One Click LCA Student Licence
We offer a free student license for Bachelor or Master students. While PhD students, researchers and teachers can request a 50% discount on most annual plans.

Request your student license
Educating the future generation of changemakers is critical to achieving a zero-carbon future. That’s why One Click LCA offers free licenses to life-cycle assessment students and teachers, as well as discounted licenses for PhD researchers.
The free student license covers Building LCA; it cannot be used for Product or Process LCA projects. See the full list of the features included.
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Other academic licenses
Educational License
Free of charge
For LCA teachers & professors
The One Click LCA Educational License is designed for teachers and professors teaching LCA programs who wish to use One Click LCA to set coursework assignments. It is designed to be shared with students.
Research Licenses
50% discounts available
For PhD students & researchers
PhD students, researchers, and teachers are eligible for a 50% discount on most annual plans.
Get in touch for more details.
What students have said about One Click LCA
“One Click LCA was even better than I imagined. It is truly one of the best programs I’ve ever worked with and I recommended my school to buy the program for future use.”
“I feel like One Click LCA has helped me a lot during my bachelor thesis. It is easy to learn and you get your results really fast. If you are reasearching within the field of LCA or LCC I would truly recommend you to use One Click LCA”
“Gabi was also a tool I discovered for assessing the LCA of both materials. However, I found there to be limitations compared to the efficient LCA tool that is One Click LCA, it is a great tool that gathers BIM data and is very useful for the future.”
“Your software is very impressive and while I had challenges with data and other software on my side, One Click LCA was intuitive and highly detailed. I hope to use your software in the future.”
“One Click LCA was an extremely useful tool for us, working on a LCA on an office building in cross laminated wood. The program is easy to use, and carries many useful functions and different choices which makes it applicable to any life cycle assessment project. It is safe to say that our bachelor thesis would not be that it eventually became, had it not been for One Click!”
“It was a very good learning experience to use the One Click LCA tool: the main advantage is that I didn’t need to carry out the calculations of quantities, and I also liked the intuitive feel of the tool, the ease of use and simple clear layout.”
What is included in the student licence?
The student license is for building LCA projects.
PhD students, researchers, teachers are eligible for a 50% discount on most annual plans.
Get in touch with our team for more details.
STUDENT | BUSINESS | EXPERT | |
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COMPLIANCE & CERTIFICATION | |||
BREEAM, LEED & 40+ certifications | Available as add-on | Available as add-on | |
In-app workflowTailored to compliance/certification application. See how it works here. | X | X | |
Environmental impact indicators | X | As per local requirements | As per local requirements |
Life-cycle stages | X | As per local requirements | As per local requirements |
Compliant result reportsReports are available in web-based & Excel format, including automatically generated data sources listing. Download results in specified formats for compliance & certification, for e.g. BREEAM, E+C-, GLA. | X | X | |
OPTIONEERING & PROJECT BENCHMARK | |||
Create, copy & edit design alternativesSee how it works here. | X | X | X |
Create design alternatives without remodeling a BIM | X | X | |
Compare alternatives with detailed tables & charts | X | X | X |
Track results from pre-design to as-built | X | X | X |
Lock & hide baseline or alternatives | X | X | X |
Carbon Heroes BenchmarkBenchmark with peer projects. See how it works here. | X | X | X |
Create portfolio dataCreate and visual design portfolios or operating portfolions. See how it works here. | X | ||
INPUT DATA ENTRY | |||
Input, edit data in a web interfaceReplace calculation data easily. Split assemblies to constituent parts. Lock datapoints to prevent overriding with imports. | X | X | X |
Reuse favourite materialsSee how it works here. | X | X | X |
Copy data from other projects & design alternativesIncluding your own ones and projects shared with you. Compare and copy data from other designs (reporting periods) | X | X | X |
Group materials to create construction assembliesSee how it works here. | X | X | X |
INTEGRATIONS & AUTOMATION | |||
Import data from ExcelUsing a pre-defined template. | X | X | X |
Import data from BIM or energy models IFC, gbXML, Revit, IES, Tekla Structural Designer, IDA ICE, Sketchup, Archicad, Solibri, DesignBuilder, SimpleBIM, Bentley AECOsim, Autocase | X | X | X |
Smart, automatic mapping for imported dataOne Click LCA automatically learns your mapping preferences. It also offers pre-mapping and merging architectural and structural models. | X | X | X |
BIM Model CheckerReview quality of BIM model data you import. See how it works here. | X | X | X |
Advanced partial, incremental and user-managed data imports | X | X | X |
Trace back LCA data to the BIM or other data you have importedSee how it works here. | X | X | X |
Download, edit and re-import materials data in Excel | X | ||
BIM software bi-directional plugins Get embodied carbon results to BIM model – bi-directional plugins. Available for Autodesk Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper and Simplebim | X | ||
“Send Me Data”Others can send data to you directly from BIM. You don’t need a BIM software license, they don’t need a One Click LCA license. See how it works here. | X | ||
LCA DATABASE ACCESS | |||
Extensive generic database for materials, energy and processesIncluding periodically updated national and regional energy mix datasets | X | X | X |
One Click LCA’s generic construction and system data libraries | X | X | X |
Extensive verified database of qualifying global & local EPDs All with uniform verification and homogenisation incl. biogenic carbon | X | X | X |
Local statutory databases for compliance toolsThis applies to E+C-, MPG/NMD, Klimatdeklaration and IMPACT modules | X | X | |
Clear data cardsConsistently displayed data key properties | X | X | X |
Download EPDs directly from the software | X | X | X |
PRIVATE DATA MANAGEMENT | |||
Request EPDs from manufacturers via One Click LCASee how it works here. | X | X | |
Send/receive private LCA dataTo/from One Click LCA users. | X | X | |
Create your own concrete mix designs | X | ||
Create your own construction assembly librariesSee how it works here. | X | ||
Import or input your private LCA data libraries | X | ||
MATERIAL/PRODUCT BENCHMARKING | |||
See product carbon intensity in different available units | X | X | X |
Basic material comparisonCompare individual products on a cradle to grave basis as part of design alternatives. | X | X | X |
Advanced material comparisonAd hoc material comparisons without having to create a range of designs. Compare any materials/products by their cradle to grave carbon impacts and costs. See how it works. | X | ||
Green material benchmarkBenchmark products within the same class from the same country, regionally and globally. See how it works here. | X | ||
ECO DESIGN & LCA MODELING FEATURES | |||
Carbon impacts shown for each material broken down by life-cycle stage | X | X | X |
Set carbon price or social cost of carbonSet company-specific carbon price & social cost of carbon. See how it works here. | X | X | |
Set transport & service life scenariosSee all LCA & LCC parameter setting here. | X | X | X |
Basic Materials Manufacturing LocalisationLocalisation based on the project location. See how it works here. | X | X | |
Set End of Life scenarios for the whole project | X | X | |
LCA CheckerSee how it works here. | X | X | X |
Advanced Materials Manufacturing LocalisationLocalisation adjustable for each material. See how it works here. | X | ||
See detailed calculation method for every rowSee how it works here. | X | ||
Specify End of Life scenarios for each material or EPDSee how it works here. | X | ||
Model preservation of an existing material in buildingDepending on the certification/compliance's scope of the assessment. | X | ||
RESULT VISUALISATION | |||
Summary and analysis chartsSummary charts: pie, bar, column, bubble charts & treemaps. Analysis charts: results by life-cycle stage and results by classification | X | X | X |
Sidebar results for immediate feedback | X | X | X |
Advanced graphsSankey, advanced treemaps, annualized, sunburst, stacked impacts for all impact categories by life-cycle stage. | X | ||
Customize graphs using your custom classifications | X | ||
SUPPORT & TRAINING | |||
Customer Support | X | X | |
Help articles | X | X | X |
Training | 1.5 hour online training | Advanced online training | |
ADD-ONS | |||
Carbon Designer | X | Available as add-on | Available as add-on |
Life Cycle Costing | Available as add-on | Available as add-on | |
Building Circularity | X | Available as add-on | Available as add-on |
Site Designer | Available as add-on | Available as add-on | |
Infrastructure Carbon & LCA | Available as add-on | Available as add-on | |
Custom API | Available as add-on | Available as add-on |
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