Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a technique for managing environmental impacts within industry or business. It is often referred to as “cradle to grave” analysis or even Life Cycle Assessment. Its purpose is to identify and evaluate the environmental impacts of a product at every stage of its existence from its constituent raw materials to…
In these days of volatile fuel prices and increased environmental consciousness, it seems simple common sense to start concentrating on the use of more renewable sources of energy. Solar power is one of the most popular methods and provides a plethora of advantages. The use of solar energy in your home essentially relies on the…
What is water pollution? Water pollution occurs when organisations, industry, agriculture or individuals extract water or discharge substances into water bodies in ways that affect the hydrological cycle and cause negative effects on humans or wildlife. This could be by affecting drinking water, dirtying water that humans come into contact with, or causing toxicity to…
What is air pollution? Air pollution occurs when activities by humans causes the release of substances, vibrations, noise, light or heat into the surrounding environment, where these emissions cause harm to people and wildlife or damage to property or amenities used by people. In terms of substances, these usually take the form of chemicals, particulate…
Although local and global environmental issues have become part of the mainstream in recent years, for many people there is still confusion as to what these issues actually are. With so much publicity and focus given to the controversies of climate change and global warming, it is easy to be unaware of the other main…
ISO14001 is the international standard environmental management system (EMS) that enables a company to formulate a policy and objectives that take into account the legislative requirements and information about significant environmental impacts. Scope of the ISO14001 Standard The scope of the standard only includes those environmental aspects which the company or organisation can be said…
What Is Environmental Auditing? Instead of providing an environmental audit definition, it is more useful to say that such an audit has several main objectives: – To verify compliance with any legal requirements. These requirements will obviously differ depending upon the country – To compare the existing procedures to the best management practices in the…
These days there are so many reasons to think about how to save money on electricity bills. As we endure the most severe global economic situation of modern times, the disposable income of many people has been reduced to the point that any method of saving expenditure on unavoidable fixed costs such as home energy…