The Living Product Challenge Tools #1 The Footprint Calculator Webinar will take place on September 22nd online via WebEx at 9:00 am. The Living Product Challenge (LPC) includes several imperatives that call on companies to first understand the footprint of their product – identifying the processes that are the main contributors to the product’s overall footprint. These imperatives then go on to require that the manufacturer establish a plan for reducing the product’s footprint and creating handprints that ultimately exceed the product’s remaining footprint.
One way to achieve the required footprint-related assessments is by using the Footprint Calculator tool provided by the Institute. The Footprint Calculator combines the open source LCA software “OpenLCA” together with an open, input/output database for LCA called “OpenIO”. It enables companies to generate rapid yet comprehensive assessments of the footprints that their products’ life cycles generate. It enables users to address a comprehensive set of impact categories, including climate change, water consumption, human health impacts, ecosystem impacts, and more.
This webinar will show attendees how to download, install, and use the Footprint Calculator to address the LPC imperatives for which it relates. This workshop is one in a series of five workshops regarding the Living Product Challenge. For more information on the full series please visit: Living Product Challenge Workshops Series.
Learning objectives: Be able to explain and calculate a product footprint; Be able to explain and identify the “hot spot” processes which make the largest contribution to a product’s footprint; Understand the nature of input/output life cycle inventory databases; Know how to obtain, install, and use the Footprint Calculator tool.
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