Continuing Education Conference Spring 2010
| Spring 2010 | Energy Management Planning and GHG | Robert S. Ciero, Energy Resource Manager BOC CEM. An overview of the history, math, and science behind energy. Provides a lesson in energy management, planning, and how to achieve a good ranking under energy efficiency regulation. |
| EPP | EPP is a methodology for determining what product you wish to use depending on what environmental or health issues are deemed important. | |
| Health Effects from Occupational Exposure to Chemicals | Elise Pechter, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Monitoring worker safety and exposure is an important issue. How can you improve worker safety? | |
| Integrated Pest Management | Eileen Gunn, Sage Environmental Solutions. Many pest control and landscaping operations present an opportunity for toxics use reduction. | |
| Metal Solvent Degreasing | Azin Kavian, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Metal coatings may contain VOCs or NOx emissions, harmful to the ozone. | |
| Newly Regulated Sectors Focus on Dry Cleaners | Pam Eliason, TURI; Marina Gayl, OTA. A presentation oriented towards dry cleaning on how high hazard substances impact new industries. | |
| Pollution Prevention Calculator | Natalie Hummel, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics; Kathy Davey, Pollution Prevention Division; Charles Bevington, Environmental Assistance Division. A review of a greenhouse gas calculator designed to assist the P2 community. | |
| Process Mapping | Understanding Processes with Hierarchical Process Mapping. | |
| Root Cause Analysis | Provides an exercise to start building skill in conducting root cause analysis as an integral part of a toxic use reduction project. | |
| Root Cause TURA Planning | A demonstration of systems and tools for process mapping and root cause analysis. How to follow up with a TURA action plan. | |
| Toxics Use Reduction Planning The First Steps | Jeffrey P. Bibeau, REM. An overview of Toxics Use Reduction policies, employee notifications, and brainstorming exercises. | |
| TUR Energy Efficiency Strategies | A presentation on reducing fuel usage and therefore emissions. How you can recover exhausted energy from plant processes. | |
| TUR Progress Reporting | Proper reporting of production ratios and making accurate progress reporting through section 4 data. | |
| TUR Project Management | Donald Alger, Sr. Environmental Engineer Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Background of Allegro and its involvement with the TUR program. | |
| TUR Reporting and Planning for Dry Cleaners | A presentation of how the dry cleaning industry is regulated, and reporting and planning with the TURA program. | |
| TURA Asthma Toxicants | Asthma prevention through toxics use reduction; Methods, findings and recommendations. | |
| TURPs | Marcia Deegler. Provides models and resources for EPP Program and OSD MA statewide contracts. | |
| Update on Cold Solvent Regulations | Heidi Wilcox, TURI Lab; Rich Bizzozero, OTA; Azin Kavian, MA DEP. How OTA and TURI labs function, and how they can help. A lesson on cold solvent regulations. | |
| Using Cause and Effect Diagrams | Robert B. Pojasek, Pojasek & Associates. A guide on how to use cause and effect diagrams as problem solving tools for common P2 problems. |