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Building the Sustainability Pathway!
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| EarthShift Newsletter | November 2010 |
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 Greetings!
Are you aware that EarthShift is part of a worldwide network of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability experts called the PRe Partner network? For eleven years EarthShift has collaborated with these experts to help our clients integrate their sustainability initiatives with global colleagues and partners. Over the next few months, we would like to introduce you to some of our network partners.This month learn about PRe Consultants, the founders of the worldwide network.
Our glo bal partners meet annually, and at this years meeting in Italy, our Australian partner shared a video called The Secret Life of Things. A U-tube animated story of a cell phone that creatively explains Life Cycle Assessment. Titled Life-Pscycle-ology; we thought you might enjoy watching: www.thesecretlifeofthings.com
Take action to advance your LCA knowledge:
- Harnoor Daliwahl will teach her popular Impact Assessment Methods course one more time this year, November 30th, before she leaves for her wedding in India. Join her and learn how to select relevant indicators to evaluate the environmental performance of your products. Congratulations Harnoor!
- Our 2011 course schedule, which will include on-site LCA trainings in Seattle, will be posted by the end of November so you can begin to make plans for advancing your LCA knowledge in 2011.
- Find out more about the use of LCA for the Building Industry by visiting us at the Greenbuild conference and enter a raffle for a chance to win a free copy of The Home Energy Diet written by Paul Scheckel.
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 Worldwide PRe Partner Network
PRe Consultants are specialists in the field of life cycle thinking and life cycle management, having developed the world's leading life cycle software SimaPro, which is now being used by industries, consultancies, universities and research institutes in over 80 countries. The purpose of PRe is to make a positive change in the world by providing the tools, the knowledge and the network, to help decision-making for sustainable policies, products and services. With the globalization of supply chains, came the need for worlwide data and support. The Global Network was built as a response to that demand, providing the ability to collect data and provide consulting services and training all over the world.
PRe Consultants and its global network of partners offers consultancy, tools and training, combining theory and the practical use of the life cycle methods with the software.
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Impact Assessment Methods Course
Are you wondering exactly how a LCA evaluates your product's or service's environmental impacts? Are you curious what the impact category called "ecotoxicity" really means? Or the environmental impacts called "acidification" and "eutrophication"? Ever wonder why one impact assessment method says ecotoxicity is your biggest concern and another says land use is? This course delves into the science behind the evaluation of the effect any one emission has on the environment. We will demystify how impact assessment methods are modeled and the calculations are made. After taking this course you will understand impact assessment jargon and be able to choose the most robust method for your LCA studies.
Sign up now for the November 30th course. |
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Would you like a free pass to the Greenbuild Expo?
EarthShift along with our Partner, Shelter Analytics, will be exhibiting at the Greenbuild conference this year in Chicago, IL on Nov. 16-18. If you are interested in attending we can provide you with a free pass to come and visit with us. Plus, when you drop by our booth you can enter for a chance to win a free copy of The Home Energy Diet written by Paul Scheckel. |
 LCA for the Building Industry
EarthShift has teamed with Athena Sustainable Materials Institute on a course to teach building industry professionals how and why to use LCA.
This course will teach participants to use Athena's EcoCalculator and Impact Estimator, LCA tools which are used by industry professionals and both the LEED and Green Globes certification programs. Find out more! |
| Upcoming Training Courses... |
LCA for the Building Industry- November 10, December 1 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
- December 2 & 3 Our classic two-day in-depth introduction to LCA and SimaPro. Recyling in SimaPro- December 7 & 8 5hr/ 2 part course on the methods used for modeling recycling in SimaPro ReCiPe Method- December 9 1hr course on understanding the new ReCiPe method, only $75 *indicates on-site class (all others are online)
Our 2011 course schedule will be posted by December 1, 2010.
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New PackageSmart Software
Watch this video to find out about a tool specifically built for packaging designers to be able to easily evaluate the impacts of multiple packaging options. |
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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
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