Upcoming Speaking Engagements
June 2011
International Society of Sustainability Professionals Continuing Education
LCA 101: This course meets on-line on Tuesdays (June 7, 14, 21, 28) at 1:00PM PST for 60-90 minutes.
This is an introductory course on life cycle assessment. Participants will learn the steps involved and complete a simple LCA in a business simulation using an Excel spreadsheet. This is a great introductory course for:
Sustainability professionals wondering if LCA would be a good field to get into.
Sustainability practitioners who may need to hire a firm to do a detailed LCA and need to know enough about the process to manage the project.
Sustainability professionals who need an introduction to LCA before taking the 'deep dive' into the certificattraining.
Previous Speaking Engagements
International Society of Sustainability Professionals Continuing Education
March 2011 - Workshop: Measuring Impact: Enterprise GHG Inventory and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment
Course description:
This course provided background, process and concrete tools for conducting a GHG inventory of a company and carbon footprint of a product.
The material presented included key context, policy trends, and emerging protocols overview, and the entire process, including:
- Selecting relevant protocols and data tools
- Setting boundaries for your inventory
- Data gathering
- Calculating emissions
- Estimating emissions sources with incomplete data
- Interpretation of results, and framing of major issues
- Final reporting writing and other dissemination
The course was broken up into four classes:
Cass 1: Overview, policy and regulatory update
Class 2: Company level GHG inventory, offsets and trading
Class 3: Product GHG footprint and certification
Class 4: Program management and practical tools
The course provided a foundation in the main technical issues so students can be ready to take on the task of a carbon GHG inventory or carbon footprint in a wide variety of circumstances.