66 results about "Environmental stewardship" patented technology

A computer system includes a security coordinator configured to be communicatively coupled to a plurality of managed machines deployed in a same computing environment and managed by an environment manager. The security coordinator is configured to detect a security condition with respect to a first one of the managed machines, and to automatically initiate modification of a second one of the managed machines in the same computing environment responsive to detection of the security condition. The security coordinator is configured to initiate the modification of the second one of the managed machines prior to occurrence of a security condition therein and prior to action by the environment manager with respect to the second one of the managed machines in response to the detected security condition.

In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating, managing and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. The virtual environments are managed through an information monitor and management module that generates a work order sent to the physical location for reconfiguration of the real-life environment.

Management of a business environment is facilitated by enabling customers to determine the sensitivity of events on resources, dynamically evaluate composed state of those resources, based on the sensitivity, and use that state in management of the environment. Management is further facilitated by the dynamic evaluation of aggregated state of business applications, which may also be used in management.

Particular aspects of the present invention provide novel systems and methods for method for epidemiological and environmental monitoring and assessment, and for active management of human health hazards associated with building environments. In particular aspects, the inventive system and methods are used as a human health and environmental health management tool for corporations (e.g., offices, factories), commercial buildings, condominiums, hotels, resorts, camps, military installations, schools, daycares, cruise ships, real estate developments, towns and cities, prisons, or any other institutional or community settings. In particular aspects, the inventive system and methods are used in a proactive manner to maintain the health of building occupants. Additional aspects provide systems and methods having substantial utility as an investigative tool to substantiate human health claims and correlate underlying environmental factors.

An atmosphere fetor pollution fine source apportionment method comprises determining a fetor pollution source surveying area; performing fetor pollution source survey and establishing a real, reliable and complete fetor pollution information database; based on the foundation of fetor source survey, analyzing influence on environment by a pollution source in different conditions and judging a main fetor pollution source influencing the surveying area; identifying characteristic markers of various emission sources; establishing fetor fingerprints capable of reflecting emission characteristics of the pollution sources; identifying the fingerprints by means of a fuzzy clustering model, programming by adoption of Matlab software and achieving rapid and accurate compare among the fingerprints; and establishing an atmosphere fetor pollution fine source apportionment model. The atmosphere fetor pollution fine source apportionment method is capable of finding the sources of fetor pollutants rapidly and accurately, high in practicality and wide in popularization and application and capable of providing a reliable technical guarantee for environment management departments to deal with an emergent fetor pollution accident and control a pollution risk.

The invention provides a real-time monitoring and dynamic management information platform for major industrial pollution sources in certain regions, and relates to the field of environmental management information technologies. The real-time monitoring and dynamic management information platform comprises foundation hardware, a system platform and a comprehensive database. The foundation hardware comprises a GIS (geographic information system) server, a data server, an application server, a network communication link and the like. The system platform which is an information platform comprises platform software and a functional module, and pollution source real-time monitoring, pollution source dynamic management, pollutant statistical analysis and auxiliary decision making modules and the like are developed by the functional module. The comprehensive database comprises a spatial database and attribute databases. The real-time monitoring and dynamic management information platform has the advantages that the major industrial pollution sources in the certain regions can be scientifically and effectively dynamically monitored and managed in full life cycles by the aid of the information platform, scientific bases can be provided for environmental management such as comprehensive management, emergency treatment, analytic decision making and law enforcement monitoring and management, and the widespread problems of deficiency of data sharing and compatibility, poor utilization rate, weak spatial analysis functions and the like of existing environmental information management systems can be solved.

A method and system for managing driving patterns by charging a variable incentive and / or disincentive based on individual driving behaviors. Distances detected between a vehicle and other vehicles are detected within a time period. N tailgating incidents are identified based on the detected distances being less than a threshold value for distance. A variable toll is determined by evaluating a function of a base amount and N. The driver of the vehicle is charged the variable toll. Charging the variable toll provides an incentive to the driver to encourage driving that does not include tailgating or a disincentive to the driver to deter tailgating.

In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and / or three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. This invention comprises a system and method of automatically creating a virtual world environment to reflect a real world environment using information stored in databases and floor plans. The virtual world environment is rendered utilizing a Virtual World Rendering Module and is updated utilizing a Virtual Instrument Update Module.

The invention discloses a soft measuring method of an air particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) based on a self-organizing fuzzy neural network, and belongs to both the field of environmental engineering and the field of detection techniques. An atmospheric environmental system has the characteristics of multivariable, nonlinearity, a complicated internal mechanism, incomplete information and the like; the mathematic model of the atmospheric environmental system is difficult to establish through mechanism analysis; however, a neural network has better processing capacity to a highly nonlinear and seriously uncertain system. According to the soft measuring method of the air particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) based on the self-organizing fuzzy neural network, aiming at the problem that the PM2.5 is difficult to predict, an auxiliary variable relative to the PM2.5 is selected based on partial least square, then a soft measuring model between a relative variable and the PM2.5 is established by utilizing the self-organizing fuzzy neural network based on a sensitivity analytical method; the PM2.5 is predicted, a better effect is obtained; the in-time and accurate quality information of an atmospheric environment can be provided for an environmental management decision maker and people; the pollution control of the atmospheric environment is beneficially enhanced; the occurrence of serious pollution is prevented.

The invention relates to an atmosphere odor pollution tracing system based on an odor fingerprint spectrum and similarity analysis. The system comprises an information management system, a fingerprintspectrum system, a tracing model system and a result demonstration system. The system comprises steps of pollution source information management, odor pollution information management, odor fingerprint spectrum establishment, similarity calculation of the tracing model system, and tracing result display. According to the system provided by the invention, on the basis of information management system collection, stored pollution source discharge and environment odor gas related data, environment and pollution source odor fingerprint spectrums are established through the fingerprint spectrum system, similarity coefficients of the environment and pollution source odor fingerprint spectrums are calculated through the tracing model system on the basis of an included angle cosine method, the similarity of the environment and pollution source odor fingerprint spectrums is displayed on the system, then possible sources of odor pollution can be judged, precise recognition on odor pollution sources can be achieved, difficulties of odor pollution tracing can be solved, technical defects of odor pollution complaint management can be overcome, and effectiveness and authority of environment administrative departments in odor pollution supervision and law enforcement can be improved.

The invention provides a ULDB (Databases with Uncertainty and Lineage)-based marine environmental monitored data management system, which comprises six functional modules respectively for data acquisition, data storage, data detection, uncertainty data management, data analysis and data display. The quality of marine environmental monitored data directly influences the scientificity of marine environmental management decisions. In the system, uncertainty data in a marine environmental monitoring domain is stored by adopting ULDB, the source of the uncertainty data is searched according to a lineage function, top-k query semantics is defined according to user requirements and business characteristics, and thus, different requirements of users are satisfied. The system can effectively utilize the marine environmental monitored data to provide scientific support for the marine environmental management decisions.

A method for electronically planning, evaluating, representing and communicating environmental information about site characteristics and the impact of proposed activities, through visualization, modeling and / or decision support modules, which support the shared public and private evaluation of project alternatives for improved environmental management decisions. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing an electronic environmental project document comprises the steps of receiving project information regarding an environmental project, indexing the information by attaching metadata, providing a document preparation guide in response to the project information, receiving information requested in the document preparation guide, preparing an electronic environmental project document and employing software to visualize, model and / or provide decision support. In another embodiment of the present invention, environmental project impacts are visualized through the use of graphs, tables, icons, photos, video and / or animation and forecasting and backcasting models are employed to support the development of consensus solutions.

The invention relates to a stink fingerprint spectrum based stink pollution source tracing method. The method comprises the following steps: A, determining a suspected pollution source; B, discharging, sampling, analyzing the pollution source; C, sampling and analyzing an environment stink gas; D, screening a stink pollutant; E, constructing a pollution source and environment stink fingerprint spectrum; F, calculating the similarity through a source tracing mode; and G, identifying the pollution source according to the similarity. The stink fingerprint spectrum is constructed through the fingerprint spectrum technology and the odor threshold of a stink substance, the similarity coefficient of the pollution source and environment stink fingerprint spectrum is calculated by using an includedangle cosine method, so that the possible source of the stink pollution is judged, the source of the stink pollution is rapidly and accurately identified, the difficult problem of tracing the sourceof the stink pollution is solved, the technical defect of complaint management of the stink pollution is overcome, and the effectiveness and the authority in supervision and law enforcement of the stink pollution of the environmental management department are improved.

The invention discloses an intelligent environmental protection management platform. The management platform comprises a one-enterprise and one-file environmental protection management system which isused for registering environmental protection information by an enterprise user and performing overall planning and calculation through a background operation instruction; a government supervision system which is used for carrying out corresponding approval program circulation by combining online processing of environmental protection problem rectification, enterprise complaint and supervision law enforcement items with offline environmental protection patrol; a geographic large-screen system which is used for integrating user geographic information and pollution source node positions by means of a third-party map, and analyzing related environmental influences and regional pollution discharge conditions; and a data large-screen system which is used for displaying the regional environmentmanagement current situation in a chart form and predicting the pollution emission situation by applying big data comparison and through screening, sorting and statistics. According to the invention,a new management and control scheme is created for environmental management of the stationary pollution source, regional environmental protection data is presented in a three-dimensional manner by using an efficient, convenient and comprehensive informatization management mode, and data support is provided for further optimization and decision making.

The invention relates to a soft sensing method for PM2.5 of air fine particles based on image features and an integrated neural network, which belongs to the field of both environmental engineering and detection technology. An atmospheric environmental system has many variables, nonlinear and complicated internal mechanism. Compared with single neural network, an ensemble neural network has betterability to deal with highly nonlinear and seriously uncertain system, and the real-time and high efficiency of PM2.5 prediction can be improved effectively by using image features as input variables.The invention aims at the problem that PM2.5 is difficult to predict with high precision and real-time. Firstly, the image features related to PM2.5 are extracted based on the feature extraction method. Secondly, the soft sensor model between PM2.5 and the image features is established by using the ensemble neural network based on the simple average method. Finally, the PM2.5 is predicted with the established soft sensor model and good results are obtained. The output results of the soft sensor model can provide timely and accurate information of atmospheric environment quality for environmental management decision-makers and the masses, which is conducive to strengthening the control of atmospheric pollution and preventing serious pollution.

The invention discloses a method and a device for obtaining the criteria priority research pollutant of a water environment. The method comprises the following steps: utilizing a published optimal-control pollutant list to obtain a target pollutant list corresponding to a target drainage basin area; on the basis of a water environment criteria data screening specification, collecting qualified water ecology acute toxicity data, on species, of target pollutant; calculating a geometric mean of the qualified water ecology acute toxicity data, on the same species, of the target pollutant to obtain the average acute values of the species; obtaining a geographical distribution area to which each species belongs, and classifying the obtained average acute values of the species; sorting the classified average acute values of the species; independently fitting the sorted average acute values of the species to obtain a concentration value of the pollution which harms 5% of biology; and utilizing the obtained concentration value of the pollution which harms 5% of biology to carry out difference significance analysis, and obtaining the criteria priority research pollutant according to a difference significance analysis result. When the method and the device are applied, technical supports can be provided for regional water environment management.

The invention provides an on-line environment monitoring system. The on-line environment monitoring system comprises a pollution source on-line monitoring subsystem, a main water area water quality automatic monitoring subsystem, an urban air quality monitoring subsystem, an urban noise monitoring subsystem and a monitoring center. The on-line environment monitoring system has the following advantages: the advanced development technology is selected and used, and the application system is simple and convenient to operate and is suitable for being operated and used by people of all levels; the advanced design concept is achieved, expansion can be conducted at any time according to development and demands of environmental management, and the on-line environment monitoring system is compatible with the present application system; the on-line environment monitoring system is favorably reflected in the aspects of network coverage, reliability, stability, real-time transmission speed, data transmission accuracy and safety, operation interface, reasonable construction investment and daily running costs and the like.

The invention discloses a foundation pit engineering high-pressure jet grouting pile reinforcement construction method. The construction method comprises the following steps of conducting surveying and positioning, arranging a drilling machine in place, conducting pipe insertion, conducting trial spraying, conducting high-pressure jet grouting and grouting; conducting waste slurry treatment, flushing materials and tools, and moving a rotary jet grouting machine to a next hole location to conduct repeated construction until construction is completed. Through the foundation pit engineering high-pressure jet grouting pile reinforcement construction method, in the establishment and implement process, the legal compliance principle should be embodied all the time with the main purpose of pollution prevention, the requirements of related parties for environmental management are met, and environmental behaviors of the project are continuously perfected in a pointed mode. The construction method conforms to the civilized construction requirements without disturbing residents, polluting the environment and causing public safety affairs. The specific construction behaviors during high-pressure jet grouting construction are implemented in strict accordance with the construction method to control environmental pollution and achieve the civilized construction target.

A method and system for managing driving patterns by charging a variable incentive and / or disincentive based on individual driving behaviors. Distances detected between a vehicle and other vehicles are detected within a time period. N tailgating incidents are identified based on the detected distances being less than a threshold value for distance. A variable toll is determined by evaluating a function of a base amount and N. The driver of the vehicle is charged the variable toll. Charging the variable toll provides an incentive to the driver to encourage driving that does not include tailgating or a disincentive to the driver to deter tailgating.

The invention discloses an eco-tourism environmental bearing capacity early warning system. The system includes: a server; the server includes: a tourist number forecasting module, a scenic spot environmental management module, an economic benefit statistics module, a critical bearing capacity determination module, and a bearing capacity early warning module. The eco-tourism environmental bearingcapacity early warning system predicts the number of tourists from various aspects, improves the accuracy of the number of tourists, and provides an accurate and reliable data basis for the early warning of the eco-tourism environment bearing capacity, and the eco-tourism environmental bearing capacity early warning of the invention belongs to the prior warning; at the same time, the eco-tourism environmental bearing capacity early warning system introduces the scenic tourism comfort level corresponding to tourist number and the scenic tourism economic benefits corresponding to tourist numberto estimation of the critical bearing capacity of the scenic eco-tourism environment, and further provides the accurate and reliable data basis for the early warning of the eco-tourism environment bearing capacity.

The functionality of a networked physical product is defined as an abstraction, or a virtual product, in such a way that the product functionality can be interpreted and managed by a business enterprise system. A software application and data model spans isolated databases to store and maintain the functional data and contextual information of a networked physical product and the associated business data needed to manage the product. The functional and contextual data is managed by a purpose-built and optimized heterogeneous database environment, and the associated business data is managed separately in another purpose-built and optimized database environment. An electronic template, similar to a bill of materials, describes the functional and interactive elements of a networked virtual product that represents the networked physical products as they are created. A business enterprise system links business management software to the data and information generated by the networked product.

An environmental management information collection system modifies and analyzes environmental impact information, which is collected and stored in advance, and calculates a reduction amount of environmental impacts at each of a plurality of processes included in activities of an organization. A management-information system obtains the environmental impact at each process, and calculates an amount of investment for reducing the environmental impacts. An accounting system performs environmental accounting, based on the reduction amount of the environmental impacts which is obtained by the environmental impact information collection system and the amount of investment which is calculated by the management-information system.

The invention discloses a method for predicting and simulating the total phosphorus cycle of a shallow lake ecosystem. The method includes: A, constructing a phosphorus recycling model in water; B, constructing a phosphorus recycling model in the sediment; C, establishing a total phosphorus cycle model of shallow lake ecosystem. The method of the invention can scientifically evaluate the phosphorus pollution problem existing in the lake, and predict the environmental benefits, risks and uncertainties achieved by the use of different management methods, and use environmental conditions to makescenario simulations of the use of different management methods, so as to make predictions and provide scientific theoretical reference and guidance for environmental managers.

A method of, and apparatus for generating an environmental management plan for management of golf courses is described. A game is also described which, when played, generates the environmental management plan. In the method, apparatus and game, a set of tasks and sub-tasks are associated with holes and strokes respectively in a game of golf so that a user or player may easily step through the generation of an environmental management plan which complies with a selected environmental management standard and world's best practice for managing golf course environments. Content for completing the plan is provided, documents are generated, and assistance is given in customising and completing each document. The game and method is typically conducted by a processing system. A progress indicator is also provided which is in the form of an animated golfer who executes the strokes associated with the sub-tasks, which facilitates improved motivation to complete the management plan.

A method and system are disclosed for safe, efficient, economically productive, environmentally responsible, extraction and utilization of dissolved gases in deep waters of a rare type of “exploding” lake, where methane (CH4) is accompanied by abundant CO2. CH4 is combusted to generate electricity. CO2 usually is considered a contaminant requiring removal to avoid power loss. Cleaning high CO2 levels from CH4, however, is costly and causes CH4 loss. Venting CO2 is environmentally undesirable. Or, if CO2 is disposed in water flow returned to the deep lake, danger persists. CO2 and CH4 are degassed efficiently together and input into oxy-fuel combustion. Three process outputs are: degassed nutrients-rich water flow, power and CO2+H2O exhaust, all usable for industrially productive purposes. Extracting and using both gases together in an integrated method advances safety, economic productivity and environmental stewardship. Previously, it has not been possible to accomplish these ends together. The invention provides a hyper-efficient way.

The invention discloses a power system comprehensive decision-making method based on double-layer fuzzy optimization, belonging to the field of power system management. The invention provides a hierarchical decision-making method for electric power production and environmental management in electric power system planning, considers the fuzzy uncertainty of economic parameters in the system and uses a double-layer fuzzy programming method to solve the problem. In the process of solving, the decision makers at different levels control different decision variables and optimize their own objectives. Decision-makers at the upper level make decisions first, and the lower level reacts according to the decision-making results at the upper level. Therefore, the optimization method disclosed by theinvention obtains the optimal power system planning scheme by balancing the benefits of the two layers, and the optimization result disclosed by the invention can provide technical support for studying the regional power system planning, the comprehensive utilization of resources and the environmental protection.

The invention discloses a water ecological function zoning based river close-to-nature condition evaluation method, which comprises the steps of (1) selecting a corresponding river on which close-to-nature condition evaluation is performed; (2) selecting reference points; (3) selecting indexes; (4) performing data standardization; (5) determining the weight; (6) determining the scoring standard; and (7) carrying out river close-to-nature condition judgment. The water ecological function zoning based river close-to-nature condition evaluation method adopts a statistical method to determine the index layer weight, is objective, simple and convenient in determination method, not only takes sustainable development and ecological protection into account, but also reduces a result error brought about by expert scoring or technician experience and is consistent with the idea of water environment zoning and grading management in China. According to the invention, the evaluation method is simplified through directly setting the river close-to-nature condition evaluation standard on a target layer, thereby being convenient for an environment manager to establish scoring standard systems for different water bodies quickly, and expanding the application range of the method.

The invention provides a tidal reach water environment capacity calculation method based on MIKE21. The contribution coefficient of each drain outlet to each control section is obtained through earlycalculation of the MIKE21 water environment mathematical model, so that water environment capacity calculation is evolved into solution of a linear programming problem, and the water environment capacity of the tidal river reach can be calculated by adopting a simplex method. The problems that an existing method is large in calculation amount, not unique in calculation result, greatly influenced by human subjective factors and the like are solved. The method relates to the field of environmental management such as tidal reach water environment capacity and total pollution discharge limit control, and can be widely applied to calculation of the environment capacity of a bidirectional flowing water body under the tidal action, and even can be applied to calculation of sea area water environment capacity.