Newsletter November 29, 2017

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WHAT IS ICF
INTERNATIONAL?
We are a global consulting and technology services
provider with more than 5,000 professionals focused
on making big things possible for our clients. We are
business analysts, policy specialists, technologists,
researchers, digital strategists, social scientists and
creatives.

Check out https://www.icf.com for more information.

Inside This Issue

-About ICF
International

-ICF Internationals
involvement in the case
study with the
Aluminum Association

-ICFs fifth annual

Cybersci Symposium

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Met the Chief
Executive Officer of
ICF
Sudhakar Kesavan
He joined ICF as an Associate
in 1983. Throughout his
consulting career, Mr.
Kesavan has played a critical
role in analyzing the
ecumenic impacts of various
regulations on industry in the
U.S. and in more than 50
countries worldwide.
In 1996, he was named
President of ICF Consulting
Group and has also led the
expansion of ICFs geographic
footprint globally.
He was named a Tech Titan
ad Industry leader by
Washingtonian Magazine in
2015, and was inducted into
the Washington Business Hall
of Fame in 2014.
He has achieved an extensive
amount and we are proud to
say that he has led ICF to
become the first professional
services firm in the world to
go carbon neutral.
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ICF Internationals case study on aluminum
cans and their environmental impact.
HARRISONBURG, VA. OCT 27, 2017 - ICF joins forces
with the Aluminum Association to help companies grasp how
to lower their environmental impact. In this case study, ICF is
here to give strategic insight to the Aluminum Association on
not just how the manufacturing of aluminum products can
harm the environment, but also how the packaging influences
transportation and distribution as well. ICF consultants spend
an immense amount of time helping their clients understand
all the impacts they might be causing to their community, their
environmental, and the world as a whole.
In this case study ICF developed two studies:
transportation space efficiency of aluminum cans during
distribution and the efficacy of refrigerating aluminum can-
packaged beverages versus bottle alternatives at retail points
of sale. The final product provided the client with high-level
data analysis which included:
A memorandum of initial findings
A detailed final report, including all goals, methodologies and
results
A parameter-based spreadsheet model of relevant lifestyle
stages, providing results for both energy demand and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions along with comparative
results between different types of beverage containers
Representative distribution and refrigeration scenarios,
offering real-world examples to illustrate key findings
Manager Bobby Renz at ICF said we took a closer look
at the Association's needs and how ICF consultants helped to
fill the gaps in their environmental data. The Aluminum
Association is the leading trade association for the aluminum
production, fabrication and recycling industry and its
suppliers. They help manufacturers produce sustainable and
innovative products. In 2008, the Aluminum Association
launched a sustainability initiative to reduce emissions and
increase energy efficiencies.
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DID YOU KNOW? The Association uses a method called the life-cycle
assessment (LCA) which is used to assess the environmental
ICF has close to 6,000 impacts from the entire life of a product or service from raw
employees in over 65 material production and manufacturing through produce use
locations. and ending with recycling or disposal. This helps the
Association break down the environmental impacts of
products, and ways to improve. Although the Aluminum
Association has become well educated on the life-cycle
ICF has been assessment, they need some assistance on the use-phase
impact of aluminum materials. This is where ICF came into
recognized as a top
place. They reached out to ICF for their expertise on
government greenhouse gas emissions. ICF created the case study to
examine greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption
contractor.
during the use phase of beverage packaging products. To
break this down into simpler terms, the Association was
looking for ICF to address how packaging influence
transportation and refrigeration processes and related
impacts of aluminum cans versus plastic and glass bottle
alternatives.
ICF planned and gathered data to design an in-depth
well thought out case study. They carefully put together the
study, one that would be taken into account along with
other studies that asses the manufacturing and end-of-life
phases of aluminum cans for a more holistic view of the
impacts of all phases. The study was broken down into three
different parts. They first had to define information and data
on a national level and find the most common types of
aluminum beverages containers and what their alternatives
would be. The second was getting additional industry-
relevant information like previous energy statistics and
emissions issues. The third was identifying data gaps in the
leading industry insights to determine where best to focus
resources on gathering additional information for the case
study.

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ICF International After gathering that data, ICF finalized their study
and set it forth to the Aluminum Association for use.
provides Although it does not take the place of a full LCA (life-cycle
professional assessment) it provided significant data and findings that
will help them understand the use phase which is the
services for the distribution and refrigeration of aluminum cans. ICF made
following: some great findings that will help the Aluminum Association
cut back on their emissions for years to come. Some
Associations + examples of what they found were: Plastic bottles show
similar transportation emissions impacts as aluminum cans,
Nonprofits space efficiency during beverage cooling of aluminum cans
allows for lower GHG emissions compared to both glass and
Aviation
plastic bottles, the largest GHG emissions savings from
Climate aluminum cans compared to other containers are seen in
supermarket refrigerators, and that there are negligible
Community differences in the cooling efficiency of aluminum, glass, and
Development plastic containers based on material properties.. ICF
presented the Aluminum Association with a case study
Defense designed to address their needs.
Education
This study was precise and to the point, but can be
Energy used to enhance their work in other fields and help better
their emission impacts as a whole. This study was known to
Environment shed a light on remaining data gaps and areas for future
Families + research. Their future studies can feed off this one and can
help guide communication around this data for future
Communities projects.
Health
ICF International is always looking to help their
Homeland Security clients when it comes to environmental awareness and this
study shines light on just one of the many projects that they
International work on. ICF believes in change and likes to see it get done.
Development Not one project is too big or too little for them. They are a
powerhouse ready to make a change.
Transportation

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ICFs Fifth Annual CybersSci Symposium

Last years event CyberSci Symposium 2016 brought together industry, government,
and academia for a unique gathering. This years battle for cyberspace is bigger and better.
The talk of cybersecurity will fill the air at the ICF Conference Center located at 9300 Lee
Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031. This years event welcomes former Director of National
Intelligence, James Clapper, former Director of the White House Situation Room, Larry
Pfeiffer, Chief Dr. Alexander Kott, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign
Relations, Robert Knake and more. These individuals are here to shed light on the issues
surrounding cybersecurity.

During this all day event ICF helps clients mount a sophisticated defense. Big topics
ranging from the Innovations for Information Sciences, Computational Intelligence for Cyber
Network Defense, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability & Threat Assessment and World of Cyber/
internet things, will all be discussed at this conference.

ICF is here to help and has proven strategies for organizations of all sizes across
various industries. The conference will help define cybersecurity on a national level and will
dive deeper in the vast and complex factors that make up cybersecurity. Coming together to
discuss these topics will give people the opportunity to grasp and put into action
cybersecurity. The privacy of information is used to safeguard this nation.

ICF works with the brightest people to come up with solutions. The Symposium will
focus on critical threats impacting the whole of nation, commercial and network
infrastructures and the security of cloud networks and providers. ICF focuses on bringing
people together to work through ideas and projects to create the most comprehensive
outcomes. Symposium 2017 will project the hard work and critical thought of each and
every speaker at the conference. This will be a time to come together to learn the ins and
outs of cybersecurity. Dont miss out on next years CyberSci Symposium.

#CyberSci2017

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