Additional Resources
Click on the following links for additional information.
The Federal Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Commons is an inter-agency initiative to coordinate LCA research and programmatic activities across federal agencies. The Federal LCA Commons provides data repositories with free, available LCA process data. These data products are intended to be used in Life Cycle Assessment studies and do not require a login or an account.
This website provides information on Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) in defense acquisition and includes sustainability analysis resources.
This toolkit provides LCA guidance and tools for carbon utilization projects.
This website provides the complete listing of tools developed by the GHG Protocol for developing inventories of GHG emissions.
This website provides Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) sustainability tools. These include tools covering life cycle assessment, energy efficiency, material management, and other topics.
The ACLCA is a nonprofit membership organization providing education, awareness, advocacy, and communications to build capacity and knowledge of environmental LCA. ACLCA membership consists of industry, academia, government, consulting, and non-governmental organizations.
This link provides guidance on Product Category Rules (PCRs)—sets of rules that guide Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). EPDs are used to communicate the potential environmental impacts of products and processes and inform procurement decisions. The PCR Guidance document is free to download.
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.
