DATA TOOLS & ANALYTICS PRACTICE LEAD

Scott Kirby, Ph.D.

Environmental & Civil Engineering  ·  15+ Years Experience

Scott works at the intersection of environmental engineering and custom software development — a pairing that's genuinely rare in consulting. With a doctorate in environmental and civil engineering and deep expertise in air quality, LCA, and climate accounting, he builds the analytical tools that turn complex compliance and sustainability workflows into something clients can actually manage at scale.

Scott bridges rigorous environmental science with custom analytical tools — translating complex LCA, GHG, and compliance data into models that clients can own and operate long after the engagement ends.

Education — University of Alabama

  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering
  • M.S., Environmental Engineering
  • B.S., Civil Engineering

Sector Experience

Renewable Fuels Pharmaceutical Petroleum Refining Petrochemical Upstream & Midstream Oil & Gas Power & Energy Pulp & Paper Consumer Products Logistics Food & Beverage Waste Services

Life Cycle Assessment

  • ISO 14040/14044 compliant LCA across product & process systems
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for manufactured goods
  • Plastic footprinting, bio-resin & packaging material analysis
  • Pharmaceutical & consumer products environmental profiling
  • Renewable fuels & ethanol carbon intensity (45Z pathway analysis)
  • Custom LCA modeling tools for diverse industries

Climate & GHG Accounting

  • Mass, energy & economic allocation for complex multi-product systems
  • 45Z & 45Q carbon intensity pathway analysis
  • Biofuels, landfill gas capture & emerging clean fuel CI studies
  • Carbon intensity modeling for energy & renewable fuels sectors
  • Custom CI calculation tools & audit-ready documentation

Environmental Compliance

  • Air quality emissions inventories
  • EPA TRI reporting across industrial sectors
  • EPA Risk Management Program development
  • Environmental Management Information Systems
  • Compliance data acquisition & analysis tools

Publications & Presentations

1
"Implications of the EPA Residual Risk ICR for Petroleum Refineries (and Others)" — NPRA Environmental Conference, October 2011. J.M. Beath and S.A. Kirby.
2
"An aircraft-based data analysis method for discerning individual fluxes in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape" — Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 148, Issue 3, March 2008. Kirby, Dobosy, Williamson, Dumas.
3
"Particulate Matter Emissions from Roads in Birmingham" — UTCA Report No. 03105, 2004. Kirby, Flora, Williamson, Jones.
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