British Columbia Environmental 19 PDH Discount Package

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 4 PDH online course is applicable to environmental engineers who are interested in learning more about improving border security infrastructure while preserving environmental sustainability in the region.

This online engineering PDH course provides guidance on how to approach the need to reduce air emissions from your sources, an area of growing concern. It describes the initial approach to reducing air emissions, such as understanding applicable air regulations and air permits to determine which pollutants must be reduced and by how much. The best method to reduce air emissions is to optimize your processes so that your facility is producing fewer emissions. When this is no longer feasible, end-of-pipe technologies are necessary.

 

This course also presents the factors and information necessary to determine whether a strategy is technically feasible in your application or not. It provides an overview of a number of conventional air pollution control equipment, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as basic information necessary for their design.

 

This 3 PDH online course is applicable to chemical and environmental engineers as well as energy professionals involved with the compliance of air quality regulations and permits and the implementation of air pollution minimization programs.

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.

 

This 4 PDH online course is intended for environmental, sustainability, industrial, and mechanical engineers, as well as others interested in learning about the best practices for destruction of ODS.

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 discusses the dangers of various refrigerants and provides information on precautionary guidelines, based on ASHRAE Standards 34 and 15, to prevent any potential accidents from occurring in the facility.

 

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) defines a set of requirements that keep the personnel safe while working in mechanical rooms or any area in a building where refrigerants are involved.

 

All new machinery rooms containing refrigerant equipment, and the occupied spaces containing direct expansion (DX) type refrigeration systems, such as Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems, must be designed to comply with ASHRAE 15. It is important to note that the compliance with the ASHRAE 15 is mandatory, and failing to equip, train and protect working personnel and building occupants from the potential hazards of refrigerant gas leaks is a serious matter that can lead to civil or criminal penalties.

 

This 5 PDH online course is applicable to environmental and mechanical engineers who are interested in learning about ASHRAE standards 15 and 34, and understanding the potential hazards and safety precautions while working with refrigerants.

This online engineering PDH ethics course is (1) the study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study of related questions about moral conduct, character, ideals and relationships of peoples and organizations involved in technological development (Martin and Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering).

 

This course will address the principles of engineering ethics that every engineer is expected to live by when practicing their profession. It will also present unique ethical case studies randomly selected to demonstrate ethical challenges for professional engineers and alternatives to address these challenges.

 

This 1 PDH online course is applicable to Professional Engineers licensed in the Province of British Columbia and who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in engineering ethics as a condition of their license renewal. For each renewal period, every licensee must complete at least one (1) professional development hour relative to the principals of professional responsibility, conduct and ethics.