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June 2, 2025
9:45AM - 10:45AM
The Role of Life Cycle Assessments in Understanding Systems-Level Sustainability
Rachel Meidl, LP.D., MEPM, M.Ed, CHMM, Rice University
Galveston Island Convention Center: Harbor Room
Sustainability is a life cycle balancing act across the three vectors of environment, society, and economy. Achieving sustainability requires a systems-level approach that considers a broad array of factors across these vectors, which spans into global supply chains, and assesses how they interact. To more precisely understand the sustainability profiles of energy technologies or advanced materials, for example, and to uncover potential risks, uncertainties, and unintended consequences, it is vital that life cycle assessments are consistently employed.
