One Click LCA Partners With Bentley To power the makers of a zero-carbon future
One Click LCA
One Click LCA and Bentley have joined forces to help infrastructure professionals meet ambitious sustainability goals, particularly on climate action, carbon disclosure, and decarbonization.
As infrastructure digital twins are becoming an essential enabler of carbon transparency and disclosure, integrating One Click LCA tools with the Bentley iTwin platform was a natural step for both companies.
Innovating sustainability software
One Click LCA is a global leader in lifecycle assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for construction supply chain—and, following its recent acquisition of SimaPro, for additional industries as well.
The platform helps reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and infrastructure projects, benchmark low-carbon products, generate product EPDs, and create corporate greenhouse gas reports. With the world’s largest construction-sector database, coverage of more than 140 standards, certifications and methods, and users in over 170 countries, One Click LCA combines scale with credibility.
“Our mission is to power the makers of a zero-carbon future. We decided to partner with Bentley to do that better by integrating with Bentley to automate and accelerate the lifecycle assessment for infrastructure.” said Panu Pasanen, CEO & Founder, One Click LCA.
One Click LCA supports decarbonizing infrastructure throughout the entire lifecycle of projects, from target setting, baselining, optioneering, design, and procurement of materials.
Decarbonization insights from design to procurement and construction
Integrated workflows calculate material volume and quantities automatically, inputting precise data within the solution and eliminating any need for estimations or spreadsheet management. Then, all it takes is one click to generate a highly accurate carbon report for all lifecycle stages.
OneClick LCA Material Compass allows users to compare supply options based on material carbon and sustainability impacts — by bringing all the relevant data like suppliers, factory locations, emission factors, and benchmarks together.
Let’s take, for example procurement, one of the most powerful levers for decarbonization. Procurement decisions are often complex, data-heavy, and time-consuming. The integration of One Click LCA into the Bentley iTwin platform is complemented by One Click LCA’s Material Compass tool that allows users to compare supply options based on material carbon and sustainability impacts by bringing together all the relevant data, such as suppliers, factory locations, emission factors and benchmarks.
For example, aggregates are a material with high transport impact due to their large volumes. With One Click LCA, users can instantly compare local suppliers, weighing not just cost but also transport-related emissions and material impacts. Users gain instant insights, supporting both cost efficiency and carbon reduction.
Sustainable carbon decisions powered by AI—built into your workflow
The integration with Bentley’s iTwin platform unlocks seamless workflows. Material quantities from 3D models can now be automatically processed, matched to environmental impact data, and converted into near real-time carbon and lifecycle assessment results.
AI-assisted tools make it easier to identify carbon hotspots, explore mitigation options, and compare scenarios, as well as alternative suppliers, all within the project environment.
The Bentley iTwin platform is particularly well-suited for this process. Its 3D modeling capabilities provide the precise material quantities needed to drive accurate calculations, with One Click LCA providing the supplier specific environmental impact data to ensure accuracy of environmental impacts.
Unlocking the world's largest construction LCA database
Behind this capability lies One Click LCA’s extensive data library. With more than half a million verified datasets, it is the most comprehensive and consistently classified construction LCA database in the world. One Click LCA updates the database continuously to ensure new products are available.
From rigorous verification to ready-to-use datasets, the platform ensures users have access to the most accurate and up-to-date information.
Ensuring carbon reporting compliance and data quality
Another major benefit is the streamlined adoption of standards and regulations, such as those issued by RICS, ISCA, GRESB, or Envision, giving stakeholders greater confidence. Even when applied voluntarily, standards provide credibility, transparency, and rigor—qualities that are critical for infrastructure projects. While automation simplifies workflows, the reliability of outputs ultimately depends on the quality of the data and the standards built into the solution. Standards help make low-carbon practices the new normal. And when digital solutions make it simple to apply these standards, the transition is already well underway.
In essence, the partnership tackles two of the most persistent challenges in the sector:
- Collecting reliable data like material quantities for carbon calculations, a process that is typically lengthy and complex.
- Applying the right emission factors and calculation methods and reporting in line with recognized standards, to ensure calculations hold up to scrutiny.
Joining the Bentley Ecosystem Catalog to raise awareness
The integration between Bentley and One Click LCA went live in 2024. With the launch of the Bentley Ecosystem Catalog, a new opportunity has opened to spread awareness of its benefits across the Bentley user community. By accessing the catalog, Bentley users can take advantage of consistent tools and faster, easier processes that directly support the decarbonization of their projects.
