Carbon Heroes Benchmark
Benchmark your project’s embodied carbon with more than thousands of buildings

From benchmarking to reduction
Embodied carbon of buildings contributes around 11% of all global carbon emissions (World GBC, 2019) and has been brought to the spotlight of the climate emergency. Reducing embodied carbon starts with two key steps:
- Set up reduction targets based on the building type and local construction practices
- Compare material life cycle impacts and choose the low-carbon solutions
The Carbon Heroes Benchmarks provides you with embodied carbon benchmarks for different building types across different countries to support your reduction target settings. The data is compiled from thousands of anonymised, verified building projects using One Click LCA software.

Compare with peer projects and showcase your building performance
Get instant feedback on your building’s embodied carbon performance compared to similar buildings in the same country, region, or globally. The Carbon Heroes Benchmarks gives you a unique benchmark analysis from buildings that have used One Click LCA to perform their life cycle analysis.
Performance metrics (A-G)
The performance metric includes the range of results at two standard deviations of the mean for the building type. The range is divided into 7 (seven) bands equally distributed. The mean of the results falls within band “D”, and the lower and upper extremes of the range are in bands “A” and “G”, respectively.
Benchmarks for different building types
- Apartment building
- Office
- Educational
- Warehouse
- Hotel
- Retail
- Hospital
- Industrial
- Other buildings
Benchmarks for different countries & regions
- Regional benchmarks: North America, Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, Asia/Oceania, Global
- Country-specific benchmarks: United States, United Kingdom, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Romania, Poland
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Embodied Carbon Benchmarks that you can trust
The benchmarks are the results of material quantity inputs made by users of One Click LCA. The program implements the EN 15978/ISO 21930 standards as the basis of measurement and includes life-cycle stages A1-A3, A4, B4-B5, and C1-C4.

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Journal Article
Carbon Heroes Benchmark Program – whole building embodied carbon profiling
Originally published in the IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science.

Usein kysytyt kysymykset
How do I get access to the Carbon Heroes Benchmarks?
The Carbon Heroes Benchmark is available for any commercial One Click LCA subscription.
Mikä on arvioinnin laajuus?
A1-A3, A4, B4-B5 & C1-C4 included. Biogenic carbon storage NOT deduced.
Which type of projects are included in the benchmarks?
Onko se yhteensopiva muiden työkalujen kanssa?
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