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June 2007 EMFACT Project UpdateJune 2007 EMFACT Project Update

Terri Goldberg Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association

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EMFACT Objectives

• A fully developed easy-to-use well-documented energy, materials, & chemicals use & associated costs tracking tool

• Well-developed training support materials & user’s guide to support the implementation of the tool

• Online downloadable free access to the software application as well as the training materials & user’s guide

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EMFACT Expectations

• EHS & other staff & managers using & implementing the tool in their businesses, institutions, & agencies; experiencing more informed & effective decision-making concerning energy, materials, & chemical use

• Well-trained assistance providers in the public & private sector able to effectively evaluate energy, materials, & chemicals use & releases & their associated costs, & potential financial return on investment from prevention & sustainability activities

• Environmental efficiency results by users

Contractor

NEWMOA contracted with SYS Technologies to undertake the following :• Develop the first version of the

EMFACT software tool; a users’ guide, including a data dictionary & training support materials, which will be made available in a downloadable form for free online

• Work with NEWMOA & MA OTA to support the testing of a beta version of the EMFACT tool & fix any bugs or problems & make modifications to ensure that the tool works properly 5

Contractor (cont.)

• Support NEWMOA in uploading the tool to its website

• Direct support for three pilot training workshops on the use of the tool, including development of training support materials

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EMFACT Team

• NEWMOA: – Terri Goldberg

• MASS OTA: – Bill McGowan, Phil Milmoe, Rick Reibstein

• SYS Technologies • EMARIC (Deb Savage, Ph.D.)

• Advisory Group

Project Stages

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• Stage 1: Design of the EMFACT Tool

• Stage 2: Development of the Tool

• Stage 3: Formal testing of the Beta Version of EMFACT

• Stage 4: Modify the Beta EMFACT & deliver Version 1.0

• March 2008: Kickoff

Current Status

• Wrapping up the System Requirements Specification (SRS) & the System Design Specification (SDS) (Stage 1)

• Have begun transition from EHSdesk™ core software modules:– Substance Tracking System (STS)– STS Fuel Burn (FB)– Site Information Management (SIM) Lite– Planning & Calendar Manager (PACmgr)

• Will begin formal EMFACT product development when SRS & SDS are finalized in June

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Current Status (cont.)

• Developing Proposed Dash Board

• Team holding weekly conference calls

• Planning early demos for TURPs & others to get initial feedback

• On target for beta version testing starting in September

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EMFACT Prototype Cockpit

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High Level Data Flow

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Data Flow (cont.)

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Proposed Reports

• Reports on lists of equipment & lists of chemicals 

• SEARCH window that enables searching by a variety of fields based upon what is selected; output can be printed or saved to Excel 

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Proposed Reports (cont.)

• Materials Use (i.e., water, fuel, chemicals, other): entire facility, business unit, equipment, production unit, per unit of product, incorporated into product, incorporated in non-product output

• Non-Product Output (i.e., air emissions, wastewater, solid & hazardous waste): entire facility, business unit, equipment, production unit, unit of product

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