Guidance Documents
This page includes specific guidance documents for performing life cycle-related assessments for SERDP and ESTCP PIs and other subject-specific materials.
June 2020
This Department of Defense guidance document provides guidance for combining Life Cycle Costing (LCC) estimates with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in accordance with Section 2.2.6 of the DoD Systems Engineering Guidebook. Navigate to the DoD Sustainability Analysis Guidance on the DoD Environment, Safety & Occupational Health Network and Information Exchange (DENIX) page.
June 2024
This SERDP ESTCP guidance document provides guidance to PIs on ways to incorporate LCA considerations into their funded project based on the project’s technology readiness level.
June 2024
This SERDP ESTCP guidance document provides guidance on incorporating characterization factors that further consider ecotoxicological and environmental fate and transport impacts of PFAS into LCA.
Using the LCA Toolkit:
The following toolkit pages provide the various resources for PIs conducting Life Cycle Assessments:
Includes specific guidance documents on performing life cycle-related assessments for SERDP and ESTCP PIs and other subject-specific materials. PIs will also find the link to DoD life cycle-related assessment guidance.
Includes previous short courses on performing a life cycle-related assessments and 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 tools for conducting a life cycle-related assessments (such as the Defense Input-Output database) and a description of available software and datasets.
Provides examples of previous SERDP/ESTCP-funded life cycle-related assessments.
Provides website links to other federal programs and external resources related to life cycle-related assessments.
Contains answers to the most frequently asked questions about life cycle-related assessment.
