Standards supported in One Click LCA
Which LCA standards does One Click LCA support for whole building LCA?
Our whole building life cycle assessment tools for European markets are based on the EN 15978 standard. The EN 15978 standard is in line with the ISO 14040/44 standard, which means that any EN standard-based tools are also compliant with ISO 14040/44.
Our whole building life cycle assessment tools for North American markets are compliant with ISO 14040/44.
The tool is also third-party verified for EN 15978, ISO 21931–1, ISO 21929–1 and for input data for ISO 14040/44 and EN 15804 standards. Please find the verification report in the attachments ('360optimi-verification-ITB-Certificate' can be found at the bottom of the page).
Our building product EPD tools are based on EN 15804 standard. This EN standard is also in line with the ISO 14040/44 standard, which means that calculations done using this tool are also compliant with ISO 14040/44.
The tool is also verified against EN 15804. Please find the verification report in the attachments ('One-Click-LCA-certificate-of-compliancy-with-ISO-and-EN-standards1').
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