Release Notes July 2023

What's New in One Click LCA's July 2023 Release?

You can find an overview of the release notes below. To read more details about the July release, you can download the PDF file from the attachment at the bottom of this article. 

Building & Infrastructure LCA

• NEW! Tool to calculate Life Cycle Cost for Infrastructure projects
• NEW! Feature to download all EPDs used in a design
• Update to Life Cycle Carbon, Global tool to support EPDs with EN1804+A2 data

Early Design & Eco Design

• Japan region in Carbon Designer 3D available in more building LCA tools

Product LCA & EPD Software

• Download EPD result tables as Excel files

Building & Infrastructure LCA

• A new tool for Life Cycle Cost (LCC) calculations is now available for infrastructure projects. You can find our guidance about this new tool here. 
• A new feature is now available to easily download all EPDs used in a design. This is automatically included with all expert-level licenses. Follow this link to read about this feature. 
• A newer version of the 'Life Cycle Carbon, Global' tool is now available with support for EPDs based on the new European standard EN15804+A2. Those with this tool in their subscription automatically have the newer version as well. 
• Updated results summary in the QNG tool, to comply with the reporting requirements of the scheme. 
• 89 new One Click LCA generic datapoints were created, and 800 new EPDs have been added.
• You can now use the One Click LCA plugin with Tekla Structures 23. 

Early Design & Eco Design

• Japan region and related data are now available in Carbon Designer 3D for many more tools. This new region developed in cooperation with Sumitomo reflects local seismic conditions and current construction practices. The region has now been enabled for multiple tools, including “LCA for LEED, Int´l (CML)”, “Level(s) life-cycle carbon (EN15804 +A1/+A2)”, “Life Cycle Carbon – Global”, “Net Zero Carbon tool” and more.

Product LCA & EPD Software

• Download EPD result tables as Excel files to easily export data to EPD program operator. You can now use a new feature to download all result tables as Excel files. This is particularly useful when you are exporting data to certain program operators, such as PEP ecopassport. This feature is now available with all One Click LCA EPD generator tools.
• Add EPD datapoints to Use & Customer End of Life stages. We have introduced the ability to easily add EPD datapoints across all relevant modules. 

Download the full release notes in PDF format

Please download the attachment below to view the full release notes in PDF format.