|
|
|
Building the Sustainability Pathway!
|
|
|
|
| EarthShift Newsletter | November 2012 |
|
|
|
|
Greetings! 
Heading into the holiday season, we have a lot to be thankful for. Our Monthly Webinar Series launches this month on November 27. If you are interested in reducing the impact of your supply chain and product design processes, then you should attend this webinar. Click here to learn more.
Since many folks have budget dollars left at the end of the year, we've created and launched an End of Year Special Offer. Buy Service Credits now for up to a 25% discount, which are good for training and consulting services, and use them anytime before the end of 2013.
Speaking of Training, there are still a number of course offerings left in 2012:
Click here to see our full training calendar. And don't forget to visit our blog to learn the "7 1/2 Steps to an Effective LCA Training Program."
And for all you SimaPro users, we have some tips and tricks to share on the SimaPro multi-user release.
-- The EarthShift Team
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sign Up For Our November 27 Webinar on Sustainable Design and Supply Chain
On Tuesday, November 27, EarthShift will launch a monthly webinar series. Please join Chris Erickson, CEO of Climate Earth, and Jim Lochran of EarthShift at 1:30 EST for a free webinar:
"How to Make Smarter and More Sustainable Choices at Every Level In Your Company"
Here's what you'll learn:
1) How to quickly implement comprehensive management of the supply chain to systematically prioritize products for redesign
2) How to utilize a new set of design tools to take the mystery out of sustainable design
To sign up, click here.
Many companies are focused on measuring their supply chain and enterprise footprints. Others are focusing on bringing sustainable design into their product development group.
In this webinar, you will learn how the technologies involved in these processes are converging to create a cohesive approach to sustainability that helps companies make smarter choices, generate larger impact reductions faster, reduce costs, build their brand, and track results.
|
End of Year Special Offer: Buy Service Credits Now at a 25% Discount, Use Them in 2013
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, EarthShift is rolling out a special offer on our training and online consulting services.
Service Credits can be used now or in 2013 - whatever works with your schedule. Each service credit is equal to either one 3-hour online training class OR 3 hours of online consulting support.
|
EarthShift To Offer a Full Slate of Training Classes To End the Year - Sign Up Now for Intro to LCA and SimaPro!
Time is running out to sign up for the upcoming on-site Introduction to LCA and SimaPro class November 28-29 in Portsmouth, NH. This in-depth introductory course teaches the basics of life cycle assessment and is a great primer for those that are new to LCA but may want to become LCA practitioners. You'll become familiar with the SimaPro software and the ISO methodology that turns it into action. Click here to learn more.
If traveling is out of the question, we are also offering a number of other exciting online classes in early December. On December 4, we're offering Practical LCA in PackageSmart. This three-hour online course provides hands-on experience learning the PackageSmart software and reviewing the basics of life cycle assessment (covered in detail in our Introduction to LCA course).
On December 5 and 6, we're offering Applied LCA in SimaPro to provide hands-on experience learning the SimaPro software and reviewing the LCA basics.
And don't miss Communicating LCA Results on December 11 to learn to case a critical eye on an LCA report, then decide how best to communicate its results to your organization. Also on December 11: End of Life Beginning will teach you how to quickly and easily build life cycles and accurately represent the end of life of products in your LCA.
|
Important SimaPro Multi-User Session Release Updates
Disconnecting a User Session
Those of us who are SimaPro users who have been managing the multiuser version for many years may be lamenting that there is no longer a clear way to delete or disconnect a user session. Most of the time this isn't necessary, but sometimes a lost connection lets a session hang or a busy user forgets to log out at the end of the day. All is not lost! We can still delete a session as the manager by selecting the session and pressing "Shift-Delete". Please use this information responsibly!
Remote Desktop Screen Size
If you're using remote desktop to access your SimaPro, either single user or multiuser, you may be finding, like we at EarthShift did, that the screen doesn't fit well on your local monitor. Thanks to our partner Lattice Group, we've found a solution for this. It turns out that the size of the window is actually controlled by the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) application. When you first open RDC try clicking on the "Options" link and you will be given several options with several tabs at the top.
Click on the "Display" tab and you will have an option to choose the "Display Configuration." The slider tab will allow you to change the size of the RDC window. You should be able to choose any of the resolutions that are available to your desktop and the "Full screen" will take up the entire screen and use the native display resolution of your computer. After that click on "Connect" and it will go through the normal logon steps and hopefully be a better size for your local monitor.
If you have other questions about SimaPro, please don't hesitate to contact us.
|
 Dr. Kiyotada Hayashi To Present Improvements to the S-ROI Methodology at Ecobalance
Kiyotada Hayashi of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan will present on behalf of Lise Laurin a paper on Sustainability ROI and how the methodology has evolved, including the development of a new tool that is available in English and Japanese. The new tool utilizes social networking discussion form capability to capture the best data possible. If you're planning to attend the conference, don't forget to attend the presentation on Wednesday, November 21 at 3:50 p.m.
Click here to learn more about Sustainability ROI and our 3Pillars software solution that enables true triple bottom line decision-making.
|
Recommended Events and Conferences
There are a number of great sustainability-related conferences around the world that we attend - to network, stay engaged, and learn about the latest developments in the world of LCA, technology, and environmental management.
Here are some of the conferences we recommend:
|
|
|
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.
A Free One Month Demo
Click here to Start Now!
|
EarthSmart Software
Click here to learn how our Simplified LCA Tool can help your team drive innovation |
|
Ask the LCA Experts!
Have a question about Life Cycle Assessment methodology? Need some advice on an LCA you're working on now?
Click here to submit a question. Our team of sustainability experts will get back to you with an answer. And we might even publish it in our next newsletter!
|
|
Let Us Tell Your
Sustainability Story
Over the last decade EarthShift has worked on some interesting and enlightening projects and we have seen how the integration of LCA and Sustainability ROI has helped to positively shape and reform our client's business practices.
Your work towards sustainability is an encouragement to others.
If you have a sustainability story you would like to share,
please contact us.
|
|
LCA Training Certificate Program
Our multi-step LCA training certificate program is designed to couple LCA modeling skills with LCA interpretation and report writing skills, preparing you to become an LCA professional. |
|
| Upcoming Training Courses |
|
*indicates on-site class (all others are online)
|
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.
Introduction to LCA and SimaPro* (Portsmouth, NH) - November 28-29
To introduce students to SimaPro and teach the methodological details as standardized in the ISO 14040/14044 LCA methodology.
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.
Applied LCA in SimaPro - December 5-6
To introduce students to SimaPro and provide practical experience applying the LCA methodology as defined in ISO 14040/14044.
End of Life Beginning - December 11
To give students an understanding of how to correctly build and model product stages in the SimaPro LCA software.
Communicating LCA Results - December 11
3-hour course to prepare students to critique their internal LCA reports
|
|
| Contact Us!! | | EarthShift
802-434-3326
|
|
|
|
|
