Life Cycle Services
What is our environmental footprint and how can we most effectively reduce it? Franklin Associates, a division of ERG, specializes in life cycle research and life cycle assessment (LCA) to help clients answer these questions and improve the sustainability of their products, services, and systems. We pioneered the life cycle inventory (LCI) concept over 40 years ago and have stood at the forefront of this science ever since. Our experts have conducted hundreds of life cycle studies for public and private sector organizations. Based on this experience, we have accumulated an extensive private LCI database for North America, have contributed to the U.S. LCI Database since its inception, and support several federal agencies as a part of the Federal LCA Commons. These public and private databases contain information on the energy and material flows into and out of the environment for commonly used materials, products, and processes. They serve as key resources as we conduct state-of-the-art life cycle research and assessments for our clients.
Life Cycle Data Development
- Data gathering
- Tailored data collection forms
- Literature surveys
- Secondary data evaluation
- Telephone surveys
Life Cycle Inventory and Life Cycle Assessment
- Life cycle scoping
- Customized modeling
- Detailed inventory of flows
- Results analysis and interpretation
- Target areas for environmental improvement strategies
- Peer review services
- Life cycle training
- Multi-stakeholder project coordination
Integrated Life Cycle Assessment/Life Cycle Costing
- Combined analyses of environmental performance and costs
- Results by life cycle stage
- True system-wide cost
- Identification of cost and environmental performance trade-offs
Customized Life Cycle Models
- User-defined scenarios
- User-friendly interactive models
- Excel-based
- Secure Web-based
- Instant generation of environmental results tables and graphs
Life Cycle Communications
- Reports
- Interpretive graphics
- Presentations
- Training
- Support for development of life cycle assessment–related marketing materials
LCA Software Training
- U.S. training partner for openLCA software
- Onsite and remote training for business and educational use of openLCA