Universities - Coursework Licenses for Universities – One Click LCA Help Centre

Educational licenses for coursework: Universities can purchase One Click LCA software for the use in coursework. Once the license is created, a tutor manages the license. The tutor will have a license key that will be given out to the students. With this license key, you can start one new project on the university license. Each project is licensed for 1 or 2 semesters. It is possible to start a new project but no data transition from one project to another is possible.

What does the coursework license include?

This depends on what the university has purchased but generally, it is:

The EN-15978 Building LCA tool which allows you to perform a whole building LCA.
Business features (including all import options)

Students are not allowed to contact customer support. Questions go through your tutor.

We do not provide BIM tools. However, Autodesk Revit offers a free student license and Simplebim also offers a free trial. Both BIM tools have One Click LCA integrations. You can find how to download and use integrations here: One Click LCA BIM integrations.

How do you get access to a coursework license?

Your university will need to have purchased a license
You will need to register an account on the One Click LCA platform
You will need to create a project (the type depends on what your university has purchased)
You will need to activate your project

Step 1. Your university will have to purchase a coursework license

In order to use One Click LCA for coursework or research, a license will need to be purchased first.

Licenses for educational purposes and research are available at a discounted rate. You can request a quote for a coursework or research license here: Request a quote for an educational license

Step 2. Register an account on the One Click LCA platform

If your university has a license you will need to register your own account. Please use your educational email address for this so that your tutor can recognize you easily.

Navigate to our website and create an account on the One Click LCA platform. Do not forget to activate your account by clicking the link in your inbox. You can also register an account by clicking this link

Step 3. Create the right type of project

Depending on what license your university holds on the One Click LCA platform, create the correct type of project by selecting '+Add'. It may say you do not have a license, however this does not restrict project creation.

Fill in all the required information, and click 'Save'.

Most commonly this is a 'Building', 'Infrastructure', or 'Organization' project.
Once you have created a project and filled in the needed information, click on 'Save'. Make sure you do not start a trial or planetary project.

Step 4. Activate your project with your provided key

Your tutor will have a license key which he or she will share with you.

Once you create a project, you will be able to input a license key.
Activating this project will ensure you can start with your calculations and the tutor will have access to your project. After activation you can access the project for 1 or 2 semesters, depending on the agreement.

Clicking on enter license key opens the field in which the key can be input.

Make sure you do not start a trial or a planetary project.

The license keys which are provided have limited validity. In case you do not activate your project on time and have an expired license key, your tutor will be able to provide you with a new key.

Start using One Click LCA!

Follow the guidance for EN-15978 tool, which also provides you with a reporting template. The guidance material can be found in the Customer Support Center and direct link can be found next to the tool icon:

You can find more guidance on the tool here as well: Building LCA according to EN 15978

Important notice

Students using the coursework educational license do not have access to email support!

All guidance is available in the Customer Support Center. Coursework educational license allows only the main user to use email support and customer kick-off training can be purchased additionally.