The Green House is a sustainability consulting firm based in Cape Town, with more than 30 years of collective experience working on a wide range of energy, carbon and sustainability-related projects including strategic energy planning, carbon footprinting, and life cycle assessment. Apart from their experience in the energy sector, The Green House has significant experience in a number of other sectors including urban systems, transport, bioenergy, biofuels, industry, commerce, agriculture, municipal waste management, mining and minerals.The strength of our consulting team lies in our engineering background and strong quantitative skills, which together with our environmental grounding and experience affords us an in-depth understanding of the challenges facing industry and the ability to engage with the broader complexities and implications of moving towards sustainable operation. Our skill set includes: strong quantitative assessment and modelling skills in a variety of platforms; carbon footprinting; life cycle thinking and life cycle assessment; systems thinking, with expertise in system dynamics and agent-based modelling; uncertainty modelling and material flow analysis; multi-criteria decision analysis and stakeholder facilitation; energy auditing and environmental and sustainability assessments.