... Glossary of Terms Foreword Foreword Foreword by the President ofThe Brewers of Europe I am delighted to welcome The Brewers of Europe’s first ever report on TheEnvironmentalPerformanceofthe ... expectations Therefore, The Brewers of Europe commissioned a study to describe theenvironmentalperformanceofthe brewing sector in Europe This report presents the changes and trends in theenvironmental ... capturing the heat from the steam produced by boiling operations; the heat can then be reused for other processes Another example is the use of “wort-stripping” technology which increases the speed of...
... spoke to the EIU about the results ofthe Index, the difficulty of measuring theenvironmental impact of informal settlements and the necessity to administer cities as “living organisms” The Index ... some ofthe roughly 120,000 diesel vehicles in the city Officials fine vehicle owners who fail the tests, and they have the power to remove the vehicle from the road Porto Alegre, on the other ... Horizonte is the capital ofthe mineralrich state of Minas Gerais Located in the interior of southeastern Brazil, Belo Horizonte sits at the heart ofthe country’s steel and mining region The city’s...
... island of Yumeshima in the city’s harbour Bangkok is promoting the use of biofuels The authorities aim to increase the proportion of gasohol — a mixture of gasoline and ethanol — in the fuel mix (the ... olkata, the capital ofthe Indian state of West Bengal, is located in the eastern part ofthe country, alongside the Hooghly River With a population of 15.6 million in the metropolitan area, it is the ... in-depth profile for each city outlines its particular strengths, weaknesses, and ongoing environmental initiatives These profiles rightly constitute the bulk ofthe report because the aim ofthe study...
... similar measures ofenvironmental performance, they were bundled together and assigned the weight of a single indicator before the category score was calculated The category scores were then rebased ... City, 2) MSA 32 tlanta, the capital ofthe southeastern state of Georgia, is a regional economic hub, with one ofthe highest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies in the US The city has in particular ... strongest in the Index Across the other categories in the Index Charlotte places in the bottom half of cities However, since the award ofthe federal energy grant in 2009 Charlotte has stepped up environmental...
... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley ... analysis One ofthe main ecological justifications ofthe HSR projects would be the energy savings and the expected decrease of pollutant emissions, associated to the shift of a fraction of freight ... construction ofthe HSR Turin-Lyon and other ones on the French side [report for instance] Beyond the technical problems related to the HSR, the Susa Valley has become in the recent years the most...
... documents due to the difficulty in understanding the complexities of these impacts, a lack of available information on their consequences, and the desire to limit the scope ofenvironmental analysis.” ... petitioned the court to rehear the case and the final outcome of these and had yet to be determined at the time of this report’s publication In 2007, EPA’s Office of Water (OW) initiated the aforementioned ... production within the Rocky Mountain region is experiencing rapid growth Theenvironmental implications of these and other energy production activities are a major area of focus for the U.S Environmental...
... evaluation oftheenvironmental consequences ofthe attacks of September 11th The purpose ofthe report is to lay out the facts, as best as we know them at this point, regarding both theenvironmental ... agencies involved in aspects oftheenvironmental health response to the September 11th attacks, theperformanceofthe New York City Department ofEnvironmental Protection and the federal Occupational ... Government officials have conducted some limited testing ofthe runoff and harbor waters For example, the EPA collected runoff samples at the foot of Rector Street — the only visible runoff found by the...
... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley ... analysis One ofthe main ecological justifications ofthe HSR projects would be the energy savings and the expected decrease of pollutant emissions, associated to the shift of a fraction of freight ... construction ofthe HSR Turin-Lyon and other ones on the French side [report for instance] Beyond the technical problems related to the HSR, the Susa Valley has become in the recent years the most...
... to the quantiles ofthe standard normal distribution The quality ofthe approximation depends on the values ofthe parameters N Y,, the number of rated entities with the same rating grade at the ... context the paper proposes a simple mechanism for the comparison oftheperformanceof major rating agencies and that of other credit assessment systems, such as the internal ratings-based systems of ... distribution The mean of this distribution, the probability of default ofthe benchmark, is estimated at ˆ [0.0%, 0.1%] p (with an average of 0.04%) The other binomial parameter is the number of trials...
... environment The object ofthe analysis is displayed in figure The paper starts with a description ofthe water pollution problem in Kaunas city which is in the centre ofthe object ofthe analysis The ... Neris is the biggest tributary ofthe Nemunas The basin area ofthe Neris is 24 492km2 The source ofthe Neris river is in the territory of Byelorussia More than 140km upstream Kaunas, the Neris ... the Nemunas river below the inflow ofthe Nevezis, i.e downstream ofthe new wastewater outlet which will discharge the treated wastewater of Kaunas The results ofthe model shows that when the...
... for the development of a rubber plantation Following the approval by the People Committee ofthe Province of Champasack, on the 27th of October 2004, the note 120 ofthe People Committee ofthe ... (2 weeks) ofthe salaries; Transportation of workers to site at the charge ofthe workers for some villages; The use of brokers for the recruitment of workers, and associated cost of these practices ... survey ofthe land involving Lao authorities (district, village, and sometime province), the owner ofthe land and the company, the company offered an amount of money for the compensation of the...
... half ofthe time ofthe minimal duration of a joystick movement (200 ms) The mean direction was calculated within each of these time bins We then computed the intra-trial mean and variability of ... single standard deviation ofthe vector scatter plotted on the joystick, while the v marks the value ofthe mean well to the mid-wheelchair All ofthe novice participants used the lowest speed, yet ... one side ofthe PW placed adjacent to a wall They then executed a series of maneuvers in an attempt to place the opposite side ofthe PW to the opposite wall (see Figure 1D-E) As in the 180°...
... Theperformance metrics considered in this study are the bundle delivery probability (measured as the relation ofthe number of unique delivered bundles to the number of bundles generated), the ... presents an illustration ofthe software modules for terminal and mobile nodes, respectively The class diagram shown in Figure details the main classes ofthe software developed for the testbed This ... evaluate how the raw connectivity varies as the vehicle moves and whether it is stable across traversals ofthe same location In [31], the authors were interested in assessing the possibility of exploring...
... impact of a project or of its modification, only ofthe direct effects ofthe works envisaged themselves, and not oftheenvironmental impact liable to result from the use and exploitation ofthe ... the operation ofthe single market (e.g product safety standards) or the protection ofthe environment According to the case-law ofthe Court: Transposition of a directive The transposition of ... account the context ofthe provision and the purpose ofthe legislation in question Thus the classification of a decision as a ‘development consent’ within the meaning of Article 1(2) ofthe EIA...
... the needs ofthe present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” as originally defined in the Brundtland Commission report of 1986 How you assess theenvironmental ... emerging method for evaluating environmental sustainability is called “life cycle inventory assessment. ” These assessments quantify all ofthe resources consumed and all ofthe emissions to our natural ... market prices fluctuate, the recovery of metals typically represent the largest source of revenue for material recovery facilities (Further enhancing the economics of recycling through advances...
... Labem city and the edge ofthe SPA Meanwhile, development consent for another section was issued which led the highway to the borders ofthe SPA from the other side Necessary changes: The Directive ... with the basic goals ofthe Directive (see above), with Article and Annex II ofthe Espoo Convention or with the special requirements of other EU environmental norms (see namely Article 6.4 ofthe ... a) EIA and other environmental assessments Part III ofthe questionnaire includes questions concerning the possible improvement ofthe synergy of EIA with other environmentalassessment procedures...
... Scotland [43] Assessmentofthe impact and performanceofthe trauma team as an isolated component ofthe trauma pathway is complex Separation ofthe impact of multiple members of staff in a ... which together may manifest as an increase in patient survival [50] There are potential disadvantages to the use of video in theassessmentof trauma Assessmentofthe vital signs from the video ... according to the severity of injury ofthe trauma patient The application of triggering systems attempts to ensure that the appropriate tier of trauma team response is activated The triggering...
... gram-negative therapy for VAP only, on the basis of their local microbiology and the low risk of resistant gram-negative pathogens in patients not requiring mechanical ventilation Although not in the ATS/IDSA ... quality performance indicators We tested the data collection form and data repository in the first 30 patients, adjusted the form, and then used the revised form for subsequent patients Quality performance ... center adapted the empiric therapy recommendations based on their local epidemiology and hospital formulary, another feature of other successful projects [11-14] Implementation at the local level...
... ofthe function (more flat topped as b approaches 0), u is the length (mm) corresponding to the peak in the selectivity function, and l is the midpoint ofthe size interval l If the value ofthe ... proportion ofthe catch than ofthe ROV video samples The observed increase in the proportion of Red Snapper caught with larger hooks resulted from the declining catch rates of other reef fishes rather ... hooks Therefore, it seems unlikely that the slight offset ofthe 2/0 and 4/0 hooks examined in the current study had much impact on the incidence of deep hooking, but the effect of hook offset...
... safety of occupants of other flats, safety ofthe buildings, or for the preservation ofthe peaceable enjoyment by the other occupants of their own flats and the common property (Tan, 1998) 122 These ... elaborate theassessment methods of each environmentalperformance category and criterion, as well as to report theassessment outcomes ofthe case studies The elaboration oftheassessment methods (environmental ... assess environmentalperformanceof highrise high-density housing in the tropical region and other requirements of primary data The first main requirement is theenvironmentalperformanceof housing...