Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments: A Handbook for Businesses

by Jill A Engel-Cox, Kim M Fowler

Overview

From small businesses to industrial processes, reducing waste, cost, and use of materials, energy, and water can be achieved more effectively when operations are reviewed methodically and when a business� employees are engaged. This handbook on pollution prevention opportunity assessments presents a proven method to reduce waste generated by businesses and industrial operations of all sizes. It clearly defines steps to identify ways to reduce chemical and material use, minimize the generation of waste, and lower associated costs. The pollution prevention opportunity assessment method presented in the book provides a simple and systematic approach for finding pollution prevention opportunities, developing them, and documenting these efforts.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149674367
Publisher:	Tri Press
Publication date:	07/05/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jill A. Engel-Cox, Ph.D.

Over her 20-year career, Dr. Jill Engel-Cox has been an engineer, researcher, program manager, and strategic planner of a diverse suite of clean technology, renewable energy, and environmental management programs in the U.S., Asia, and Middle East. Her first job was climbing smokestacks in Los Angeles, followed by leading pollution prevention assessments and programs for small and medium sized businesses and R&D laboratories in Colorado, Washington, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and internationally. Throughout her career, she has sought out opportunities to facilitate science-based environmental outreach and to develop and teach university courses and interactive multi-day workshops, including a graduate level industrial pollution prevention class at two universities. She is author of over 40 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications on technical and policy topics and has co-published two books, one on pollution prevention and one on stakeholder communications. Her full profile can be found on LinkedIn.

Kim M. Fowler

Ms. Fowler is a senior research engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. Her research has included assessing the environmental, social, and economic impacts of process, product, and facility designs and operations; establishing new environmental programs; identifying opportunities for federal agency greenhouse gas management; and evaluating processes for efficiency. Her most recent work is focused on whole building performance measurement where she developed a method for Federal and commercial buildings and has measured over 75 different buildings for energy use, water use, operations and maintenance, waste and recycling, occupant commute, and occupant satisfaction with the building attributes. She has taught multiple courses at Washington State University in the Environmental Science Department and has been a U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional since 2003. She has co-authored 2 books, 4 book chapters, and many journal articles and technical reports. Her full profile can be found on LinkedIn.