A startup called Sustainable Minds has created LCA software to make life cycle assessment results more accessible. The director of sustainability services at Sustainable Minds provides organizational strategy, marketing content, consulting projects, and training. A electronics manufacturer set a goal to be one of the greenest companies by implementing sustainable practices. An investigation of product development and manufacturing identified common green tools and compared competitors' sustainability practices. A study of mobile phone life cycles found that recycled plastic housings and packaging reduced impacts by 50-90% but reducing power consumption was most effective at lowering equivalent CO2 emissions. The use phase had greater environmental impacts than other phases.

1. LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING AND
SUSTAINABILITY

2. kalepa
tech
Sustainability
Consulting and Strategy
DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES
SUSTAINABLE MINDS
Sustainable Minds, a Web-based Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Software, designed to make
screening LCA results accessible and understandable for the non-LCA expert. As a startup,
Sustainable Minds runs a lean organization with key
players serving multiple functions within the organization.
I provide the following:
 Organizational strategy for sales and marketing
 Fill managerial roles
 Generate content for web, training and marketing
 Write articles
 Business development
 Frame and implement
consulting projects
 provided content and
 Develop and deliver training
 Participate in speaking
engagements.

3. kalepa
tech
Sustainability
Consulting and Strategy
ELECTRONICS EVALUATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
A top manufacturer of electronic devices set a goal to become one of the greenest technology
companies in the world by proactively implementing green and sustainable practices. This
project investigated practices for product development and manufacturing cycles.
This effort focused on information gathering and investigation to define
common practices and tools for product development and
manufacturing cycles.
During this I completed the following activities:
 Develop preliminary mechanical parameters for
material substitutions
 Preliminary single screening LCA to compare
Alternatives for a selected subsystems.
 Investigation and comparison of sustainable and
green practices of competitors.
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tech
Sustainability
Consulting and Strategy
MOBILE PHONE DESIGN STRATEGY
This case study examines ecological impacts and equivalent CO2 emissions for mobile phone
components, assemblies and life cycle phases to determine if 'eco-friendly' practices offer
impact reductions. While ‘eco-friendly’ practices offer reductions in ecological impacts, they do
not significantly reduce equivalent CO2 emissions relative to phones not marketed as ‘eco-
friendly’. Furthermore, it appears the most effective ‘eco-friendly’ practice is to reduce power
consumption.
Significant Results:
 recycled plastic housings reduces ecological impacts up to 50%
 recycling offers 66% reduction in ecological impacts
 Recycled packaging and instructions scenarios result in more
than 90% reductions in
equivalent CO2 emissions
 use-phase ecological
impacts and equivalent
CO2 emissions overshadow
all others.

5. kalepa
tech
Sustainability
Consulting and Strategy
LIQUID VS. BAR SOAP – ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARISON
100% Palm Oil
100% Animal Fat
100% Coconut Oil
50% Palm / 50% Coconut
50% Palm / 50% Animal
Figure 1 – Mid-point comparison of bar soap recipes
Waste
Manufacturing
Transport
Packaging
Figure 6 – Damage assessment for liquid soap manufacturing phases.
Many everyday choices offer opportunities to make small improvements in personal
sustainability while involving no additional effort or cost to implement. One such everyday
product consumers interact with multiple times a day is soap used for handwashing. The
following study takes a closer look at the environmental performance two types of hand soap
alternatives – bar soap and liquid soap.
Significant finding from this study:
 The ecological intensity of the liquid
soap ingredients is higher due to
larger volumes.
 ‘Best choice’ of product is largely
dependent on the user’s interaction
with the product.
 It is less about the product used and
more about the amount of warm water
used.

6. kalepa
tech
Sustainability
Consulting and Strategy
WELCOME TO OUT OF THE BOTTLE
A NEW TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD APOTHECARY
ONE
Provide quality beauty products by sourcing the finest ingredients,
environmentally progressive brands and repurposed materials.
TWO
Minimize our impact on the environment through the practices of
restoration, respect, reduction, reuse and recovery or the 5 R’s outlined
by o2 International Network for Sustainable Design.
OUR MISSION – TWO SIMPLE GOALS
R1 – RESTORE
Through collaboration with
supplier, we are dedicated to
restoring the environment
by sourcing products and
ingredients that are
sustainably harvested or
encourage environmental
regeneration
R2 - RESPECT
From the source of our
ingredients to the hands of
our customers and
everyone in-between, we
strive to ensure the well-
being of every person who
touches our products.
R3 – REDUCE
With the cooperation of our
ingredient and brand
suppliers, we aim to
minimize the superfluous
materials that enter our
store so that we can supply
our customers with only
what they use – quality
beauty products.
R4 – REUSE
Along with minimizing,
materials used are
repurposed and recycled
whether through
coordinating with our
suppliers or our customers,
we are dedicated to using
materials to the maximum
of their life.
R5 – RECOVER
For us, Recycling isn’t just
about taking back material
and using it again, it is
about returning material
back to nature. When
disposables are needed,
we source these materials
to be biodegradable.
5 R’s - OUR PHILOSOPHY
STEP INSIDE AND SEE HOW WE DO IT     

7. kalepa
tech
Sustainability
Consulting and Strategy
POST CYCLE COMMUTER COMPANY CONCEPT
USING WASTE TO CREATE BIOGAS ELECTRICITY