Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management



This course is available at these future events:
Gold Coast 2010

This course introduces the principles of air quality and greenhouse gas emissions management.  Learn about recent developments and best practice in managing emissions and their impacts. 

This is a practical course, and case studies will be used to illustrate the main issues. 

ISSUES ADDRESSED

 

Day 1    Regulation and Practical Responses 

  • Compliance issues for licensed activities  
  • Quantifying Emissions: Emissions estimation techniques; source testing; continuous emissions monitoring; National Pollutant Inventory reporting; data uncertainty and quality 
  • National Greenhouse Energy & Reporting Act (NGER): Background to NGER; NGER compliance requirements; what are the next steps ? 
  • Carbon Markets: Emission markets; Carbon tax vs Emissions trading; allocation models; generating and approving offsets 
  • Reducing emissions and energy consumption: some practical aspects

Day 2    Monitoring, Modelling & Management

  • Ambient Air Quality: What, when, where and why to measure ? Monitoring standards; New technologies 
  • Air Quality Modelling: The role of modelling in compliance and design; model accuracy and quality issues; basics of meteorology and plume behaviour  
  • Air Quality Management: Principles of air quality management; facility-level issues; regional issues; management systems

WHAT DO YOU GET ?

  • Access to leading air quality and climate change management practitioners in Australia
  • Course notes and CD-ROM
  • Australian and international case studies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND ?  

Environmental managers; Air quality managers; Regulatory agency officers; Local government environmental officers; Consultants; Researchers 


PRESENTERS:
Ben McMahon
Robin Ormerod