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Building the Sustainability Pathway!
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| EarthShift Newsletter | May 2010 |
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 Greetings!
As the sustainability movement grows, the demand for LCA is increasing. Here at EarthShift our mission is to
empower you with the tools and knowledge to build robust sustainability initiatives. We will be at a variety of industry conference over the next two months, please join us if you can.
Chicago, IL for the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit
Washington, DC for the ISSST Conference
Denver, CO for the AIHce Conference
Scottsdale, AZ for the NLS Food Chain Summit
We also have several great classes coming up. Attend our classic two day Introduction to LCA in SimaPro course in Portsmouth, NH, or meet us online and learn about the major Impact Assessment Methods or how to Model Recycling.
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 SimaPro 7.2 update release
Below is a layout of some of the additions you get with the latest SimaPro update. To find out more or to renew your service contract contact us!
Functionality: 1. Exclude long-term emissions: A new option has been added in the calculation setup that lets you exclude "long-term" emissions. 2. Button that shows only top processes in network analysis of product-stages, i.e., it will generate a network showing all product stages plus the first layer of underlying processes. 3. Compulsary backup upon "import SimaPro Database" Wizards 1. A wizard for Carbon footprinting has been added: "The PAS2050 Wizard is designed to help you with iplementing some of the specific rules in the standard. The Wizard calculates the carbon storage effect and the delayed emissions effect." Database additions, updates: USLCI , ecoinvent 2.1, Dutch I/O 95 Added Methods: ReCiPe and GHG Protocol method |
Don't miss this years Sustainable Manufacturing Summit on May 11 & 12 in Chicago where EarthShift Director, Melissa Hamilton, will chair an expert discussion panel on:
- What information do you need to track the total environmental footprint of a product?
- How can you determine which impacts are the most relevant for a given product?
- How can you choose which footprinting/LCA methodology to go with before investing?
- How can you determine the boundaries of lifecycle footprinting?
- What is the future of product footprinting and labelling - are we moving towards one global methodology?
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 ISSST Conference
If you have been following our newsletters then you are aware of the Total Cost Assessment project evaluating two types of Biofuel productions in which EarthShift founder, Lise Laurin recently facilitated in Japan. Lise will present this case study on Tuesday May 18th at the ISSST 2010 conference in Washigton, DC. |
 AIHce conference 2010 |
NLS Food Chain Summit
EarthShift will be attending and exhibiting at this years Food Chain Summit in Scottsdale, AZ this June 8 & 9. The Summit is the the ideal peer-to-peer networking environment for Top Level Executives in Supply Chain, Distribution, Manufacturing and many other related fields within the food industry. |
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Impact Assessment Methods- Which one to use?
Are you not quite sure how to choose the best method to evaluate your impacts? Or would you just like to know more about of the most widely used methods? Maybe it's time for you to create your own method that directly addresses your organizations areas of concern?
EarthShift has you covered with our Impact Assessment Methods course on June 1 and our Creating Impact Assessment Methods online course on July 27. |
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 Recycling in SimaPro - May 24 & 25
Have you ever thought about the life-cycle of a product that is made from recycled material? What about the life-cycle of a product that is recycled at the end of life? When you really think about modeling recycling it can make your head spin. For instance if you are building a product made from recycled materials should you account for the impacts of the raw materials extracted in a prior life? Or if your product is going to be recycled at its end of life, do you account for the impacts to refurbish your product in its next life? And if you are using recycled materials and also planning to recycle your product at its end of life, is it correct to ignore the prior life's raw material impacts and the future life's waste impacts? Where do the boundaries lie? How do you allocate for these issues?
This course, Recycling in SimaPro, will go over the methods used for recycling scenarios as well as how and why to use them. |
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May's Ask EarthShift- What's new in
SimaPro 7.2
Log on to this month's Ask EarthShift meeting to find out about the latest update to SimaPro and to ask questions about any of the new features.
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SimaPro LCA software
SimaPro is a tool to collect, analyze and monitor the environmental performance of products and services.
Drill down and get to the source with SimaPro
- Transparent Unit Process Data
- Process, Input/Output and Hybrid LCA's
- Complete Networks
- Hotspot Analysis
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Custom Tool Development
Get your own environmental impact calculator with:
- Easy to use & Simplified Interface
- Comprehensive Data & Calculation ability
- ISO Compliant Reporting Features
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| Upcoming Training Courses... |
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Applied LCA in SimaPro - May 17 & 18
Online course to introduce Life Cycle Assessment Methodology and the SimaPro LCA software.
LCA for the Building Industry- May 11
3hr course to introduce the steps of an LCA, how it applies to the building industry and how to use three tools, SimaPro, Athena's Eco-calculator and Athena's Impact Estimator.
Intro to LCA in SimaPro onsite- May 26 & 27
Our classic two-day in-depth introduction to LCA and SimaPro.
Recycling- May 25 & 26
2 part/ 5 hr course on building recycling scenarios in SimaPro.
Impact Assessment Methods- June 1
3 hr course on the major IAM's in SimaPro and how to choose the best method.
Beyond Building Green- June 15
2 hr course on the scientific principles that dictate how a building performs over it's lifetime.
ReCiPe Method- June 17
1.5 hr course to introduce you to the new ReCiPe impact assessment method.
LCA for Decision Makers Seminar- June 17
2 hr seminar to introduce organizations to the process and benefits of using LCA as the cornerstone of their sustainability claims.
Intro to LCA - June 22
2.5 hr introductory course to the methods of LCA.
Parameters- June 29 |
2 hr course on building parametrized models in SimaPro to quickly compare results under different scenarios.
Creating Impact Assessment Methods- July 27
3hr online course on creating your own IAM.
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