Services

Life Cycle Assessment Biofuel Certification Sustainability Analysis Process Analysis Customized Tool Development Policy Analysis

Riffel Consulting offers a wide range of analytical environmental services to help your business achieve your goals including life cycle analysis, process analysis, biodiversity assessment, land use change assessment, economic analysis and policy assessment. Environmental assessments are motivated by several purposes, including biofuel certification, grant proposals, business strategy development, branding and partnership development. Riffel Consulting specializes in developing customized evaluation tools that meet each client’s specific needs. Mr. Riffel will work with you to identify your company’s needs and employ the most efficient strategy to complete each project.

Life Cycle Assessment

  • Ground transport, aviation and marine fuels
  • Biochemicals
  • Bio-products (papers, proteins, bio-plastics, lubricants, pigments, etc.)

Biofuel and alternative fuel certification

  • California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
  • U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2)
  • Section 526 under U.S. Energy and Independence Security Act (EISA)
  • European Renewable Energy Directive (RED)
  • U.K. Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO)
  • European Union Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Sustainability Analysis

  • Climate change
  • Energy use
  • Air pollutant (criteria pollutants and toxics) emissions
  • Water pollution discharge
  • Eutrophication potential, acidification potential
  • Photochemical oxidation potential, ozone layer depletion,
  • Water depletion
  • Abiotic depletion potential (elements & fossil fuel)
  • Land use change impacts
  • Biodiversity impacts
  • Many others

Process Analysis

  • Development and assessment of material and energy balances
  • Development of life cycle assessment scenarios based on process analysis

Customized Tool Development

  • Customize existing models to represent specific production pathway
  • Develop new model to achieve specific objectives
  • Model production of any product made from any feedstock
  • Track any environmental criteria of interest (energy use, fossil fuel use, emissions, water consumption, etc.)

Policy Analysis and Business Strategy

  • Analyze energy and fuel policy in context of specific goals or scenarios
  • Support clients in developing effective business strategies under specific policies
  • Developing Renewable Identification Number (RIN) strategy under RFS2

 


The need for sustainable practices and products has never been more urgent. Demand for energy and sustainably produced products is increasing as the global population expands and developing countries consume ever-vaster quantities of resources to expand economically. Meanwhile, natural resources are shrinking and environmental concerns over air, soil and water pollution and climate change are mounting. Producers, consumers and regulators need reliable analytical frameworks and tools to help them understand the complex impacts associated with production and consumption of all products and resources.