One Click LCA Planetary - Free Embodied Carbon Tool

Planetary by One Click LCA empowers individuals to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings worldwide. Now accessible everywhere, this tool streamlines the decarbonisation process, making sustainable development achievable for all.

How Can I Access Planetary?

Register An Account & Login

You should create a One Click LCA account with your business email: Account Registration

One Click LCA user accounts are also used for One Click LCA Planetary.

Creating Your Planetary Project

Choose “Building” as the type of project you wish to create from the list and fill in the setup information for it.

 

Fill in basic info about your project

Insert info about your project location and type, but refrain from linking a commercial license (if you have access to one). This info can be edited later if necessary.

 

Once the details have been filled in and the project is created, choose the 'Use One Click LCA Planetary' option:

You will be able to create your designs following the same steps as commercial One Click LCA users: Creating Designs

Every design can be modified, copied, deleted, locked and hidden. You can do those actions by clicking on the design name.

 

Creating more projects

All following projects can be created by simply clicking the '+ Add' button on the One Click LCA main page, and following the same steps as above.

What Can I Do With One Click LCA Planetary?

Start and Input Data into Your Design

Much of the basic functionality of your Planetary project is the same as a commercial One Click LCA building project, however access to our extensive database and commercial features are limited. The following articles from our Project Basics & Material section can be used to guide you through your design interface guidance:

• Finding Construction Materials
• How To Use The Building Material Filters
• Using and Reading Data Cards
• Selecting the Transport Mode and Distance

Changing a Resource (Replace and Split)

The Replace and Split functions are available to Planetary users. Further full guidance on this feature can be found in our related guidance: Replace or Split Material Choices

Setting Your Building Area

Similarly, you can find guidance on how to set the building area of your design here: Building Area

Navigate the Results Page

Guidance on navigating the results page can be found here: Navigate the Results Page

Have a Question?

Support and guidance from our Customer Success team is not included with Planetary, however, please post to our One Click LCA Planetary Community Forum

FAQ

I Have a Commercial License Can I Use Planetary?

Yes, One Click LCA Planetary is available to all users with a One Click LCA account, however, commercial versions remain the most advanced building LCA software on the market

How Is One Click LCA Planetary Different From Other Existing Solutions?

The fundamental differences between One Click LCA Planetary and other tools are the following:

1. It is a planetary solution: available in nine languages, with a global database. This makes it suitable, for example, for global investors or other global organisations.
2. It provides both materials efficiency and embodied carbon metrics at once, not just carbon.
3. It provides global generic (average) impact database as well as a global EPD database. All data in the software has undergone a rigorous verification and qualification process.
4. It provides a library of assemblies for modelling complex structures easily.
5. In Planetary there is only local data depending on the project location you have selected.

In addition, it is built on One Click LCA, the world's #1 building LCA platform, which allows users who need more capabilities to easily extend the solutions at their disposal

Does One Click LCA Planetary have a BIM integration?

The free One Click LCA Planetary does not provide BIM integrations. Those are available in paid One Click LCA Business and higher packages.