Sustainability

We help public- and private-sector clients attain their goals of sustainability through interdisciplinary research, interactive tools, and conceptual frameworks that guide environmental decision making. We combine expertise in economic, environmental, social, and institutional fields to analyze issues from a variety of angles, providing an integrated, holistic approach to sustainability assessment.

Focus Areas

  • Public participation and risk communication
  • Urban revitalization
  • Environmental and technology evaluations

Capabilities

  • Life-cycle assessment
  • Sustainability evaluation tools
  • Environmental management systems
  • Environmental modeling

Projects

  • Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program
  • Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA): Methodology Evaluation and Tool Development
  • Integrated Technology Assessment
  • Life-Cycle and Market Impact Assessment of Waste Conversion Technologies
  • Development of Web-based Environmental Management Systems (EMS)–ISO 14001 Decision Support Tool

Feature

Sedimentation-erosion tables are used to measure mm-scale changes in marsh elevation (courtesy of NOAA) Ecological Study at Camp Lejeune Earns Department of Defense Award

A six-year interdisciplinary ecological research program led by RTI International and sponsored by DoD’s Strategic Envir... Read more