Quality, Health, Safety & Environment
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Measurement and Risk
The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement – Part 1: Introduction has a 2023 edition… or this introduction was only conceptualized in 2023? It seems so, because the document is full of words without much equations from the material I had previously read as an ISO auditor. When I was an ISO auditor,… Continue reading
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Coal-laboration, wanting more
I once worked for a company that has a Coal Operating Contract with the Department of Energy from 2004 to 2006. I was young, naive and approached it with rose-colored glasses. That seems like ages ago. I was writing the environmental impact statement in compliance with existing environmental regulations at that time which included a… Continue reading
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Its obviously getting hot
The weather is obviously getting hotter as we enter the dry season. In preparation, we need air conditioners or ACs. For the past five years people have been referring to me as Miss AC, AC queen, AC sales lady or whatever AC stereotype they could think of. I am already getting annoyed and disappointed that… Continue reading
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Some things never go out of style
The attack rate of a disease in a pandemic impacts the population like lined up dominoes, if one falls down, the next in line is very likely to fall as well and fall towards another and likely to impact the last in line if the chain is not broken. I thought I had the COVID-19… Continue reading
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Reviewing the literature of my chaotic mind
I just texted the progress of my masters thesis to my adviser and I got extremely happy emojis. Yes, this is the 21st century and we communicate via emojis. I hope my thesis proposal had undergone the test of fire and nobody really expected that quality of writing in my masters program since its a… Continue reading
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Not really that small
Working on safety and efficiency of household appliances and other devices is not really that small if you consider the scale of how these stuff are used. Regardless whether you are working on large climate change mitigation projects or contributing to small snippets of minor initiatives, you must consider your work as valuable. It must… Continue reading
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My Just Transition: Health and Safety in the Energy Transition
I still encounter limited expertise on the occupational health and safety aspects that comes with the energy transition. In general, the Just Transition postulates that occupational health will improve in the shift towards low emission or low carbon alternatives like renewable energy technologies and energy efficient alternatives. Though this is still not fully proven at… Continue reading
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Burgos on the Last Days of CDM
The 150 Megawatt (MW) Burgos Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte, Philippines was commissioned in 2014, the picture was from the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) website. Sadly, I was never involved in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Validation Process. Sharing the publicly available validation report and the monitoring report for crediting of Certified Emission Reductions (CER)… Continue reading
About Me
More than twenty years working on the field, trying to save the environment. With climate change the most pressing issue the world is now facing, I’m the busiest ever. My kids have grown up, I have gained a couple of advanced degrees and specialized training on greenhouse gas verification, disillusionment does come with age.