Green Material Benchmarks

With Green Material Benchmarks, finding sustainable materials for your project is easier than ever.

Green Material Benchmarks help you make sustainable choices by comparing the environmental impact of different materials in the One Click LCA database. Think of it like a ranking system for how "green" each material is within its category (e.g., insulation, glass wool).

 

Here's how it works:

1. Emission Level Filter: Quickly identify the most sustainable options! Materials are grouped from "Very Low" (dark green) to "Very High" (dark red) based on their emissions. Use the CO2e filter to find the best performers. When searching for materials, you'll see these "carbon clouds" next to each item, making it easy to spot eco-friendly choices.

Use the 'C02e' filter to find the best-performing materials in the classic interface

Visible carbon clouds in the search results section in the classic interface

2. Detailed Benchmark Information: If you want to dive deeper, you can...

• Open the data card by clicking on the question mark next to its name, to see its detailed ranking within its material group in the Environmental Profile section. This helps you understand exactly how each material stacks up against the competition.

Detailed information showing the ranking in the classic interface

• If you click on “See full ranking” a separate window with more details pops up. Here, you can see a bar chart that compares the chosen material to resources of the same group from the same country, from neighbouring countries as well as all available resources. 

Example of benchmark data

• In the table below this diagram, you can select which threshold from which region should act as a benchmark. Materials performing worse than this are excluded from the chart. Thereafter, you can choose to see the list of products that don't exceed the limitation you set. 

Example for list of products

3. Results Section: In your project results, you'll see the top 25 materials contributing the most to your environmental impact. Need to make a swap? Click "Show sustainable alternatives" to instantly see better options and access their detailed rankings.

Top 25 contributing materials (GWP)

 

Quickly get some recommendations on better-performing materials.