Consulting in Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
Consulting in Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
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Life Cycle Strategies Pty Ltd is a consulting company which undertakes life cycle assessment research, consulting and training. LCS is also the Australian and New Zealand Competence Centre for SimaPro LCA Software developed by Pre Consultants in the Netherlands. Life Cycle Strategies aims to work with companies and individuals to assist them in implementing life cycle projects both big and small. LCA works best when expects within the field or sector being studied are involved rather than being undertaken by LCA experts with little specific knowledge of the sector.
Typical services offered by LCS include:
· A head around a table: assisting in a workshop, project design or decision process without provision of specific documented outcomes.
· Streamlined LCA: A streamlined LCA comparing different products across their life cycle with some documentation of assumptions and results. Generally not suitable for public disclosure without further work but provides the client with the information needed to commission a public disclosure LCA or make internal decisions of design or material selection.
· Full LCA: A fully documented LCA comparing options with detailed data collection on the main elements of the study and detailed interpretation of the results. Output of this would be suitable for environmental product declaration process.
· LCA tool: A specialised software tool developed for ongoing assessment of common product or service systems. This could be paper-based, spreadsheet-based or developed within SimaPro LCA software with a user-friendly wizards interface.
· Peer Review: For either formal LCA requirements against the international standards, or as a support person throughout your LCA.
· Specialised Training: For in house training on SimaPro use or the application or development of Life Cycle Assessment
· Greenhouse Friendly LCA: For companies applying for the Australian Greenhouse Friendly Program - LCS can undertake the LCA, or better still work with you to undertake the LCA. LCS is not a verifier for Greenhouse Friendly program.
Life Cycle Strategies is the consulting company for Tim Grant, and undertakes work in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and related areas.
Tim Grant is:
 | Director of Life Cycle Strategies |
| Assistant Director at the Centre for Design at RMIT University |
| Adjunct Research Fellow at CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research. |
| President of Australian LCA Society (ALCAS) |
Tim has 10 years’ experience working in LCA. Prior to this, he worked in waste management consulting, and hands on process engineering research at CSIRO and Comalco Ltd.
Tim’s LCA work has been in applications, development and training in Australia and Asia. In the area of LCA application work, he has managed and undertaken the major research for the following projects:
· Developing life cycle data inventories for Australian building and packaging materials as part of the National Inventory Data Project funded by four State EPAs, Environment Australia, and the CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control. This project was undertaken with the Centre for Water and Waste Technology (CWWT) at University of New South Wales (1998).
· LCA of Alternative Fuels for Heavy Vehicles and other transport related projects for the Australian Greenhouse Office. This work was undertaken with CSIRO and has been important in guiding transport fuels policy over the past three years (2002).
· Development of a Biofuels Calculator for the GGAP proposals for the Australian Greenhouse Office (2003).
· Assessment of Waste Management Options for Victoria for EcoRecycle Victoria. This project was undertaken with Nolan ITU consultants and focused on organics waste treatment technologies, particularly with respect to the greenhouse impacts (2003).
· Assessment of Paper and Packaging Recovery and Recycling for EcoRecycle Victoria and for the New South Wales EPA (2001).
· Developing ecological footprint questionnaires and conversion factors for the Victorian EPA Ecological Footprint Pilot Project. This project brought together significant data on greenhouse impacts for consumption of goods and services in homes, offices and schools (2003).
· LCA of coating and sealant products for Dulux Australia. This project included assessment of different paint products, sealants and powder coating (2003).
· LCA of water tank production and use for Yarra Valley Water. This study compared options for a small tank installation in the Melbourne context (2003).
· LCA of railway sleeper options for NSW Rail Corporation. This study examined the life cycle impacts of different material systems for railway support (2000).
· LCA of Aluminium products and recovery for the Australian Aluminium Council.(2000)
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CSIRO |
| Brisbane City Council |
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Melbourne City Council |
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Yarra Valley Water |
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Australian Greenhouse Office |
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Renewtek |
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Hyder Consulting |
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Origin energy |
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Apelbaum Consulting |
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Sydney Buses |
Contact LCS
2 Allowah Terrace, Richmond 3121, Victoria Australia.
Mobile 61 (0) 417 388 658
Facsimile 61 (0) 3 9427 7621
Telephone 61 (0) 3 9427 7492
email tim@lifecycles.com.au
Life Cycle Strategies Pty Ltd
ACN 105 463 858
Consulting in Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
Director: Tim Grant