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This paper explores several technical issues and options to be considered in developing benchmarks, including how to define the product or sector being benchmarked, how to establishment measurement protocols and boundaries, whether to establish benchmarks at average or better-than-average performance levels, and an initial assessment of possible data sources.
The paper builds on the insights gained from the Benchmarking Symposium held May 19, 2010, in Seattle, Wash., and on stakeholder comments. It examines a number of industrial sectors in detail including: aluminum, cement, chemicals, food processing, glass, heat, pulp and paper, and steel. The Washington State Department of Ecology and SEI worked with representatives from each of those sectors as they drafted the white paper during the spring of 2010.
The paper was written in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Ecology; the Öko-Institut in Berlin, Germany; and Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting Ltd.
Download the white paper (pdf, 1.97mb)
Project / The Global Ageing and Climate Change Regional Dialogues explore policies, practices, and challenges around climate justice in an ageing world.
Journal article / This article focuses on the state practice of Caribbean SIDS regarding the consent regime for marine scientific research under UNCLOS.
Journal article / Researchers developed an enhanced methodology to estimate future health burdens from air pollution. The new estimates improved strikingly upon previous metrics.
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