An official website of the United States government.
April 2025 – March 2026
The U.S. Federal LCA Commons (FLCAC) is formally established in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the DOE, DOT, EPA, NIST, and USDA. As per the MOU, the Steering Committee (SC) prepares an annual work plan to guide activities to pursue collaboratively. The FLCAC is dedicated to developing, collecting/maintaining, and disseminating life cycle inventory (LCI), life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) characterization factors, and related data relevant to national (U.S.) interests, coordination of activities in the LCA domain among Federal partners, engagement with the external LCA community, and strategic planning. The workplan is thus divided in these four areas.
Disclaimer: This document is intended to serve as a guide and plan for collaborative work over the annual period. The parties to the MOU are not obligated to perform this work and the work conducted may change based on priorities and resource availability. This document does not represent the opinions of the parties to the MOU.