Recognition supports architects, engineers, consultants, and manufacturers in meeting embodied carbon and life-cycle assessment requirements under EN 15804:2013+A1 and EN 15804:2013+A2
Helsinki, Finland — September 24, 2025 — One Click LCA, the world’s largest life-cycle assessment (LCA) platform, has been officially approved by BRE as a recognised tool for BREEAM New Construction Version 7 assessments in the UK, and for international markets. The approval covers both EN 15804:2013+A1 and EN 15804:2013+A2 standards, which define how environmental product declarations (EPDs) and life-cycle assessments are performed across Europe.
This confirmation allows BREEAM assessors and project teams to confidently use One Click LCA to secure the maximum credits available under Mat 01: Building Life Cycle Assessment and Mat 02: Environmental Product Declarations, simplifying the submission process and eliminating manual effort.
“Project teams are under pressure to deliver accurate, compliant LCAs that meet the BREEAM V7 requirements without delaying projects. Our tool is designed to do the heavy lifting. With this official approval, you can automate your reporting, deliver all available BREEAM credits, and focus your time on improving project outcomes while providing your clients with the results they demand.”
- Panu Pasanen, CEO & Founder of One Click LCA
Buildings account for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions. With BREEAM V7 embedding life-cycle assessment at multiple design and construction stages, LCA has become a non-negotiable requirement for project certification.
By using One Click LCA’s approved BREEAM V7 module, sustainability professionals aligning to the standard can:
This approval provides certainty to project teams seeking consistent compliance in the UK and across international markets — reducing manual work, and allowing time to be spent on improving outcomes, while maximising credit achievement.
The BREEAM V7 update directly reflects broader regulatory shifts on the market, where the EN15804+A2 methodology is now mandatory for new EPDs for construction products and is tied to initiatives like the EU Taxonomy and the Construction Products Regulation.
This market-wide shift creates new demands across the value chain. Manufacturers face increasing pressure to provide third-party verified, A2-compliant EPDs. For designers, contractors, and consultants, it makes the use of a verified LCA tool essential for accurately measuring, benchmarking, and reporting embodied carbon to ensure project compliance and demonstrate market leadership.
“We’re delighted to recognise One Click LCA as the first LCA tool approved for use with BREEAM New Construction Version 7 and BREEAM UK Residential v6.1. Having trusted LCA tools ready from day one is a big step forward in helping our assessors deliver high-quality LCA and whole life carbon assessments. This recognition means BREEAM projects can use One Click LCA with confidence to meet the new Materials 01 criteria, supporting more consistent, reliable results and ultimately helping the industry cut embodied carbon and build a more sustainable future.”
- Tom Wilson, Head of BREEAM Development at BRE
One Click LCA is the world’s largest life-cycle assessment (LCA) platform, delivering impact, compliance, and growth in +170 countries. It brings together the in-depth modelling capabilities of SimaPro with the ease-of-use and scalability of One Click LCA. The platform includes the most comprehensive global LCA database, with +500,000 datasets, and serves customers across manufacturing, construction, infrastructure, chemicals, and consumer goods supply chains, among others. One Click LCA is committed to powering one-million makers of a zero-carbon future by 2035 for an impact at a planetary scale. Learn more at: oneclicklca.com
About BREEAM
BREEAM is the world’s leading sustainability assessment methodology for master planning projects, infrastructure and buildings. It recognises and reflects the value in higher performing assets across the built environment lifecycle, from new construction, through performance in operation, to refurbishment. BREEAM does this through third party certification of the assessment of an asset’s environmental, social and economic sustainability performance, using standards developed by BRE. This means BREEAM rated developments are more sustainable environments that enhance the well-being of the people who live and work in them, help protect natural resources and make for more attractive property investments. Learn more at www.breeam.com.
BREEAM Version 7 is the latest update to the BREEAM set of standards and focuses on whole-life carbon and energy across BREEAM’s three standards for buildings: BREEAM New Construction, Refurbishment and Fit-Out, and In-Use.
About Building Research Establishment (BRE)
BRE is a world leading, multi-disciplinary, building science centre with a mission to improve buildings and infrastructure, through cutting-edge research and knowledge generation. BRE maintains a range of products, services, standards and qualifications that are used around the world to bring about positive change in the built environment. Learn more at www.bregroup.com.
For additional information:
Laura Drury, Sustainability Communications
One Click LCA
+44 7725 837732
laura.drury@oneclicklca.com