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ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards : Engineering and Financial Aspects.
Title:
ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards : Engineering and Financial Aspects.
Author:
Morris, Alan S.
ISBN:
9780470090770
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Contents:
ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General approach to developing an environmental management system -- 1.2 Summary of requirements of ISO 14001 -- 1.3 Other ISO 14000 standards -- 1.4 Engineering aspects of ISO 14001 requirements -- 1.5 What is essential and what is not when implementing ISO 14001? -- References -- 2 Design and Implementation of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems -- 2.1 Design of an environmental management system -- 2.2 Environmental management system implementation -- 2.3 Environmental management system costing -- 2.4 Environmental management system audits -- 2.5 ISO 14001 registration -- 2.6 Publicity about good environmental performance -- Reference -- 3 Measurement Systems in Environmental Management -- 3.1 Choosing suitable measuring instruments -- 3.2 Calibration of measuring instruments -- 3.3 Documentation of measurement and calibration systems -- References -- 4 Measurement System Errors -- 4.1 Random errors -- 4.2 Systematic errors -- 4.3 Error reduction using intelligent instruments -- 4.4 Total measurement system errors -- References -- 5 Measurement Signal Conversion, Processing, Transmission and Recording -- 5.1 Variable conversion elements -- 5.2 Signal processing -- 5.3 Signal transmission -- 5.4 Signal recording -- 6 Quantification and Effects of Air Pollution -- 6.1 Air pollution sources and effects -- 6.2 Measurement of air quality: particulate matter content -- 6.3 Measurement of air quality: concentration of polluting gaseous products -- References -- 7 Quantification and Effects of Water Pollution -- 7.1 Sources and forms of water pollution -- 7.2 Consequences of water pollution -- 7.3 Water sampling in rivers -- 7.4 Testing of river water for pollution -- References -- 8 Control of Air and Water Pollution.

8.1 Air pollution control -- 8.2 Water pollution control -- References -- 9 Noise, Vibration and Shock Pollution -- 9.1 Noise -- 9.2 Vibration -- 9.3 Shock -- 10 Waste Management -- 10.1 Waste reduction -- 10.2 Waste disposal -- References -- 11 System Reliability and Risk Assessment for Environmental Protection -- 11.1 Definitions -- 11.2 Identifying hazards -- 11.3 Risk assessment -- 11.4 Risk analysis -- 11.5 Risk management -- 11.6 Reliability analysis -- 11.7 References and further reading -- 12 Statistical Process Control -- 12.1 Conditions for application of statistical process control -- 12.2 Principles of statistical process control -- 12.3 XBAR chart (or MEAN chart) -- 12.4 CUSUM chart (cumulative sum chart) -- 12.5 RANGE chart (R chart) -- 12.6 Summary of control charts -- References -- 13 Monitoring Process Parameter Values to Minimise Pollution Risk -- 13.1 Temperature measurement -- 13.2 Pressure measurement -- 13.3 Flow measurement -- 13.4 Level measurement -- References -- Appendix 1 Summary of ISO 14000 Series Standards -- Appendix 2 Typical Structure of an Environmental Management System Manual -- Index.
Abstract:
Dr. Alan Morris is a member of the Dept. of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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