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Knowledge on Demand Webinar: Reducing the Benzene Risk — How Refiners Meet the New EPA Regulations
Evaluate the pros and cons of pre-or post-fractionation, saturation and extraction as potential process for your refinery, and how a combination of two or more of these may be required to meet EPA levels. Learn how some technologies may also generate a revenue stream that can offset your capital expenditures from Burns & McDonnell experts Dave Nispel, refining business development manager, and Dominic Varraveto, refinery process manager.
Knowledge on Demand Streaming Audio: Vapor Intrusion — What it Means to Property Owners
Diana Marquez, an associate toxicologist and head of vapor intrusion services in the Burns & McDonnell Environmental Group, defines and describes vapor intrusion, what it means to property owners, and how it can be detected and addressed.
Vapor Intrusion Diana Marquez, an associate toxicologist and head of vapor intrusion services in the Burns & McDonnell Environmental Group, defines and describes vapor intrusion, what it means to property owners, and how it can be detected and addressed. (8:26-minute run time — 6.1 MB) Publish Date: 08-OCT-2008 01:53 PM
Reducing the Benzene Risk: How Refiners Meet the New EPA Regulations Evaluate the pros and cons of pre-or post-fractionation, saturation and extraction as potential process for your refinery with Burns & McDonnell experts Dave Nispel, refining business development manager, and Dominic Varraveto, refinery process manager. (53.38-minute run time — 164.8 MB)
Publish Date: 07-OCT-2008 01:02 PM
Strategies for Communicating Corporate Sustainability Grant Smith, Burns & McDonnell environmental and sustainability project manager, and Candice Derks-Wood, sustainability specialist, explain why you should consider sustainability reporting. The discussion includes an evaluation of the current state of public reporting and how to develop an effective corporate sustainability report. (19:21-minute run time - 57.7 MB) Publish Date: 17-JUL-2008 08:59 AM
Gasification as a Source for Clean Electric Power Jeff Reid, manager of gasification business development, and Jim Jurczak, director of gasification projects, describe the processes and market factors effecting development of gasification projects in the United States. (13:35-minute run time - 9.8 MB) Publish Date: 16-JUL-2008 10:36 AM
What Facility Engineering Services (FES) Offers Facility Owners Jeff Barrett, professional engineer, project management professional and manager of Burns & McDonnell Facility Engineering Services (FES), describes how FES has handled multiple facility activities for seven years at the Kansas City Plant and explains how those services could benefit other projects. (6:33-minute run time - 4.7 MB) Publish Date: 16-JUL-2008 09:50 AM
The Impacts of Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Materials Jeff Keller, a department manager in the Burns & McDonnell Infrastructure Group, discusses the emerging issue of nanotechnology, industry regulation and the effects of nanoscale particles on manufacturing, drinking water and wastewater treatment. (15-minute run time - 6.9 MB) Publish Date: 03-JUL-2008 09:48 AM
Demystifying Sustainability — A Commonsense Guide to Going LEED Learn more about sustainability terms, concepts, initiatives and the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program from Burns & McDonnell experts: Karen Stelling, associate vice president; Amy Clement, Aviation & Facilities project manager; and Laura Girard, Energy Services project manager. (1-hour run time - 158.3 MB) Publish Date: 25-MAR-2008 02:53 PM
Regulatory Obstacles to Improving Your Efficiency Robynn Andracsek, Burns & McDonnell senior environmental engineer, discusses the issues surrounding government regulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. (16:17-minute run time - 36.7 MB) Publish Date: 01-MAR-2008 10:10 AM
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