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.

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.

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.

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 relates to the technical field of agricultural land environment pollution evaluation, and particularly relates to a method for evaluating heavy metal pollution and potential ecological risks of agricultural land. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, performing sampling, then chemically measuring the content of heavy metals in soil, and on the basis of analyzing the pollution degree of agricultural land by adopting a land accumulation index method and an improved inner Meiluo comprehensive pollution index method, providing a set of new evaluation method for comprehensively considering the soil, the pollution space-time trend, the diagenetic effect, the influence of human activities on the environment and other aspects. According to the method, the limitation of atraditional potential ecological risk evaluation method is overcome; accuracy and scientificity of agricultural land heavy metal pollution risk evaluation are improved to a certain extent, ecologicalrisks of heavy metals in soil can be comprehensively and accurately evaluated, and substantial method guidance is provided for agricultural land heavy metal pollution monitoring, environmental management and ecological protection.

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 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 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.

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.