The Science of
Sustainable Performance

News
FHWA Sustainable Pavement Technical Working Group recently held a meeting at UC Davis to discuss the role of LCA in defining quantified environmental performance metrics. We will be developing a reference guide over the next 30 months.

LEED 2012 Credits for LCA Certified Products, and Whole Building Assessment are part of the proposed new credit language. Read more here

Welcome

Interested in quantified environmental performance of products, services or policies?

We are.

We quantify environmental performance based on life cycle assessment approaches. We focus on creative ways to make things work better and more effectively, and more importantly, make the right choices with no hidden trade-offs.

LCA in Building Decree in the Netherlands as of January of 2013 all new construction has to be evaluated on its carbon footprint. We developed the database that is going to be used by different building models.

Core competences
Our core competences relate to services in:
● Life Cycle Assessment LCA
● Sustainability assessments
● Carbon footprinting, GHG protocol. PAS 2050
● Eco-labeling, EPD
● Training and education
● PCR and standard development
● Strategic consulting
● LEED evaluations and positioning of your product

Clients
We provide services to clients ranging from manufacturers to governments both local and global and have done so for more than 12 years.
● PepsiCo Ltd.
● Shell Global Solutions
● Michigan DOT
● Eastman Chemical Company
● Hasbro
● Meadows Foundation
● SGS Global
● Sustainable Minds
● Armstrong
● PE Americas
more...

Joining ACLCA
In our efforts to advance a level playing field for owner-based environmental performance statements we are committed to advance coordination and efforts in methodology, database and PCR development by joining efforts by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment.

We develop the future
We are proud members of several committees to advance the science of quantified, harmonized, objective environmental performance. We actively help ASTM and USGBC to forward their ambitions and goals.

Our office
Our commitment to sustainability shows up in how we work. An example is that we use on-site solar panels and wind power from the grid. We only buy energy star rated equipment and have used less than 500 prints and copies per year. We are almost fully digital. Small steps, but they all add up.

Featured client
Eastman Chemical Company develops Perennial Wood™ that is based on domestic pine but has the durability of tropical wood Read more

A new material is introduced to the US market. We our proud to be able to help the team to integrate the science of LCA into their R&D and innovation and the positioning of the product in comparative LCA and the LEED rating system operated by USGBC.

Featured download
ILCD Handbook on LCA  General Guidelines for Life Cycle Assessment - Detailed Guidance, first edition March 2010. A publication from the European Commission through the Joint Research Center as the basis for LCA related research and policy: LCA Handbook