Publications

Rebe Feraldi, owner of TranSustainable Enterprises, LLC, is a cross-disciplinary scientist with experience using industrial ecology tools to perform sustainability analyses.

Ms. Feraldi has a B.S. in Environmental Chemistry & Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, M.E.S.M. from the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California-Santa Barabara, and her M.S. in Biomimicry from Arizona State University & the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute as of Summer 2019.

Rebe is a LCA Certified Profesisonal (LCACP) since 2010 and a Certified LCA Reviewer (CLAR) since 2016.

“There is always something happening on the frontiers of science, whether we are refining existing knowledge or making new discoveries. I am passionate about working across silos to learn how systems work, bring the industrial ecology perspective to the table, and aid in communicating this work to other researchers, businesses and their supply chain stakeholders, policy-makers, and the public.”

Rebe Feraldi, Tran Sustainable Enterprises LLC.

BioBrainstorm

Re-Thinking Plastic Bottles, 2019

After researching over 100 organisms, team ReTHINK settled on 15 “champion adaptors” that have the potential to inspire innovative and sustainable solutions to the ‘re-thinking plastic bottles’ challenge.

Genius of Biome

The Genius of the Chihuahuan Desert – Bio-Inspired Applications of Native Champion Adaptors
The primary purpose of this report is to highlight adaptations of life in the Chihuahuan Desert to the key challenges (abiotic factors) of this biome and then suggest ways that these adaptations could be translated into innovative, sustainable designs that solve various human challenges.

Virtual Design Lab

Biomimicry & Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

This case study describes the use of a sustainability approach using life cycle assessment (LCA) and Biomimicry in tandem.

Biomimicry and Design

Developing Design Concepts & Prototyping

Nastic Movement in Plants Applied to Architecture

How Your City Compares to the Wildland Next Door

Nanotechnology and Tyres: Greening Industry and Transport

OECD (2014). Chapter 4: Environmental impacts in the context of life-cycle assessment, Published on July 18, 2014

Impacts of Plastics Packaging on Life Cycle Energy Consumption & Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States and Canada: Substitution Analysis

Franklin Associates (2014). Prepared for The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) by Franklin Associates, A Division of Eastern Research Group (ERG), January 2014.

Comparative LCA of treatment options for US scrap tires: material recycling and tire-derived fuel combustion

Feraldi R, Cashman S, Huff M, Raahauge L (2013). International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18(3): 613-625.

Life Cycle Inventory of Plastic Fabrication Processes: Injection Molding and Thermoforming

Franklin Associates (2011).

Submitted to Rigid Plastic Packaging Group (RPPG) by Franklin Associates, A Division of Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), September 2011.

Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Inventory of Nine Plastic Resins and Four Polyurethane Precursors

Franklin Associates (2011). Prepared for Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) by Franklin Associates, A Division of Eastern Research Group, Inc., August, 2011.

Material Recycling Vs. Tire-Derived Fuel Combustion for Scrap Tire Treatment: Comparative Attributional And Consequential Life Cycle Assessments

Feraldi R, Huff M, Cashman S (2011). Proceedings of 26^th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadephia, PA, March 27-30, 2011.

Life cycle assessment of overhead and underground primary power distribution

Bumby S, Druzhinina E, Feraldi R, Werthmann D, Geyer R, Sahl J (2010). Environmental Science & Technology, 44: 5587-5593.

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of overhead and underground medium voltage power distribution

Bumby S, Druzhinina E, Feraldi R, Werthmann D, Geyer R, Sahl J (2009).Â Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technology (ISSST), Tempe, Arizona, May 18-20

About Us

Rebe Feraldi, Life Cycle Assessment Certified Professional (LCACP) has over 20 years of experience in environmental chemistry and engineering.

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Services

Tran Sustainable Enterprises LLC offer LCA Expert Consultation and LCA Review Services.

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Enhanced Sustainability

We provide Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Sustainability Consulting Services.

By combining LCA with Biomimicry we help organizations raise the sustainability bar.