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EarthShift
provides both online and on-site training
in Life Cycle Assessment, Total Cost Assessment, Carbon
Footprinting, Building Science and for the tools that we provide
such as SimaPro and TCAce™.
Plus, we are always happy to customize and schedule a course to suit the
particular needs of the attendees. Please email
us with any questions or requests.
Courses include:
Online
Courses
All
online classes are either two hours or three hours long with a 15 min.
break.
Cost:
$500 a session unless otherwise noted (Three or more attendees from an
organization receive a 10% discount).
To
register send us a copy of our completed registration
form.
Online
classes will be confirmed via email when minimum enrollment has been
met. Once confirmed, participants will be responsible
for payment. If participants need to cancel after the class is confirmed
they may make-up the class at later date.
For full class descriptions -click on the name of the course below
| Intro
to LCA 2.5 hr introductory course to methods of LCA |
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1:00 pm EST |
| Applied
LCA in SimaPro (2 part 6hr class) For those new to LCA and SimaPro who have never used SimaPro |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Carbon Footprinting |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| End
of Life- Advanced 3 hr course on advanced modeling of end of life, recycling, etc |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Impact
Assessment Methods 3 hr course on the major IAM's in SimaPro and how to choose your best method |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Creating
Impact Assessment Methods 3hr course on creating your own IAM |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Parameters 2hr course on building parameters in SimaPro |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Costing
& Social Impact 3hr course on how to model costing and social impacts in SimaPro |
|
9:00 am EST |
| LCA
for Decision Makers 2 hr seminar to introduce organizations to the process and benefits of using LCA as the cornerstone of their sustainabilty claims |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Recycling
in SimaPro 2 part course- 1st session/2hr, 2nd session/3hr on building recycling scenarios in SimaPro, $850 |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| ReCiPe
method 1.5hr course to introduce you to the new ReCiPe Impact Assessment Method, only $75 |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| Beyond
Building Green 2 hr course on the scientific principles that dictate how a building performs over it's lifetime, $375 |
|
1:00 pm EST |
| LCA
for the Building Industry 3hr course to introduce the steps of an LCA, how it applies to the building industry and how to use three tools, SimaPro, Athena's Eco-calculator and Athena's Impact Estimator |
|
1:00 pm EST |
Courses in YELLOW require that the student has completed one LCA project using the SimaPro software.
Courses in GREEN require that the student has previously taken the Applied LCA in SimaPro courses or the Intro to LCA/SimaPro on-site course or conducted projects to the equivalent.
On-site
Courses
In
person trainings are 1-2 days, usually from 9am - 5pm EST.
They are held in Portsmouth, NH and cost $1250 per day (unless otherwise
noted). Sign up a month ahead of time and pay only $1000.
*Classes will be canceled two weeks prior if there is a lack of registered
participants.*
Contact us for more details on group pricing or cutomized classes.
To register please complete our registration
form.
| Life
Cycle Assessment (1 Day) 1 day in-depth look at LCA and how and why it is used |
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| Intro
to LCA in SimaPro (2 Days) intensive training course on the LCA methodology and using SimaPro. Our most required course! |
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| Advanced
SimaPro- Modeling 1 day course including: End of Life, Parameters, Recycling and Costing & Social Impacts *see course descriptions for each subject's online course above* |
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| Advanced
SimaPro- Interpretation 1 day course including: Impact Assessment Methods, Creating IAMs, sensitivity and uncertainty *see course descriptions for each subject's online course above* |
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| Total
Cost Assessment(1st day) & TCAce(2nd Day) 1 day course on the Total Cost Assessment methodology with optional 2nd day on using the TCAce tool |
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| Design
for Environment 2 day course on designing environmentally and socially conscience products based on life cycle thinking |
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| Toxicity
in LCA:working with USEtox 1 day course on the theory behind IAMs on toxicity (USEtox prerequisite reading). Read more about USEtox.. |
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| Umberto Training |
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Courses in GREEN require that the student has previously taken the Applied LCA in SimaPro courses or the Intro to LCA/SimaPro on-site course or conducted projects to the equivalent.
If
you don't see what you're looking for contact
us! We frequently add classes to accomodate our clients' schedules
and needs.
In addition to our training, we are also offering a monthly half-hour Ask EarthShift online session. This is a good chance to ask those "how to" questions or to listen in on others questions or suggestions. It would also be a great way establish an LCA/SimaPro user group.
The session is open to the first 15 participants to log on. To join-click on the date you are joining at the time of the meeting.
Ask EarthShift Meetings:
Jan 22 @ 1pm EST (Topic: US-EI SimaPro database)
Feb 8 @ 1pm EST (Topic: using LCA for EPD's, eco-labeling, & marketing)
March 15 @ 1pm EST (Topic: Total Cost Assessment)
April 19 @ 1pm EST (Topic: Critical Review)
May 17 @ 1pm EST (Topic: What's new in SimaPro 7.2)
Feel free to email us with any questions regarding training.
Brian Hilton, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, RIT
EarthShift 830 Taft Road · Huntington, VT 05462 · Ph: 802-434-3326· Fax: 802-329-2214
