Summary
Environmental academic conferences synergize efforts to protect people and the planet. However, in-person gatherings result in notable greenhouse gas emissions (usually quantified by global warming potential [GWP] indicator) and other environmental impacts. A hybrid, comprehensive environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted for the three-day 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference: Environmental Engineering at the Confluence in St. Louis, MO. The LCA used primary data collected from conference participants and planners, employing four approaches based on changes to transportation and accommodation modeling assumptions to determine a range of impacts. The assessment found that attending the three-day conference resulted in 428 kg CO2eq per person, which is between three and
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