Our LCA Expertise
We have deep expertise in advanced life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling in SimaPro LCA software and have performed innovative LCA studies for a myriad of product and technology categories in a wide range of industry sectors including healthcare, transportation, lighting, packaging, aviation, consumer products, food & agriculture, power, renewable energy, additive manufacturing (3D printing), advanced materials, electronics, sustainable manufacturing, and sustainable remediation. Moreover, having established and evolved many successful product sustainability programs, we have substantial experience converting LCA and other environmental insights into successful business strategies and outcomes.
LCA Studies (selected)
- LCA model and tool for evaluation of novel technologies for food production
- Comparison of paper-based vs. styrene based indoor signage
- Comparison of buy vs. re-manufacturing of desktop and laptop computers
- Additive vs. traditional manufacturing of aircraft engine fuel nozzle tip
- Biomass/coal gasification
- Biofuels (palm oil, switch grass, corn stover)
- Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine generator
- 1.6MW and 2.5MW onshore wind turbine generators
- CdTe thin film solar
- LED and halide roadway lighting
- Durathon vs. Li-ion vs. lead acid batteries
- Polypropylene vs. glass packaging for diagnostic imaging contrast agent
- Blood pressure cuffs
- Single-Use process technologies for biopharmaceutical manufacturing
- Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) / Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) systems
- Medical equipment: CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound, digital x-ray
- Medical anesthesia equipment and gases
- Gas/steam turbine/generator systems
- Aeroderivative power generation
- Jenbacher gas engine technology
- Economic input-output LCA of corporate supply chain
Professional Life Cycle Assessment Certification
- Angela Fisher – LCA Certified Professional #2015-104
- Bill Flanagan – LCA Certified Professional #2012-69
LCA Awards
- Corporate LCA Leadership Award (2017) – American Center for Life Cycle Assessment
- Lifetime Individual LCA Leadership Award (2014) – American Center for Life Cycle Assessment
- GE Extraordinary Performance Award (2012) – General Electric Global Research
Teaching (given)
- MFS 699: Product Life Cycle Assessment (full-semester graduate course): University of Kentucky, Fall 2018
- GE Technical University/GE BrilliantYou™: 7 self-paced learning modules on product sustainability & LCA
- GE EHS Learning: self-paced overview module on product sustainability & LCA
- GE Edison Engineering Program, annual course on LCA and Eco-Design (globally-deployed), 2010 – 2017
- Adjunct Faculty, Furman University – Corporate Sustainability (2010-present)
- Invited seminars at Bose, Merck, Amgen, Biogen Idec, PG&E, ExxonMobil, BP
- Guest-lectures at Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Kentucky, University at Albany School of Public Health, UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Colorado State University
- Short Course: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: An introduction and guide to success on the path to data-driven environmental sustainability, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, September 2012
Training (received)
- ISO Critical Review in LCA – Preparing Your Report and Navigating the Process (2015)
- Modeling Complex Disposal, Reuse and Recycling in LCA (2014)
- Interpretation in LCA (2014)
- Consequential LCA / SimaPro 8 (2013)
- Metrics Based Corporate Sustainability Management (2013)
- Water Footprinting & Life Cycle Impact Assessment (2012)
- Hybrid LCA (2012)
- Customizing an Impact Assessment Method in LCA (2012)
- Environmental Mechanisms & Impact Assessment Methods in LCA (2012)
- Consequential LCA (2011)
- New Frontiers in LCA (2011)
- Toxicity in LCA (USEtox) (2009)
- Custom Advanced Life Cycle Assessment Training (End of Life & Recycling) (2008)
- Communication in LCA (2009)
- Advanced SimaPro Training (2008)
- Introduction to LCA and SimaPro (2008)
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