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Eileen Ekstrom is the sole technical assessor for ANSI Pilot Program on EPDs

Eileen Ekstrom, Director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., was selected as the sole technical assessor in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) pilot program on Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). This summer and fall, she will be assessing the six, industry-leading, program

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Eileen Ekstrom now trained in ISO/IEC 17065

Eileen Ekstrom, director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., added another standard to her knowledge base – the ISO/IEC 17065 standard on Conformity Assessment – Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes, and services. Eileen attended the ANSI ISO/IEC 17065 Training Workshop in

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ANSI working with Ecosystem Analytics Inc. on new pilot programs

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), leader in accreditation programs of certification organizations and U.S. representative to the ISO, is working with Ecosystem Analytics Inc. on the launch of ANSI’s new pilot programs on Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

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Eileen Ekstrom attended ANSI Annual Assessor Training

Eileen Ekstrom, director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., attended the 2014 ANSI Annual Assessor Training Conference in Baltimore, MD between January 21 and January 23. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a non-profit founded in 1918, is the sole U.S. representative

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Eileen Ekstrom now an ACLCA Life Cycle Assessment Certified Professional

Eileen Ekstrom, director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., recently became a Life Cycle Assessment Certified Professional (LCACP).This certification program, run by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) since 2008, consists of standards for educational and professional background, successfully passing

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Ecosystem Analytics Inc. presenting at LCAXII

Eileen Ekstrom, director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., will be presenting at the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment LCAXII Conference, the leading LCA conference in the U.S., in Tacoma, Washington Sept. 25 through Sept. 27, 2012. She is presenting the

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Ah-choo! LCA can help determine whether to use paper or cloth in cold season

Conventional wisdom holds that evaluating the waste produced or end-of-life disposal of a product is the main determinant of whether it is “green” or not. Reusable — green, disposable — not green. However, to get a proper assessment of the

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