Thursday, 11 April 2013

ISO14001-2015 Aspek Alam Sekitar - Kenal dan Nilai

ISO14001 - Piawai Sistem Pengurusan Alam Sekitar

Tips atau panduan bagi Mengenalpasti Aspek-aspek Alam Sekitar serta kaedah Penilaian bagi mengenalpasti aspek-aspek yang ketara atau 'Significant Environmental Aspects' (This article is published in Bahasa Malaysia to enhance its comprehension among Malaysians who are more proficient in or prefers this language) 


Sunday, 7 April 2013

ISO14001 Environmental Aspect Illustrated

Clause 6.1.2 of this international standard stipulates the requirement to identify 'environmental aspects' associated with our activities, products or services; which we can control; and those that could cause significant impact to the environment. This article would illustrate this terminology in as much simplicity as possible by using a non-conventional example from a conventionally popular sports worldwide - Tennis. Is tennis ball an environmental aspect? Does it interact with environment? Should tennis be a sport to be organized with environmental due-diligence? How to manage this sport with more environmental practices? Please consider this as a friendly remark from a tennis fan to all tennis organizers and associations. Most importantly, this understanding shall facilitate any other activities regardless of size, type and nature to get closer to the mastery of the term Environmental Aspect.

Monday, 19 March 2012

Effluent Standard: Discharge Limits for Industrial Effluent based on Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations, 2009 (Malaysia)

The reason for this publication is for easy referencing by all interested parties as the law book in not always handy! If you need to view the bulk of this law, kindly link to: http://sekitarsynergy.blogspot.com/p/iets-law.html or simply click on the above page titled 'IETS & Law'. Cheerio!

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Environmental Issues from Coal-Fired Power Plant - An Overview. (Public Paper)


This paper displays and discuss environmental issues related to coal-fired power plants in a holistic manner. Summary of applicable legal requirements in Malaysia are provided throughout the chronology of this industrial activity. Presented in public on April 24, 2012 in Impiana KLCC Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as invited speaker for Marlene Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd in an event for Tenaga Nasional Berhad titled "Seminar On Power Utility Operations & Maintenance Management".

Friday, 16 March 2012

S.H.E MS - Overview of concept.



ABSTRACT:
Quality, safety, health and environment are different fields that integrate disciplines from both the physical and natural sciences. They are able to interact beyond most mathematical logic, that is, their actual risk to human and the environment are usually prevailed when it occur either by accidents, and/or catastrophic incidents. We learn to be prepared. Inevitably, despite relentless efforts in magnifying such awareness amongst concerned personnel, these compounded risks seem to persist.
Keterangan didalam Bahasa Melayu disediakan.

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

ISO14001 - Environmental Scent in Globalized Sense


The chemistry of how EMS affects organization is pretty much a chemistry. The world is the entire complex compound. Organizations, governments, consumers, trade associations etc., are molecules that constitutes this compound and each molecule is comprised of several elements. So, a business organization is an element which belongs to a group of molecule known as businesses. As an element, it consists of neutron (shareholders and capital), proton (assets: operational equipment, workers, etc), and electron (fund reserves, profit or surplus - money). The environment is where the compound, molecules and elements resides and also where all the interactions and exchanges takes place. Most importantly, the environment contains all the supplies that we need.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

E.I.A in Practice - sample conditions of approval


This write-up is related to my earlier post titled ‘The E.M.P (Environmental Management Program)’. Here, a sample of the terms and conditions of an approved EIA is displayed, and, as I mentioned then that this is amongst the basis of establishing an EMP. The checklist consists of all the terms of approval from the authority i.e. the DOE in Malaysia, and in this example, it’s for a new electrical powered intercity public train rail track system. In this project both the project proponent and its main contractor are certified ISO14001. I hope readers who are pursuing civil engineering, environmental engineering, environmental sciences, occupational health and safety, urban and town planning, etc. would treat this example as a connotation of the likely demands in one’s career. Welcome to the multi-disciplinary integrated ‘web’ of environmental management where collective decisions is the ‘operating system’ and more than 10 agencies are appointed ‘browsers’. This example is one of their many endeavors that illustrate the shared-responsibility. My personal opinion on the EIA conditions concludes this article. Bon voyage!