# Features and Ideas **URL:** https://community.realtimelca.com/c/features-and-ideas/9.md [Latest](https://community.realtimelca.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.realtimelca.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.realtimelca.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Features and Ideas category](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/about-the-features-and-ideas-category/16)
**Author:** [@martinromby](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/martinromby)\ **Replies:** 0
Share ideas and features with the developer team. Votes are welcome! --- ## [Change lifetime of elements in construction](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/change-lifetime-of-elements-in-construction/497)
**Author:** [@ELA](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/ELA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/change-lifetime-of-elements-in-construction/497 "2026-10-06T06:23:13Z")
Hello I was just working and wanted to change the lifetime of a couple of elements in a construction. This is not possible to do. You currently have to delete the element and add it again, adding the same amount of mate… --- ## [Feature request: Hotspot for materials](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-hotspot-for-materials/495)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-hotspot-for-materials/495 "2026-09-18T11:30:58Z")
Hi team Today RTLCA features 2 graphs for hotspot analysis - by type and by material. However the by Material is actually what I would call by Material Category. Could you add a third graph for the specifically used… --- ## [Accumulated GWP for dynamic LCA calculations](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/accumulated-gwp-for-dynamic-lca-calculations/271)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/accumulated-gwp-for-dynamic-lca-calculations/271 "2026-03-24T08:14:27Z")
Hi team In Denmark we are starting to look at dynamic LCAs. To calculate a dynamic LCA, you need to know the accumulated GWP for each year over the calculation timeline (50 years in Denmark). It is already possible … --- ## [The future requirements for renovation](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/the-future-requirements-for-renovation/445)
**Author:** [@ELA](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/ELA)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/the-future-requirements-for-renovation/445 "2026-03-23T14:44:19Z")
Hello developers and community! During a meeting among sustainability managers in my company, we discussed the future requirements for LCA calculations for renovation projects. We know that you are already developing f… --- ## [Search for partial part of word](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/search-for-partial-part-of-word/252)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/search-for-partial-part-of-word/252 "2026-03-06T09:26:49Z")
Hi guys I’ve noticed, that it isn’t possible to search for part of a word, if that part isn’t the front of the word. So if I search beton, I won’t find Fabriksbeton C45/55 Would it be possible to adjust the search … --- ## [Feature request: EPD input method](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-epd-input-method/206)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-epd-input-method/206 "2026-03-04T10:23:17Z")
Hi team! Here is another request, this time concerning layout. When adding an EPD to the database, you are presented with a million life cycle indicators, which are bundled per phase. My I suggest changing the layou… --- ## [Sorting in mapping view](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/sorting-in-mapping-view/425)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/sorting-in-mapping-view/425 "2026-02-20T12:38:31Z")
Hi team Types were previously sorted according to the Revit categories. But now, you can only sort according to the type name. It would be great to sort according to categories again :grin::folded\_hands: Maybe having bo… --- ## [Admin table to manage projects and employee access](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/admin-table-to-manage-projects-and-employee-access/415)
**Author:** [@johan](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/johan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/admin-table-to-manage-projects-and-employee-access/415 "2026-01-28T07:16:14Z")
Add a central admin table that shows all projects and allows admins to manage project ownership and employee access in one place. Currently, projects are tied to individual users without a clear, centralized overview. W… --- ## [Missing ability to automate quantities of custom added materials](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/missing-ability-to-automate-quantities-of-custom-added-materials/68)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/missing-ability-to-automate-quantities-of-custom-added-materials/68 "2026-01-19T10:45:03Z")
I would like to have ability to use = (equal) “another material” quantities. In example below I need to add Paint and Putty over gypsum boards. Quantities of paint+putty (m²) would always equal gypsum boards (m²). Obv… --- ## [Add C3 and C4 phases](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/add-c3-and-c4-phases/336)
**Author:** [@Lukas\_Hejl](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Lukas_Hejl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/add-c3-and-c4-phases/336 "2025-07-14T09:05:55Z")
When a material is misssing the C3 or C4 phase it is not possible to add it manually to the material. Which basically means the material is unuseful.. --- ## [Slow refresh rate](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/slow-refresh-rate/312)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/slow-refresh-rate/312 "2025-05-15T09:16:20Z")
Hi team RTLCA I have noticed that RTLCA re-calculates the total CO2-emissions every time a material is mapped. So the software has two steps at the moment Assign the mapped material to the type Re-calculated GWPtot T… --- ## [Description/comment on materials/types](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/description-comment-on-materials-types/245)
**Author:** [@JakobKlinkwort](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/JakobKlinkwort)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/description-comment-on-materials-types/245 "2025-02-04T12:34:08Z")
Hi We have made a LCA calculation on a project because we can understand the result made from an external consultant. In that process we have added question and comments for a lot of constructions and material. Is it po… --- ## [Feature request: Project overview for organisation](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-project-overview-for-organisation/239)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-project-overview-for-organisation/239 "2025-01-27T09:15:19Z")
Hi team RTLCA We have a few feature requests. These features are nice to have, not need to have. Just to say that there might be other features that should be placed higher on your priority list :wink: Feature 1: Overv… --- ## [Feature request: Phase A5 - Waste](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-phase-a5-waste/205)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/feature-request-phase-a5-waste/205 "2024-12-20T10:26:54Z")
Hi Team Thank you for your good work! I’m now working on a project that is gonna be under the new danish CO2-regulation from 2025, which includes A4-A5. In regards to Waste I can see that it’s possible to enter a wa… --- ## [Compare materials](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/compare-materials/107)
**Author:** [@NBS](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/NBS)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/compare-materials/107 "2024-12-20T09:54:24Z")
Could you add a button for deselecting one of the materials at a time instead of only being able to deselect all of them? And could you add a “Total” for the GWP? Right now I either have to add the numbers manually or I… --- ## [Conversion of non-convertible units in Construction](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/conversion-of-non-convertible-units-in-construction/208)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/conversion-of-non-convertible-units-in-construction/208 "2024-12-20T09:40:04Z")
I want to be able to convert “non-convertible” material units. For example I have a product EPD in kg (note: no density info). My quantities are in m³. I want to make a construction using product EPD with kg and speci… --- ## [Reuse button feature](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/reuse-button-feature/183)
**Author:** [@Magda](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Magda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/reuse-button-feature/183 "2024-11-14T08:32:30Z")
Hello Wev’e just started using RealTime LCA in our studio and we are discussing the Reuse button feature. We work a lot with existing buildings and we are trying to figure out how to include them in our LCAs. We are wo… --- ## [Compare function in kg but different unit amount](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/compare-function-in-kg-but-different-unit-amount/149)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/compare-function-in-kg-but-different-unit-amount/149 "2024-10-03T09:31:45Z")
Compare function is confusing, when comparing in Kilograms. I have one material with 1kg unit, another material with 1000kg unit. However they are blended together in comparison chart: --- ## [Missing EPDs - general topic](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/missing-epds-general-topic/71)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/missing-epds-general-topic/71 "2024-10-02T08:57:20Z")
Hello, I am going to use this topic to inform about missing EPDs. --- ## [Material data type - Generic/Industry/Product](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/material-data-type-generic-industry-product/153)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/material-data-type-generic-industry-product/153 "2024-10-01T18:22:02Z")
It would be nice to know which materials use which EPD data. So a suggestion to add another column in Project Breakdown. AND/OR Under Material Mapping filters --- ## [Drilldown possibility for Data type](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/drilldown-possibility-for-data-type/152)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/drilldown-possibility-for-data-type/152 "2024-09-30T11:13:23Z")
Would be nice to be able to click and explore which materials are under different data types: --- ## [Request: Add buffer to calculation](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/request-add-buffer-to-calculation/143)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/request-add-buffer-to-calculation/143 "2024-09-28T00:24:20Z")
Hi guys I have another “nice-to-have” feature request. In the earlier project stages, our 3D models lack a lot of information. To account for the lower level of detail, most practitioners add a buffer to the results. I … --- ## [Mapping for report (Danish standard)](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/mapping-for-report-danish-standard/98)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/mapping-for-report-danish-standard/98 "2024-09-23T13:41:04Z")
Currently existing workflow of mapping materials with BIMTypeCode in Revit to get RTLCA danish report - doesn’t work. We are unable to map (groups of) materials in Revit, unless we change the way we work in Revit - but … --- ## [View information in branch](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/view-information-in-branch/137)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/view-information-in-branch/137 "2024-09-08T13:56:26Z")
Hi team I have another feature request, which would lighten the process for us users significantly. Right now, you need to click on each material to see the underlying data. It would be very useful, if this data was… --- ## [Data export for custom user purposes](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/data-export-for-custom-user-purposes/134)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/data-export-for-custom-user-purposes/134 "2024-09-02T12:59:10Z")
Would it be possible to have ability for data export for all “Constructions”, similar way to the current feature “LCA documentation report”. The problem is that current report does not include non classified materials. … --- ## [Change Building Component Inventory according to mapped construction](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/change-building-component-inventory-according-to-mapped-construction/128)
**Author:** [@MarkLabrosse](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/MarkLabrosse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/change-building-component-inventory-according-to-mapped-construction/128 "2024-08-28T13:17:16Z")
Hi community I’m currently testing out the construction mapping feature. I can see that there is a useful interior wall in the construction library with steel joists, 2x2 layers of gypsum and paint. This was usef… --- ## [Auto Mapping from model](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/auto-mapping-from-model/109)
**Author:** [@NBS](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/NBS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/auto-mapping-from-model/109 "2024-07-05T08:33:09Z")
Can you add an option to Map from another Model in the same project? I am working in two different models in the same project, and many of the constructions and materials are the same, so it would be nice to have an opt… --- ## [A picture of the construction](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/a-picture-of-the-construction/108)
**Author:** [@NBS](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/NBS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/a-picture-of-the-construction/108 "2024-07-03T13:17:36Z")
Can a picture be inserted of the construction that has been built? It will give a better overview of layers and the construction of inhomogeneous layers. --- ## [Pie chart - more colors](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/pie-chart-more-colors/72)
**Author:** [@Julian3000](https://community.realtimelca.com/u/Julian3000)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.realtimelca.com/t/pie-chart-more-colors/72 "2024-05-31T14:32:08Z")
Can we get more colors? Each model should have its own color. [Next page](https://community.realtimelca.com/c/features-and-ideas/9.md?page=1)