Alberta Environmental 30 PDH Discount Package

This online engineering PDH course presents the factors affecting Indoor Air Quality (IAQ): sources of indoor air contaminates, HVAC systems design and operation, pollutant pathways and driving forces, and building occupants. Moreover, this course illustrates how "effective communication" between building management and building occupants is very essential in preventing IAQ problems.

The indoor environment in any building is a result of the interaction between the site, climate, building system (original design and later modifications in the structure and mechanical systems), construction techniques, contaminant sources (building materials and furnishings, moisture, processes and activities within the building, and outdoor sources), and building occupants. Indoor air contaminants can originate within the building or be drawn in from outdoors. If contaminant sources are not controlled, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) problems can arise, even if the HVAC system is properly designed and well-maintained.

EPA recognizes that IAQ problems present serious hazards to building occupants. Therefore, EPA developed this guide to protect building owners and building occupants from poor indoor air quality and to promote a healthy indoor environment in which the surroundings contribute to productivity comfort and a sense of health and well being.

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to civil, environmental and mechanical engineers, facility managers, building owners and all others who are interested in gaining an understanding of building air quality.

This online engineering PDH course provides basic information on environmental quality and protection in the context of existing and proposed border security infrastructure and measures.

Border security is an important national priority, and environmental protection in the border region is of critical importance, given the rich natural resource endowments of the region. The shape and form of security infrastructure installed along the border is a critical factor affecting these areas of special concern. Additional installation of security infrastructure along the border will have a large impact on the region, presenting both challenges and opportunities to enhance security while preserving or even improving environmental sustainability.

There are mainly five key overlapping challenges in which environmental protection intersects with border security. These include, tourism and recreation economy; habitat integrity and wildlife corridors; water management; flooding, trash and sediment control; Hazmat and emergency response; and air quality.

This online engineering PDH course begins with a thorough explanation of the business (non-regulatory) reasons that every business can benefit from a climate change program and how to institute such a program.  Then it covers how to estimate GHG emissions based on globally accepted standards. It also covers how to estimate GHG emissions from the processes you control and how to estimate them from other processes related to your product that your company may not have direct control over ("carbon footprint").

This course also describes how to conduct a life cycle analysis to enable your company to focus intelligently on effective GHG emission reduction strategies. Then, it discusses GHG emission reduction opportunities, including the basics of conducting an energy audit or assessment.  Finally, it provides advice on how to manage your GHG emissions and reductions, set achievable goals, and to report successes.

As a result, there is growing pressure for companies and people to reduce GHG emissions with the hope of reversing climate change and its effects in the future. The Kyoto Protocol and other initiatives are introducing incentives for businesses to reduce GHG emissions. Climate change is ultimately a technical issue and must be addressed by different engineers (mechanical, environmental, chemical) applying their specialty knowledge to reduce GHG emissions.

This 2 PDH online course is intended for environmental engineers, mechanical engineers, HVAC equipment specialists, and construction workers who are interested in gaining a better understanding about implementing a climate change program.

This online engineering PDH course provides guidance for the appropriate screening and selection of in situ thermal remediation (ISTR) technologies, including steam enhanced extraction injection, electrical resistivity heating, and thermal conductive heating.

A significant number of sites are contaminated with high level of organic contaminants. These contaminated sites include hundreds of Federal installations and thousands of private facilities. The contaminants in these sites, especially non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL), have been difficult to treat with conventional technologies such as groundwater extraction, bioremediation and soil vapor extraction. More aggressive technologies have been sought to address these conditions. These technologies include in situ chemical oxidation, surfactant/solvent flushing, and ISTR methods. ISTR methods represent the most aggressive and effective of these techniques.

This online engineering PDH course provides additional information on the appropriate screening, selection and application of in situ thermal remediation (ISTR) technologies including steam enhanced extraction injection, electrical resistivity heating, and thermal conductive heating.

A significant number of sites are contaminated with high levels of organic contaminants. These contaminated sites include hundreds of Federal installations and thousands of private facilities. The contaminants in these sites especially non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL) have been difficult to treat with conventional technologies such as groundwater extraction, bioremediation and soil vapor extraction. More aggressive technologies have been sought to address these conditions including in situ chemical oxidation, surfactant/solvent flushing and ISTR methods. ISTR methods are the most aggressive and effective of these techniques.

This course is a continuation of “In Situ Thermal Remediation – Part 1” and discusses the design considerations once overall remediation strategies are defined, and presents an overview of case study information, as well as performance monitoring requirements, maintenance, and shutdown criteria that ensure safe and efficient remediation operations.

This online engineering PDH course discusses the sources of ozone depleting substances (ODS) in the United States and abroad and defines the best practices for the safe, environmentally sound collection, recovery, transport, and destruction of these substances. In addition, this course explains the challenges associated with the safe destruction of ODS and assesses the costs for the ODS waste management process.

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), finalized in 1987, is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ODS.

While the global ODS phaseout is underway, a large amount of ODS is in equipment and products such as refrigerators and air conditioners (as refrigerant and foam blowing agent), foam contained in buildings, and fire protection systems and fire extinguishers, as well as in stockpiles held by countries and industrial and commercial users. Together these sources are referred to as ODS banks.