CEP Magazine

Measuring and Communicating Sustainability through Eco-Efficiency Analysis

December
2010
Environmental Management
Bruce W. Uhlman, Peter Saling
Eco-efficiency analysis promotes an understanding of the economic and environmental trade-offs over products’ lifecycles, and supports informed, strategic decision-making in all areas of a business, from spurring innovative product development to...

Evaluating Supply Chain Sustainability

May
2010
Environmental Management
Joseph Fiksel
Lifecycle analysis (LCA) techniques can be used to quantify the environmental performance of a product, process, or service. This article describes several LCA methods and their application to supply chains.

Submitting Your First GHG Report

March
2010
Environmental Management
Kristine Baranski
This overview of EPA’s greenhouse gas reporting rule explains the regulation’s requirements and suggests strategies for compliance. It also provides insights regarding enforcement and confidential business information.

Audit Your Emissions Inventory

January
2010
Environmental Management
Jeffrey H. Siegell
Some emissions reports include data that are based on faulty assumptions and methodologies. This article presents an effective approach to auditing your emissions inventory to maximize the representativeness of the reports you submit. <br>

Improve Your Air Emissions Estimates

May
2009
Environmental Management
Jeffrey H. Siegell
Process plants must report emissions from an increasing number of sources. Use these pointers to prepare more-representative emissions inventories.

Apply Process Integration to Environmental Impact Assessment

February
2009
Environmental Management
Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Eva M. Lovelady, Hassan E. Alfadala, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi, Patrick Linke
This approach provides valuable insights early in the design process and systematizes the design effort, while reconciling process objectives with environmental constraints.