REBE FERALDI

Proficient LCA Consultant & Data Curator thrives setting up and maintaining project databases, training users and supporting pivotal process improvements to LCA analysis systems and software. First-rate LCA Consultant with 19 years in environmental science and 12 years of LCA experience offering outstanding support to public and private clients of various levels. Exceptional skills and knowledge in SimaPro, GaBi, and openLCA LCA software and databases and subject matter expert on public LCA data. Well-versed knowledge of up-to-date labeling practices, tools and databases, and relevant standards and government policies.

• NREL (2018-2021). USLCI Data Submission Guidelines – Guidance Document for Preparing & Publishing data with the USLCI. Published and maintained on the USLCI GitHub Support Content site: https://github.com/uslci-admin/uslci-content.
• NREL (2019). US Federal LCA Data Commons: Coordination Report: LCA within DOE EERE Programs, Current Status of the Federal LCA Commons, & Opportunities to Support DOE EERE Goals & Objectives.
• Feraldi (2018). Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Biomimicry Re-Design Amalgam: Challenge-to-Biology (C2B) Office Papers Case Study.
• EPA (2016). Life Cycle Assessment of Cookstove Fuels in India and China, Office of Research & Development, NRMRL, EPA/600/R-15/325|April 2016.
• IFCO (2016). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) and Display and Non-Display Ready Corrugated Containers Used for Fresh Produce Applications, Performed for IFCO Corporation by Franklin Associates, A Division of ERG, June 2013, Updated 2016.
• OECD (2014). Nanotechnology and Tyres: Greening Industry and Transport, Chapter 4: Environmental impacts in the context of life cycle assessment, Published on July 18, 2014.
• Franklin Associates (2014). Impacts of Plastics Packaging on Life Cycle Energy Consumption & Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States and Canada: Substitution Analysis, Prepared for The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) by Franklin Associates, A Division of ERG, January 2014. http://plastics.americanchemistry.com/Education-Resources/Publications/Impact-of-Plastics-Packaging.pdf and http://use-less-stuff.com/2014-research/KC142527-Final-ACC-Pkg-Substitution-Report.pdf.
• Feraldi R, Cashman S, Huff M, Raahauge L (2012). Comparative LCA of treatment options for US scrap tires: material recycling and tire-derived fuel combustion, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18(3): 613-625.
• Franklin Associates (2011). Life Cycle Inventory of Plastic Fabrication Processes: Injection Molding and Thermoforming, Submitted to Rigid Plastic Packaging Group (RPPG) by Franklin Associates, A Division of Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), September 2011. http://plastics.americanchemistry.com/Education-Resources/Publications/LCI-of-Plastic-Fabrication-Processes-Injection-Molding-and-Thermoforming.pdf.
• Franklin Associates (2011). Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Inventory of Nine Plastic Resins and Four Polyurethane Precursors, Prepared for Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) by Franklin Associates, A Division of Eastern Research Group, Inc., August, 2011. http://plastics.americanchemistry.com/LifeCycle-Inventory-of-9-Plastics-Resins-and-4-Polyurethane-Precursors-Rpt-Only.
• Feraldi R, Huff M, Cashman S (2011). Material Recycling Vs. Tire-Derived Fuel Combustion for Scrap Tire Treatment: Comparative Attributional And Consequential Life Cycle Assessments, Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadephia, PA, March 27-30, 2011. http://solid-waste.org/past-conferences-and-proceedings/proceedings/2011-2/.
• Bumby S., Druzhinina E., Feraldi R., Werthmann D., Geyer R., Sahl J., (2010). Life cycle assessment of overhead and underground primary power distribution, Environmental Science & Technology, 44: 5587-5593.
• Bumby S, Druzhinina E, Feraldi R, Werthmann D, Geyer R, Sahl J (2009). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of overhead and underground medium voltage power distribution, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technology (ISSST), Tempe, Arizona, May 18-20. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5156713.

TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS: LCA Semantics Geo Vocabulary Camp SB2015; LCA Software Trainings (GaBi, SimaPro, openLCA); Data Science coursework in SQL, Python, & Database Management; ACLCA Workshops Series: Statistics in LCA, Consequential LCA, Uncertainty in LCA, LCA of Emerging Technologies; Biomimicry Immersion Course (Costa Rica); field and laboratory water quality monitoring/analysis; organic/inorganic characterization and
synthesis; Toastmasters; Project design and management; technical and grant writing; program planning; public speaking and media relations; community development; cross-cultural sensitivity

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION: American Center for Life Cycle Assessment's (ACLCA) LCA IX -XX, Planning Committee (2011-2014, 2021); International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management (ISWTM); Symposium on Industrial Ecology for Young Professionals (SIEYP); IEEE's International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technology (ISSST); American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE); Technical Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) for EU Accession Countries, Romania and Hungary (4/04-5/06)(AIChE) International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE); Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA); Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP); Toasmasters International

• Certified Life Cycle Assessment Reviewer (CLAR)
• Life Cycle Assessment Certified Professional (LCACP)
• American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE)
• Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)
• Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
• Toasmasters International

• Peace Corps Romania, Galati, Romania (02/04 – 06/06)
• Habitat for Humanity, Cluj, Romania (5/05-4/06)