360° Approach

EcoEngineers offers a unique, comprehensive approach designed for the emerging low-carbon marketplace. We evaluate each client’s available resources and needs in each area and offer custom solutions for their project’s success. Our approach has evolved through hard-earned experience in renewable energy consulting, compliance management, and auditing. In our experience, all successful clean energy projects and sustainability programs invest in the following six areas: 1) EcoUniversity training and education, 2) Regulatory Engagement, 3) carbon Life-Cycle Analysis, 4) Asset Development Consulting, 5) Compliance Management, and 6) Audit.

EcoEngineers

Full Services Overview

EcoEngineers helps organizations create sustainable solutions for a better tomorrow. Our team of engineers, scientists, auditors, consultants, researchers, and analysts live and work at the intersection of low-carbon fuel policy, innovative technologies, and the carbon marketplace.

We provide the right tools, guidance, and knowledge to reduce your carbon footprint and by doing so, mitigating the risks to your business from the uncertainties caused by a changing climate and low-carbon policies. Through our systematic approach, we deliver value and proven expertise through the entire clean energy continuum.

Founded in 2009, our core services are the building blocks of a clean energy economy – including EcoUniversity, EcoConsulting, EcoAuditing, and a wide range of carbon expertise.

EcoUniversity: Stay Informed

Interactive Workshops
Market Outlooks
Carbon Literacy

EcoConsulting: Take Action

Asset Development – Stepping into the Future
Life-Cycle Analysis – The Praxis of Carbon Accounting
Compliance – Responsible Data Management
Regulatory Engagement – Support for Your Strategic Projects

EcoAuditing: Be Assured

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Validation/Verification
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Quality Assurance Program (QAP) Services
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Third-Party Engineering Reviews

Carbon Expertise

Voluntary Carbon Markets Strategic Consulting
Carbon Markets
Carbon Literacy
Carbon Accounting
Carbon Removals
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Carbon Avoidance
Biofuels – Recycling Carbon
Biogas and RNG – Waste Derived Fuels
Ethanol from Fermentation
Renewable Diesel and Hydrotreating
Electricity and Electrification of all Things
The Hydrogen Economy

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EcoUniversity

Regulatory Training & Education

Successful clean energy project owners require a solid grasp of the regulatory requirements that drive value to their projects. Our portfolio of training and education deliverables will empower you to make informed decisions on your behalf and maintain compliance in an ever-evolving regulatory landscape as we navigate the energy transition.

As low- and no-carbon fuel and transportation technology experts, EcoEngineers can help you navigate the complex world of alternative fuel technologies and federal, state, and international regulatory programs. We provide a myriad of workshops that can be taken individually or bundled together for a broader training program. The program can take place virtually or in person. Most workshops are 1 ½ – 2 hours in length and are designed to be interactive with time for open discussion of your specific goals and challenges. The EcoUniversity Team also publishes vertically integrated reports for distribution on low-carbon fuels, markets, and transport technologies.

All businesses today need a foundational understanding of carbon accounting and carbon markets. It is our experience that clients who invest in up-front training and education are better equipped to navigate the complex clean energy regulations and requirements that move their project across the finish line.

Our Workshops:

Clean Energy Regulations 101 (RFS, LCFS)
RNG 101
LCFS and LCFS Verification-ready
RFS RIN Management and Compliance
Carbon 101
Carbon Intensity and Modeling
RCO (Responsible Corporate Officer) Training
Kernel Fiber: Low- Carbon Ethanol
Custom Program Development

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Regulatory Engagement

We are Stronger Together

The clean energy market is a rapidly evolving sector, and Regulatory Engagement is the best strategy when your investment is high and the regulatory requirements are unclear. We can guide you on your engagement with regulators, help you understand regulatory risks, and assist you with determining your project’s viability.

EcoEngineers has provided Regulatory Engagement services on over 100 projects since 2010. Regulatory Engagement can help you facilitate important go/no-go investment decisions with our three-step process.

Step 1: Analysis

Understand project goals
Assess project risks
Perform regulatory research

Step 2: Strategy

Develop technical arguments
Address risks and roadblocks
Craft a regulatory strategy
Establish milestones

Step 3: Engagement

Deliver technical argument
Meet with regulators and present project concept
Receive regulatory direction
Debrief and help formulate next steps

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Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA)

Carbon Management Solutions

Zhichao Wang, Ph.D., P.E.

Life-cycle Analysis Team Lead

You can’t reduce or monetize what you don’t measure.

Evolving clean energy regulations have life-cycle analysis (LCA) as their foundation. They require an accurate measurement of carbon usage and greenhouse gas emissions from “cradle to grave” and across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

Our LCA team is led by Zhichao Wang, Ph.D., P.E., who conducts research in the conversion of various feedstocks into bioenergy and establishes carbon intensity values through LCA modeling.

We have performed over 300 carbon life-cycle analyses since 2015. Whether you are evaluating the carbon intensity of your biofuel or the carbon footprint at a business, government institution, or municipality, we have the right strategies and solutions to help you reach your carbon management goals.

Regulations that require LCA:

United States Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
Oregon Clean Fuels Program (CFP)
British Columbia Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements (RLCFR)
European Union Institute for Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC)
RenovaBio

LCA Proficiencies:

CA-GREET 3.0
GREET
GHGenius
BioGrace
ISO

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Asset Development Consulting

Creating a Supply of Clean Energy

Brad Pleima, P.E.

Asset Development Consulting Team Lead

Clean energy projects are complex and require a sound foundational knowledge in regulations, energy credit markets, feedstocks, technologies, engineering, and project management.

EcoEngineers has built an in-house team with deep expertise to help manage your investment from concept to commissioning.

As your trusted advisor, we can help you build a pipeline of clean energy projects and make important go/no-go investment decisions throughout the following phases.

Our process:

Phase 1 – Feedstock, site selection, and feasibility analysis
Phase 2 – Predevelopment consulting
Phase 3 – Preconstruction assistance
Phase 4 – Implementation consulting
Phase 5 – Ongoing compliance management
Read a detailed description of each of these phases here

EcoEngineers has participated in asset development oversight of more than $2 billion in clean energy investments.

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Compliance Management

Eco Assure is here for you

Clean energy regulations are complicated, and the penalties are high for non-compliance. Monetizing the rewards of generating low carbon fuels requires meticulous attention to detail, expert regulatory knowledge, and effective communication with regulators.

We offer the option to outsource your compliance management activities to our Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) subject matter experts.

‘Eco Assure’ is a comprehensive compliance support program the enables consistent data quality and compliance management across all clean energy regulations. With auditable methodologies in place, staff are trained, documentation is updated, and compliance risks are effectively managed. You choose the systems that suit your needs, and we go to work for you.

The Eco Assure program includes:

A process-driven auditable compliance management program inclusive of RFS, LCFS, and third-party voluntary low-carbon fuel production and credit monetization requirements
Eco RFS compliance management
Eco LCFS compliance management
Facility registration guidance for clean energy programs like the RFS and LCFS
Eco RIN Management Platform
Help desk support with on-demand access to regulatory experts

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Audit Services

Protect the Value of Your Asset with a Trusted Partner

Randy Prati, CPA

Audit Team Lead

We understand the importance of protecting your clean energy assets with accurate, data-driven measurement and confirmation. The core principles that ensure the quality of EcoEngineers’ audit program are:

RESPONSIBILITY
DISCIPLINE
INTEGRITY
COMPETENCY

EcoEngineers’ Audit program is overseen by a licensed Certified Public Accountant, and every audit professional on staff adheres to exceptionally high standards to maintain our core principles and ensure your compliance.

Our commitment to you is demonstrated by our performance under these pillars: integrity as an auditor under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 10 continuous years, competency with our accreditation as a Verification Body with 10 Lead Verifiers in the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program, and responsibility and discipline displayed by our vast knowledge on new and evolving clean energy regulations.

Our team verified more than 3.6 billion RINs through 2020.

Audit Services:

RFS Quality Assurance Program (QAP)
RFS Third-Party Engineering Reviews
LCFS Validation/Verification
Foreign Producer/Importer Monitoring
ISCC Certification
Voluntary Carbon Market Participation
Custom Audit Protocol Development

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360° Approach

EcoEngineers

EcoUniversity

Regulatory Engagement

Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA)

Zhichao Wang, Ph.D., P.E.

Asset Development Consulting

Brad Pleima, P.E.

Compliance Management

Audit Services

Randy Prati, CPA

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