Solar Decathlon Challenge

Solar Decathlon Challenge

One Click LCA provides free licenses to teams who participate in the Solar Decathlon Build and Design challenges. For more information on the Solar Decathlon, please check the Solar Decathlon website.

What is included to the Solar Decathlon licenses?

  1. Life-cycle carbon tool specific for the Solar Decathlon challenge
  2. Building circularity tool
  3. Business & Expert license features

How to activate your project

Solar Decathlon Design Challenge 2021

License keys are provided to the participating teams. In order to access One Click LCA you will have to: 
  1. Register an account on the One Click LCA platform 
  2. Create a building project, and save this. (do not start a trial or planetary project).
After project creation you will have the option to fill in your license key, which will activate the project for the duration of the license.
This license is available starting from 15th of June 2020, for one year. You can reach out to the support team if you require a new license key.

Solar Decathlon Build Challenge 2020

Floating licenses are provided to the participating teams, which can have multiple users, with one user being able to access the license at the same time. In order to access these you will have to:
  1. Register an account on the One Click LCA platform
  2. Create a building project, and link this to your available license.
After project creation and linking, you will have access to the project for the duration of the license.
This license is available starting from 1st of June 2020, until 31st of May 2021. Your team leader can reach out to the support team in order to add additional users to the license. 

Solar Decathlon Design Challenge 2020

This competition has ended.
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