Interactive & Video Discount Package - New York Environmental and Ethics 18 PDH

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and the future projections of greenhouse gas emissions as well as the impact of IRA on these emissions. The course also explains the distribution of these emissions across multiple sectors, and the individual incentives provided for the reduction of these emissions in each sector.

Across the United States and around the world, the harmful impacts of climate change are increasingly apparent. Damage from unusual heat waves, prolonged drought, increasingly strong storms, accelerating sea level rise, and the expanding range of disease-carrying organisms are collectively affecting our economy and the health and welfare of human beings.

The world experienced its hottest days on record in July 2023 as average worldwide temperatures reached 63° Fahrenheit (17.2° Celsius). In recognition of these risks, and the economic opportunities available in clean energy investment, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for chemical engineers and professionals who are interested in learning more about the effects of GHGs and the ways in which the EPA aims to reduce their emission.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a basic overview of the elements essential for the development of a sound management program for decentralized wastewater systems that is specifically suited to your community.

One in every four households in the United States relies on an individual onsite or small cluster system to treat wastewater. In far too many cases, these systems are installed and largely forgotten – until problems arise. An effective wastewater management program, if properly executed, can protect public health, preserve valuable water resources, and maintain economic vitality in a community.

To facilitate proper management, EPA published Voluntary National Guidelines for Managing Onsite and Clustered (Decentralized) Wastewater Treatment Systems.

This presentation assists with implementing the guidelines and is intended as a guide for communities that have evaluated a full range of wastewater options and determined that decentralized wastewater treatment is the most cost-effective and appropriate long-term option. It also provides links to extensive resources for more thorough investigation of particular topics or management program elements.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to civil, environmental, and chemical engineers, sanitarians, and others seeking an understanding of the management of onsite and clustered wastewater treatment systems.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a general overview on the destruction of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) in the United States and abroad.

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, finalized in 1987, is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances. By joining, the Parties commit to phasing out specified ODS, thereby reducing their abundance in the atmosphere and protecting the earth's fragile ozone Layer. On 16th September 2009, the Montreal Protocol and its parent convention, the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, became the first treaties in the history of the United Nations to achieve universal ratification.

This presentation discusses the sources of ODS for destruction in the United States and globally and the best practices for the safe, environmentally sound collection, recovery, transport, and destruction of these substances. In addition, this presentation identifies the technologies that are used to destroy ODS, and the challenges associated with safe destruction of ODS. This presentation also assesses the costs for the ODS waste management process and the primary funding sources for waste management projects.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily 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 interactive presentation provides guidance on the impacts from hydraulic fracturing water cycle on drinking water resources in the United States.

People rely on clean and plentiful water resources to meet their basic needs, including drinking, bathing, and cooking. In the early 2000s, members of the public began to raise concerns about potential impacts on their drinking water from hydraulic fracturing at nearby oil and gas production wells. In response to these concerns, Congress urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the relationship between hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas and drinking water in the United States.

The hydraulic fracturing water cycle describes the use of water in hydraulic fracturing, from water withdrawals to make hydraulic fracturing fluids, through the mixing and injection of hydraulic fracturing fluids in oil and gas production wells, to the collection and disposal or reuse of produced water. These activities can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for environmental engineers and professionals who are interested better protecting current and future drinking water resources in areas where hydraulic fracturing is occurring or being considered.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation focuses on providing guidance for drinking water utilities and their response partners to help them prepare for responding to incidents of contamination in the distribution system which was developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The course presents a framework for responding to distribution system contamination incidents, discusses the fundamental concepts of consequence management, highlights the need for coordinating efforts with local, state, regional, and federal response partners, and describes the use of training and exercises for learning and improving response procedures. The overall goal of this guidance is to assist utilities with planning and creating a contamination incident response procedure that supplements a utility’s Emergency Response Plan.

The presentation gives an overview of contamination incident response. Drinking water contamination can result in a number of adverse consequences to the public and the distribution system. It also examines the fundamentals of contamination incident response. The Distribution System Contamination Response Procedure (DSCRP) focuses on the activities to perform during a water contamination incident and the steps that a utility can take to prepare for those activities. The course also highlights the importance of coordinated management of the incident and effective communication among those involved to ensure a successful investigation, response, and remediation of a contamination incident. The presentation further explores that the ability to effectively implement the concepts, guidance, and procedures of a DSCRP requires that the personnel responsible for responding be trained on the DSCRP and supporting procedures.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for environmental engineers, engineers responsible for water system operations, public health managers, and professionals involved in water safety and response plans.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation communicates information about the science and impacts of climate change, assesses trends in environmental quality, and informs decision-making.

The Earth’s climate is changing. Temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events are already taking place. Scientists are highly confident that many of these observed changes can be linked to the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, which have increased because of human activities.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for environmental engineers as well as environmental specialists who are interested in learning more about climate change considerations and indicators.

This engineering online PDH video presentation will provide a comprehensive exploration of ethical engineering practices, blending theoretical knowledge with real-world case studies.

 

This course focuses on ethical practices in engineering, highlighting significant case studies such as the Challenger disaster, the Hyatt Walkway collapse, and others. It explores engineering ethics principles and apply them to real-world situations. The course covers the importance of public safety, sustainable development, and professional integrity while addressing modern ethical challenges like cybersecurity and global impact. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks and practical applications, participants will gain the skills necessary to navigate the complex ethical landscape of contemporary engineering practice.

 

This 1 PDH online video presentation is intended for all professional engineers interested in increasing their understanding of engineering ethics.

This online engineering PDH video presentation provides information on the different types of air emission sources and how to estimate the rate leaving these sources and entering the atmosphere. It describes the four major approaches to estimating air emissions along with their advantages and disadvantages. It addresses the factors and information necessary to determine whether each approach will work in terms of estimating emissions fairly accurately.

 

There are various locations, activities or factors which are responsible for releasing pollutants into the atmosphere. These sources can be classified into two major categories: stationary sources and mobile sources. Air pollutant emission factors are representative values that are usually expressed as the weight of pollutant divided by a unit weight, volume, distance, or duration of the activity emitting the pollutant (e.g., kilograms of particulate emitted per ton of coal burned). Such factors facilitate estimation of emissions from various sources of air pollution.

 

This 2 PDH online video presentation is intended primarily for chemical, energy and environmental engineers involved with the compliance of air quality regulations and permits and the implementation of air pollution minimization programs.

This online engineering PDH video presentation provides an overview on the types of compounds which when emitted into the air may potentially have dangerous health impacts, the types of health effects likely caused by excessive air toxic exposure, and how health risk factors for different compounds are calculated and used.

 

As we have seen recently in well-publicized videos and news from China, air pollution can have a major effect not just on public health, but on business growth. China has emphasized economic growth over environmental protection, resulting in many of their large cities being heavily polluted, resulting in greater hospitalizations, premature deaths, and living with protective masks. These all certainly effect economic growth after all. Unlike water and land pollution, which can be segregated from the public, pollution from automobiles, trucks, factory stacks, etc. goes into the air which everybody eventually breathes, and can be affected by. Yet we live in a time of diverse fuel and chemical usage. It is important to understand the potential impacts of the byproducts of combustion or use of chemicals have on public health to develop and comply with laws based on minimizing impacts and to be a good neighbor.

 

This 2 PDH online video presentation is intended primarily for chemical, environmental, mechanical and industrial engineers who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the health effects of air pollution caused by transportation sources as well as industry, and how government uses such findings to make regulations.