1m2 of roof construction, measured horizontally, to satisfy Building Regulations, in particular to a U value of 0.25W/m2K. To include any repair, refurbishment or replacement over a 60 year building life” (Anderson, Shiers et al. 2009).

Life Cycle Assessment is widely used in the manufacturing industry and has greatest value when products are mass produced. Regulations have led companies to undertake whole life assessments of their products to not only identify their environmental impact, but also to identify possible cost savings through the identification of waste streams and the use of restricted materials and processes.

= Limitations of life cycle assessment =

Inevitably when completing an LCA of a complex building structure the data can be difficult to access. This can lead to data gaps in the assessment. These are handled in different ways by the different tools. Some use best estimates to deal with data gaps, some leave data gaps blank, whilst others collect more data to fill known data gaps (Erlandsson and Borg 2003).

There are many tools that undertake Life Cycle Assessment, some of which use the same databases. An EN15978 compliant LCA using the same database should yield broadly similar results as the methodologies under the standard are now clearly defined.

One area of sensitivity is how to interpret ‘time dependence’. Time dependence refers to the impacts on the system being analysed due to changes in the external environment within which the system sits. For example, in the case of buildings, which can realistically have a design life of 100 years, there is a significant difference in the average environmental load per year. This can be attributed to factors such as the development of renewable energy sources within the energy sector (Erlandsson and Borg 2003). The approach of EN15978 is to assume todays conditions are identical throughout the buildings life cycle, a good LCA study will recognise this limitation and provide sensitivity analysis

= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* BREEAM.
* Discounting.
* Embodied energy.
* Emission rates.
* End of life potential.
* Energy certificates.
* Energy related products regulations.
* Energy targets.
* Life Cycle Costing BG67 2016.
* Net Present Value.
* Sustainability.
* Sustainable materials.
* Utilising life cycle costing and life cycle assessment.
* Whole life costs.

=== External references ===

* Anderson, J., D. Shiers, et al. (2009). The Green Guide to Specification, BRE.
* Bristish Standard (2006). BS EN ISO 14040:2006 - Environmental management - life cycle assessment - principles and framework.
* Erlandsson, M. and M. Borg (2003). Generic LCA-methodology applicable for buildings, constructions and operation services--today practice and development needs. 38: 919-938.
* Finch, E. F. (1994). "The uncertain role of life cycle costing in the renewable energy debate." Renewable Energy 5(5-8): 1436-1443.
* G P Hammond, A. B. W. (2007). "Interdisciplinary perspective on environmental appraisal and valuation techniques." Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
* Haapio, A. and P. Viitaniemi (2008). "A critical review of building environmental assessment tools." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 28(7): 469-482.
* Halliday, S. (2008). Sustainable Construction. Slovenia, Butterworth-Heinemann.
* Ortiz, O., F. Castells, et al. (2009). "Sustainability in the construction industry: A review of recent developments based on LCA." Construction and Building Materials 23(1): 28-39.
* Peris Mora, E. (2007). "Life cycle, sustainability and the transcendent quality of building materials." Building and Environment 42(3): 1329-1334.

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2017-07-24T14:26:39Z

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[http://www.oneclicklca.com One Click LCA] is the highest rated Life-Cycle Assessment software for BREEAM with a 100% Mat 01 rating, which means our users can achieve maximal LCA credits easily. We also provide modules for Life-Cycle Costing, Infrastructure, and Ecodesign, and we are compliant with more than 20 certification schemes, including BREEAM, LEED, DGNB, Energie Carbone, HQE, and many more.

One Click LCA automates the once tedious Life-Cycle Assessment process: you can upload your BIM, Excel, or gbXML file, use our native Revit plugin, or import data manually, and obtain a standard-compliant report in just one hour.

Bionova Ltd, the developer of One Click LCA, participates in the standardization of Life-Cycle Assessment worldwide and we also organize webinars and trainings to educate audiences in the field of Life-Cycle Metrics and Green Building.

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2017-07-24T14:25:24Z

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