Templates
This page includes guidance on incorporating life cycle assessment results in the final report and a data template for developing a life cycle inventory.
June 2024
This guidance document provides guidance to principal investigators on discussing their Life Cycle Assessment approach and results within their final reports.
July 2023
This Microsoft Excel sheet provides a data collection template that shows PIs how to develop a life cycle inventory, apply characterization factors to estimate environmental life cycle impacts, and generate life cycle cost estimates.
Using the Sustainability Analysis Toolkit:
The following toolkit pages provide the various resources for PIs conducting Sustainability Analyses:
Includes specific guidance documents on performing sustainability-related assessments for SERDP/ESTCP PIs and other subject-specific materials (e.g., greenhouse gas accounting, incorporating PFAS characterization). PIs will also find the link to the DoD Sustainability Analysis Guidance.
Includes previous short courses on performing a Sustainability Analysis, in addition to other resource videos.
Provides a report template and data collection template that shows PIs how to develop a life cycle inventory and determine life cycle impacts.
Includes useful tools for conducting a Sustainability Analysis (such as the Defense Input-Output database) and a description of other available software and datasets.
Provides examples of previous SERDP/ESTCP-funded Sustainability Analyses.
Contains website links to other federal programs and external resources related to sustainability, life cycle assessment, and life cycle costing.
Contains answers to the most frequently asked questions about Sustainability Analysis.
