Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome to the course!

  • 02

    One Click LCA

    • Introduction to One Click LCA
  • 03

    Rhino Integration for One Click LCA

    • Installing the plugin

    • LCA Azuna House - Starting File

    • Pre-processing of 3d model

    • Mapping materials to the 3d model

    • Running LCA in the Cloud

    • Defining Building Area

    • Checking results

    • Optimizing material choices

    • Allocation for building services

    • Running LCA in Rhino: More improvement potentials and comparison to Carbon Benchmarks
  • 04

    Grasshopper Integration for One Click LCA

    • Approach to parametric LCA

    • LCA Slab System - Starting File

    • Local model - Introduction to the Grasshopper Plugin

    • Visualization of Results

    • Carbon Footprint Optimization with One Click LCA, Galapagos and Karamba3d

    • LCA Residential Building - Starting File

    • Global model - LCA assumptions in the early design stages

    • Simple parametric assemblies

    • Complex parametric assemblies and the power of User Objects

    • Complex LCA Profiles

    • Troubleshooting - Dealing with errors

    • Connection to Ladybug for integrated LCA and Daylight Analysis