Green Energy Life Cycle Assessment Tool Version 2 (GELCAT 2)

The project advanced the Green Energy Life Cycle Assessment Tool (GELCAT) originally developed for the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). This project developed two new modules that evaluate at a screening level, the economic viability, and energy and environmental benefits/costs, of micro-hydroturbines for drinking water utilities and geothermal energy for water and wastewater utilities. It also developed a framework for water and wastewater utilities to evaluate a range of social and environmental costs and benefits associated with implementing the GELCAT2 renewable energy projects; and beta tested the new modules and the framework at water utilities. Project deliverables include a brief report (#4464A), a user manual (#4464B), and the GELCAT 2 tool itself. ;Published in 2016.

This study was a originally funded in cooperation with WERF as project ENER3C12T and was managed by Lauren Fillmore, MS.

As of February 2021, the GELCAT 2 tool is no longer available.