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Newest and Best Update for DG-1000 Available Now!

We are extremely pleased to announce the latest update to the DG-1000 Pressure and Flow Gauge and it is available now. After each of the previous updates we heard from customers about features they would like to see in the DG-1000 as well as improvements of existing features. In this release we have made the most significant upgrades to the DG-1000 since it was first introduced. Beginning ...

Feb. 9, 2018

By The Energy Conservatory (TEC)

Investigations of wall effect on permeability through porous media at low flow rates

The study of percolation of fluids through permeable subsoil strata has always been a subject of great significance from engineering point of view. The permeability depends upon both material properties and fluid characteristics. Previous studies are concentrated on the influence of regularly shaped particles on permeability, whereas the present study aims to analyse its variation due to ...

Jun. 13, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Driving climate change

This autumn the European Parliament and Council of Ministers are expected to cast their final votes on fuel efficiency standards for cars. The EU positions itself as a world leader on climate change, yet it has steadfastly failed to stand up to he car lobby. If the EU does not effectively legislate for greater fuel efficiency, it is in danger of failing to meet its own 2020 greenhouse gas ...

May 27, 2008

By Greenpeace International

Fitting performance of particle-size distribution models on data derived by conventional and laser diffraction techniques

Mathematical description of most classical particle size distribution (PSD) data is often used for estimating soil hydraulic properties. Fast laser diffraction (LD) techniques now provide more detailed PSDs, but deriving a function to characterize the entire range of sizes is a major challenge. The aim of this study was to compare the fitting performance of seven PSD functions with one to four ...

Jun. 23, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

The Role of the Financial Sector in Achieving Sustainable Development

Introduction The European Community's Fifth Environmental Action Programme recognised the importance of financial services by stating that 'financial institutions which assume the risk of companies and plants can exercise considerable influence - in some cases control - over investment and management decisions which could be brought into play for the benefit of the environment'. The possible ...

Nov. 1, 1997

By European Commission, Environment DG

Multiannual Work Programme 2014–2018 - Expanding the knowledge base for policy implementation and long-term transitions

The Regulation setting up the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet) (1) came into force in 1993, with the aim of providing the Community and the Member States, and in particular the European Commission, with the objective information necessary for framing, implementing and evaluating sound and effective environmental policies and for ...

Jan. 21, 2014

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Different emission estimates produced by EU bodies/institutions

EU GHG inventory submission to UNFCCC (EEA and DG Climate Action) The European Union (EU), as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), reports annually on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for the years 1990 to X-2 (i.e. two years before the current year1) and within the area covered by its Member States. The legal basis for the compilation of the EU GHG ...

Nov. 27, 2015

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Different emission estimates by EU bodies

EU GHG inventory submission to UNFCCC (EEA and DG Climate Action) The European Union (EU), as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), reports annually on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for the years 1990 to X-2 (i.e. two years before the current year1) and within the area covered by its Member States. The legal basis for the compilation of the EU GHG ...

Jun. 3, 2014

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Convergence with EU environmental legislation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia: a Guide

Untitled Document This report was prepared by Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in the context of the European Commission DG Environment framework contract “Financing Capacity for Implementation and Enforcement of Harmonizing Environmental Policy in the NIS”. The first draft of the report was developed in close co-operation with the EAP ...

Jan. 1, 2003

By European Commission, Environment DG

Working Document on Sludge

Untitled Document Introduction Sewage sludge originates from the process of treatment of waste water. Due to the physical-chemical processes involved in the treatment, the sludge tends to concentrate heavy metals and poorly biodegradable trace organic compounds as well as potentially pathogenic organisms – viruses, bacteria etc. – present in waste water. Sludge is, however, ...

Jan. 1, 2000

By European Commission, Environment DG

Molecular electronics and reconfigurable logic

This paper describes a reprogrammable architecture based on regular matrices of fine-grain dynamically reconfigurable cells based on double-gate carbon nanotube field effect transistors (DG-CNTFET) exhibiting ambivalence (p-type or n-type behaviour depending on the back-gate voltage). Using available models, reconfigurable cells have been simulated and performance metrics quantified at 4 GHz ...

Feb. 22, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

The Common Marine Policy of the European Union since 2005

In this study we establish and clarify a distinction between 'maritime' and 'marine'. Using this distinction, we propose the establishment of a DG of Marine Clusters in the EU, to integrate marine sectors. Drawing upon the evidence of the 2006 EU Green Paper, the consultation conducted in 2007, and the 2011 white paper, we examine the network of seven EU marine clusters and calculate their ...

Apr. 11, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

TB 59: Optimized deaeration system for Paulaner Brewery

The Centec DGS System is a modular, water deaeration process that uses hydrophobic Hollow Fiber Membrane to remove dissolved gasses from liquids in the beverage industry. This technical brief covers the unit’s design, operation and resulting reduction of energy consumption costs. Gas transfer starts with the basic principle that the concentration of dissolved gasses in water is proportional to ...

Oct. 1, 2007

By 3M Membrane Filtration (formerly Membrana)

Understanding pollutants emissions from Europe`s cities

The EU Air Implementation Pilot project In 2012 the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission's DG Environment established the Air Implementation Pilot project: http://www.eea.europa.eu/air/pilot By exchanging experiences among cities and looking in-depth into their air quality activities, the project aims: to explore how far the implementation of EU air quality ...

May 24, 2013

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Interpreting the seasonal and long-term trend of nitrate in both groundwater and spring water in a typical headwater wetland with well-defined groundwater flow pathways

Timescale problems of nitrate behavior (i.e. seasonal variation and long-term trend) in headwater are closely related to its hydrological process. In a typical agricultural headwater catchment in the Chiba prefecture, Japan, the groundwater nitrate concentration showed an increasing trend, while for spring water, a substantial decreasing trend was observed during our monitoring period. Two ...

Apr. 18, 2016

By IWA Publishing

An Opening of a Dialogue - European Commission Meets Manufacturers

Gasmet is an active participant in the preparation of European standards for emissions monitoring. On the 12th of September, we participated in the first official meeting between the European Commission and European emissions monitoring equipment manufacturers to discuss Directive-level issues. Read what this meeting was all about and what was its outcome. Meeting with Measurement Equipment ...

Oct. 16, 2019

By Gasmet Technologies Oy

Reuse of Primary Packaging

Untitled Document Abstract The reuse of packaging is, according to Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, one of the priority instruments which should be used in order to prevent the generation of packaging waste. During the last years, many reuse systems have been replaced by the growing use of throw-away packaging (particularly plastic bottles and composite ...

Jan. 1, 1999

By European Commission, Environment DG

Reporting and exchanging air quality information using e-Reporting

A number of EU legal instruments require EU Member States to monitor and report air quality data. This information is collated, analysed and disseminated by the European Environment Agency (EEA). At present much of the data is reported electronically by countries in data flows required under a specific legal instrument. As a result, reporting on air quality is not always integrated across all ...

Jun. 19, 2012

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Annual European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990 – 2008 and inventory report 2010

Executive summary ES.1 Background information on greenhouse gas inventories and climate change The European Union (EU), as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), reports annually on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for the year t-2 and within the area covered by its Member States (i.e. domestic emissions taking place within its territory). The present ...

Jun. 2, 2010

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Rescuing failing states

One of the leading challenges facing the international community is how to rescue failing states, those countries most at risk of collapse due to a combination of weak governance, internal violence, and social upheaval. Continuing with business as usual in international assistance programs is not working, as evidenced by the continuing deterioration of places like Haiti, Somalia, and Yemen. The ...

Feb. 4, 2010

By Earth Policy Institute

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