One Click LCA

📢 Breaking news: One Click LCA acquires ENVI-met to lead in climate resilience One Click LCA expands its sustainability offering with ENVI-met, the premier microclimate simulation software. The company’s 3D modeling software enables architects, urban planners, and developers to design cities that reduce urban heat and promote livability. The strategic acquisition combines One Click LCA's comprehensive environmental impact assessments with ENVI-met's advanced urban climate modeling, creating a powerhouse solution for decarbonization and climate-adaptive urban design. CEO & Co-founder of ENVI-met, Daniela Bruse, says: “We’re setting a new standard in sustainable urban planning. Our customers will now have the tools to improve thermal comfort, reduce urban heat, and lower the carbon footprint of entire neighborhoods, helping cities adapt to climate change.” CEO & Founder of One Click LCA, Panu Pasanen, says: “By integrating ENVI-met's powerful microclimate simulation tools with One Click LCA's existing sustainability platform, we offer urban planners, architects, and developers a novel toolkit to create more sustainable, resilient, and healthy urban spaces.” Glass surfaces and heat-trapping materials like asphalt, concrete, and steel create urban heat waves, leading to increasing heat stress. This is a vital challenge for urban planners, developers, and architects. ENVI-met from One Click LCA equips architects, urban planners, and developers with unmatched tools to design more livable, heat-resistant, and climate-resilient urban environments. 🔗 Access the full press release in the comments below 👇 #OneClickLCA #ENVImet #climateresilience #urbandesign #decarbonization

One Click LCA is now a proud member of the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development — a global network of businesses driving systemic change toward a net-zero, nature-positive, and more equitable future. By joining WBCSD, One Click LCA aligns with over 230 leading organizations tackling critical global challenges such as the climate emergency, nature loss, and inequality. This collaboration strengthens One Click LCA’s commitment to decarbonizing the construction and manufacturing industries through science-driven solutions, helping build a world where over 9 billion people can thrive within planetary boundaries by 2050.  "Our WBCSD membership underscores our commitment to create an impact. We look forward to collaborating with the world's leading businesses to drive change via WBCSD." - Panu Pasanen, CEO & Founder of One Click LCA 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/d6g_wr7c #Decarbonization #WBCSD #ClimateAction #Vision2050

👉 Have you heard about the upcoming changes to LEED certification?  The green building industry is changing, focusing on embodied carbon, and the U.S. Green Building Council is following suit. Significant updates are expected in LEED v5, which will expand the focus beyond energy efficiency and start addressing the full life-cycle impact of building materials. Key changes include: ✅ Mandatory requirements for embodied carbon reduction ✅ Promoting the use of low-carbon materials ✅ Conducting whole-building life-cycle assessments   Understanding these developments is essential for anyone working in sustainable construction. Learn more about the changes coming during a live Q&A with USGBC Texas and One Click LCA. We'll discuss the proposed changes in depth, share insights into LEED v5’s practical applications, and provide guidance on compliance pathways. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead in the field and ensure your projects align with the new standards. Register here to secure your spot and gain expert insights on the future of LEED certification: https://lnkd.in/dW4Tzjm3 #LEEDcertification #LEEDv5 #construction #oneclicklca

🚨 Live Workshop Today 🚨 The first of a series of workshops on how to implement #AI in your design process - mostly in #Rhino - and combine it with #LCA in different approaches. Register under the following link! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ecFCGA7f One of the topics will be how to set up an AI assistant based on One Click LCA so the assistant can provide your users with LCA feedback on their designs. Spoiler alert: we will also cover how to handle the log-in process, so the main user logs into One Click LCA to update the carbon factors once in a while, while the remaining users may directly handle the AI assistant without having to log in every single time.

Ensto, a global expert in electrical solutions, improved the transparency and accuracy of their environmental product declarations (EPDs) to meet market demand and regulatory pressure, and gain deeper insights into their product impacts. With the help of One Click LCA, they streamlined their EPD process, creating transparent, data-driven reports on their products' environmental impacts. This approach has helped them meet their sustainability goals, build customer trust, and support informed decision-making across their supply chain. Read more about Ensto’s EPD journey and how One Click LCA enabled their success: https://lnkd.in/eHnwU4CK #EPD #Sustainability #Ensto #OneClickLCA 

🇺🇸 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launches greenhouse gas intensity measurement for industrial products The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a new pilot project to measure certain industrial products' greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity. This initiative addresses the increasing global demand for low-emission materials, which is driven by climate-focused trade policies, green procurement efforts, and evolving consumer preferences. "For too long, people dismissed industrial emissions – a major source of climate pollution – as too hard to tackle. But the Biden-Harris Administration is changing the game, using all tools in the policy toolbox to accelerate the industrial transformation that we need to meet our climate goals and support good manufacturing jobs in hard-hit industrial communities," says U.S. National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi. Key aspects of the initiative: 1️⃣ The White House Task Force on Climate, Trade, and Industrial Competitiveness aims to develop GHG intensity measurement tools for select industrial products. 2️⃣ The Department of Energy will support this work by utilizing existing data sources to build accurate statistics on GHG intensity, starting with U.S. production. 3️⃣ This effort aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration's climate goals and supports the competitiveness of clean manufacturing. 4️⃣ The DoE is allocating over $20 billion in funding from federal and private cost shares for industrial decarbonization. Read more about the greenhouse gas measurement pilot here: https://lnkd.in/gYP5dw8f #USA #CleanManufacturing #IndustrialDecarbonization #ClimateAction #SustainableIndustry

One Click LCA integrates with SAP S/4HANA to streamline EPD and LCA creation One Click LCA now connects to the standard Bill of Material (BoM) of SAP S/4HANA (on-premises or private cloud versions from 2020 FPS02 onward). A minimal setup in SAP S/4HANA is required to expose the BoM data to One Click LCA, along with additional configuration in One Click LCA to enable SAP authentication for your organization. This integration offers several key benefits: ✅ Easy access to SAP Bill of Material data to generate EPDs and LCAs ✅ No need for in-depth SAP knowledge to access and export the data ✅ Direct data imports into One Click LCA, streamlining sustainability assessments SAP is an enterprise software suite that integrates essential business processes like finance, HR, and supply chain. Its S/4HANA platform offers real-time processing and simplified data management, benefiting developers, contractors, and project managers by optimizing workflows and increasing efficiency. Through this integration, manufacturers can leverage SAP data for sustainability reporting without needing to navigate the complexities of the SAP system. 👉 Read more about the integration: https://lnkd.in/diTpREMp

Did you know? Lighting accounts for 15% of global electricity use and 5% of greenhouse gas emissions in buildings. Luminaire manufacturers have a significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions and contributing to global net-zero targets in the built environment. Environmental product declarations (EPDs) enhance transparency by detailing a product’s environmental footprint, thus helping identify opportunities for improvement and enabling data-driven decisions regarding the environmental performance of lighting products. With over 50 million MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) product SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) and fewer than 20,000 EPDs, creating EPDs for lighting products can: ✅ Differentiate products from competitors ✅ Support green certification efforts ✅ Aid compliance with emerging carbon regulations One Click LCA’s Luminaires EPD Generator streamlines this process with tools compliant with EN 15804+A2 and ISO 14025 standards. Learn how EPDs can help guide more informed, sustainable choices: https://lnkd.in/dw8Gi7-X #MEP #lighting #embodiedcarbon #epd #lca #lifecycleassessment #construction #buildingmaterials

Will you be attending Autodesk University 2024 next week? Be sure to visit us at our booth in the Maker's Village, where we’ll showcase the latest innovations in sustainable construction and technology. As an official Autodesk Integration Partner, we offer seamless solutions to integrate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) into your existing workflows using Autodesk Construction Cloud. Interested in learning from industry leaders? Join us and Autodesk for an insightful panel discussion on leveraging data to drive sustainability. You'll also discover how to reduce carbon in your infrastructure projects with tools like One Click LCA and Civil 3D: https://lnkd.in/dWJyx3bT Don't miss Autodesk University 2024 and the chance to be part of the movement toward a more sustainable future. Your expertise and passion can help shape the future of construction.   📅 October 15–17, 2024 📍 San Diego, CA

🇪🇺 ERCST - European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition has released the first of seven reports exploring the EU Emissions Trading System (#ETS). This study examines how the ETS might evolve to meet EU climate goals from 2025-2030 and beyond.   Key findings of the report: 1️⃣ Sector expansion: 🔹 Potential inclusion of waste incineration 🔹 Wider coverage of aviation and maritime sectors 2️⃣ Geographic growth: 🔹 Exploring the addition of countries like Ukraine to the ETS 3️⃣ Negative emissions: 🔹 Gradual integration of carbon dioxide removal technologies 4️⃣ Market consolidation: 🔹 Examining the possibility of merging ETS1 and ETS2 Why it matters? These insights will likely influence future EU climate policies and carbon trading mechanisms. The upcoming reports in this series will offer further analysis of various aspects of EU emissions trading. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/dhSWt7yZ #sustainability #co2 #emissions #co2emissions