Environmental Mechanisms and Impact Assessment Methods - August 22
To give students hands-on experience building a custom impact assessment method in SimaPro.
Practical LCA in PackageSmart - August 23
This is a three hour online course providing hands-on experience learning the PackageSmart software and reviewing the basics of life cycle assessment
Introduction to LCA - September 4
To introduce students to the concept of life cycle thinking, and the ISO standard methodology for conducting a LCA.
End of Life Advanced - September 5
ake this in-depth course to learn the how to represent the end of life of products in your LCA. This course will give you hands on experience in SimaPro by building a Life Cycle of an ink jet cartridge and using this example to model end of life scenarios.
Environmental Mechanisms and Impact Assessment Methods - September 6
To explain the methodology for how environmental impacts are evaluated in a life cycle assessment (LCA) and to provide the basic knowledge required for interpreting LCA results.
Communicating LCA Results - September 11
3-hour course to prepare students to critique their internal LCA reports
Parameters - September 12
To give students hands-on experience developing and using parameters in the SimaPro LCA software.
Modeling Recycling in LCA - September 17-18
To give students an understanding of the procedures/methods being used to best allocate for different recycling scenarios.
Ecoinvent 3 - Unleashing the Power - September 18
Environmental Mechanisms and Impact Assessment Methods - September 19
To explain the methodology for how environmental impacts are evaluated in a life cycle assessment (LCA) and to provide the basic knowledge required for interpreting LCA results.
Applied LCA in SimaPro - October 2-3
This is a two part, six hour online providing hands-on experience learning the SimaPro software and reviewing the basics of life cycle assessment (covered in our Introduction to LCA course).
Environmental Mechanisms and Impact Assessment Methods - October 3
To explain the methodology for how environmental impacts are evaluated in LCA and to provide the basic knowledge required for interpreting LCA results.
Preparing Your Report for Critical Review - October 4
To prepare students to critique their corporate LCA reports. To demonstrate to participants how to promote their findings with persuasive LCA reports that follow ISO 14040/14044 requirements for transparent, fair, complete and accurate reporting.
Costing and Social Impacts - October 9
To give students an understanding of how to calculate, analyze and implement their social, environmental, and financial impacts using the SimaPro LCA software.
Practical LCA in PackageSmart - October 16
To introduce students to PackageSmart and provide practical experience applying the LCA methodology as defined in ISO 14040/14044.
Introduction to LCA and SimaPro* (Seattle, WA) - October 23-24
To introduce students to SimaPro and teach the methodological details as standardized in the ISO 14040/14044 LCA methodology.
End of Life Beginning - October 30
To give students an understanding of how to correctly build and model product stages in the SimaPro LCA software.
Water Footprint and Water Use Assessment* (Portsmouth, NH) - October 30-31
To provide participants with the knowledge to perform a water footprint based on Life Cycle Thinking.
ecoinvent3: Unleashing the Power - November 1
ISO Compliant Report Writing* (Portsmouth, NH) - November 7
To explain and demonstrate how to fairly, completely and accurately report LCA results to both internal and external audiences. To prepare students to write an LCA report for critical review.
Incorporating LCA Into Your Package Design Workshop* (Portsmouth, NH) - November 13
Introduction to LCA - November 15
To introduce students to the concept of life cycle thinking, and the ISO standard methodology for conducting a LCA.
Impact Assessment Methods - November 27
To explain the methodology for how environmental impacts are evaluated in a life cycle assessment (LCA) and to provide the basic knowledge required for interpreting LCA results.
Customizing an Impact Assessment Method - November 29
To give students hands-on experience building a custom impact assessment method in SimaPro.
Practical LCA in PackageSmart - December 4
To introduce students to PackageSmart and provide practical experience applying the LCA methodology as defined in ISO 14040/14044.
Communicating LCA Results - December 11
3-hour course to prepare students to critique their internal LCA reports
Join EarthShift at the Upcoming LCA XII Conference
