1 June 2007 EMFACT Project Update Terri Goldberg Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association

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3 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

4 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 6

7 EMFACT Team NEWMOA: –Terri Goldberg MASS OTA: –Bill McGowan, Phil Milmoe, Rick Reibstein SYS Technologies EMARIC ( Deb Savage, Ph.D.) Advisory Group

Project Stages 8 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 9

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 10

EMFACT Prototype Cockpit 11

High Level Data Flow 12

Data Flow (cont.) 13

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 14

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 15