Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Measuring sustainability from concept to continuation โ for new designs, existing operations, and complex, largeโscale infrastructures.
What LCA Measures
LCA quantifies environmental impacts across the entire life cycleโfrom raw material extraction to end-of-lifeโfor products, processes, and systems.
Integrated with Process Engineering Support
We embed LCA into engineering design and decision-making to deliver data-driven insight and actionable sustainability strategies.
Our Offerings
End-to-end LCA services and tools โ integrated with process engineering support.
Full Life Cycle Assessments (LCA)
ISO 14040/44โcompliant cradle-to-grave and cradle-to-gate studies for any product or system.
Process & Product Carbon Footprinting
Quantitative greenhouse gas and impact analysis across all life-cycle stages, including EPD development.
Tier 2 & Tier 3 Emissions Accounting
Supply-chain and use-phase impact modeling for broader Scope 3 integration โ indirect emissions across the value chain.
Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis
Evaluate environmental trade-offs of technologies and supply-chain configurations.
Grant & Reporting Support
Documentation and modeling support for 45V, 45Q, IRA, and LPO programs.
Third-Party LCA Review & Verification
Independent reviews for compliance, grants, and publication readiness.
Publications
Most of our project work is proprietary and remains confidential to protect client interests. The following publications are publicly available.
Preliminary Life Cycle Assessment of a Net-zero Power Plant Co-fired with Waste Coal and Biomass
Utilizing Life Cycle Assessment to Design a Novel Carbon-Negative Power Plant in Appalachia, USA
Using Iterative Life Cycle Assessment to Support the Design of a Novel Carbon-Negative Power Plant
Our Team
Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment
Kat Sale
Principal Life Cycle Assessment Engineer
Kat is a chemical engineer who focuses on life cycle analysis and techno-economic assessment.
She supports projects by better characterizing point-source emissions and direct-air carbon capture technology.
Caleb Geissler
Research Engineer
Caleb is a research engineer working on simulating carbon dioxide removal and industrial decarbonization systems at Carbon Solutions LLC. During his PhD, Caleb developed optimization models to study bioenergy systems with carbon capture and storage at local and national scales, industrial electrification, and applied optimization techniques to designing a cropland to balance profit and environmental objectives.
Webinar
Watch our recent webinar on integrating LCA into a carbon-negative power plant design.
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Featured Projects
Life cycle assessment services have been applied across multiple projects to quantify environmental impacts, evaluate process efficiencies, and support data-driven decision-making.
- and Pre-FEED/FEED Studies, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Infrastructure Planning, COโ Capture and Co-Benefit Assessment, COโ Storage Screening and Assessment, ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐๐๐แดพแดฟแดผ, Direct Air Capture (DAC) Siting and Modeling, Feasibility Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐, Pipeline Routing, ๐๐๐โ๐แดพแดฟแดผ, ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐แดพแดฟแดผ
Have a project in mind?
Letโs explore how LCA can guide decision-making across products, processes, and large-scale systems in operation.
Client testimonials
Collaborating with the very knowledgeable Carbon Solutions team members was a pleasure. They have been very responsive and helpful in assisting with use of their state-of-the-art modeling tools for CO2 pipeline sizing, costing, and routing, as well as with preliminary suitability screening of potential CO2 storage reservoirs.
Arya Gunawan, Cecelia Isaac, and Eric Larsonโ
