Guides and Whitepapers
Read and enjoy our latest guides and whitepapers on LCA, LCC, EPD and Green Building Certifications
The Embodied Carbon Review
Embodied carbon reduction in 100+ regulations and rating systems globally.
Get a unique global review of the status quo of construction sector embodied carbon reduction approaches.
The 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.
Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing, EPD, Embodied Carbon, Net Zero Carbon Guides
A guide to using EPDs for Building LCA and the role of EPDs and generic data in Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment.
Discover how to earn higher profits with Life Cycle Costing and how to make it appealing for your investors
How to sell Building Life Cycle Assessment services and save the world.
How to ensure quality and consistency for whole-building LCAs using product-specific EPDs.
Read our guide to Low Carbon Refurbishment and discover 10 ways to reduce carbon emissions for your Refurbishment and Retrofit projects.
Read our second part of the Life-Cycle Assessment Guide for Green Building experts to find out if LCA is the right option for your and your projects.
Read our first part of the Life-Cycle Assessment Guide for Green Building experts. Learn what LCA is and why it is so important in the construction sector.
Life Cycle Costing in Construction guide: learn how to achieve building resilience and optimize your costs.
Learn how to develop actionable embodied carbon feedback and how to declare the carbon performance at the project's starting point with One Click LCA API.
Learn how to use integrative LCA and energy models at the design stage to significantly reduce embodied carbon in your Green Building construction project.
EPDs can be compared to select the most sustainable materials for your building. Learn how to leverage them and avoid sub-optimization.
What is Net Zero Carbon? Why does it matter? And how to design and account for Net Zero Carbon buildings? Read all about it here.
Green Building Certification Guides
Read our guide to BREEAM UK NC 2018 Life-Cycle Metrics related credits and find out how to get up to 24 credits with One Click LCA.
LEED v4.1 draft for EPD credits is a valiant attempt with serious casting flaws. Find out why and how to fix them.
One Click LCA is the highest rated LCA software for BREEAM in the world: 100% Mat 01 rating makes achieving maximal credits even easier!
One Click LCA interprète les maquettes numériques BIM pour produire des rapports d'ACV en un seul clic.
Level(s): the new EU framework to measure the performance of sustainable buildings is another step towards Green Building standardization.
Read our guide to the changes in LEED v4.1 LCA and discover the new approach to material credits in LEED.
Want to know about LCA credits in all major Green Building certification schemes? Read our guide about LCA Green Building credits.
LCA and LCC can now deliver up to nine credits in BREEAM-NOR 2016, and further credits can be earned with additional tracking tools.
Read our detailed guide on how to get LEED v4 MRc1 credits with Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment.
Ce que vous devez savoir sur Énergie Carbone et comment le label affectera votre projet de construction. Lisez ce guide simple sur le nouveau label Énergie Carbone.
Read how One Click LCA Norge NS 3720 tool replaces klimagassregnskap.no and how you benefit from this change.
What is Net Zero Carbon? Why does it matter? And how to design and account for Net Zero Carbon buildings? Read all about it here.
Most Popular Life Cycle Assessment Whitepapers
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Download your free Building Life Cycle Assessment White Paper
Download a copy of our free Building Life Cycle Assessment White Paper and become an expert in building sustainability.
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Building Life Cycle Assessment article: Overview of Whole Building LCA
Read our peer-reviewed article “Overview of Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment for Green Building Certification and Ecodesign through Industry Surveys and Interviews”.
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State of the Art in Building Life-Cycle Assessment — Whitepaper released
Bionova’s new Whitepaper explains why Life-cycle Assessments (LCAs) are an essential part of the construction and land sales projects.