The EnviroTech Blog
"The Why" and "The How" of modern software/tech adoption by the environmental industry
eForms Electronic Data Capture for NC Dept of Agriculture
By switching from paper-based forms to a Mi-Co e-Forms solution, the NC Department of Agriculture has saved approximately $270K to date.
Optimizing Environmental Performance with Modern Web UI
A modern web user interface gives you new tools to optimize workflows, including environmental performance factors such as fuel consumption.
Are environmental / engineering consultants behind in technology?
Perfectionism, risk aversion, and “we’ve always done it this way” have slowed the adoption of modern technology in the environmental industry.
Harnessing the Power of Visual Documentation
The brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text. FotoIN allows a field user to harness the power of this visual documentation with an easy-to-use app.
Managed Seaweed Forests: A Complete Eco-Solution
Managing seaweed forests can accomplish various ecological goals at the same time, and can be thought of as a complete solution.
PrecisionHawk: THE Enterprise drone platform
PrecisionHawk is the enterprise drone platform that collects and analyzes data for better business outcomes, including environmental use cases.
EarthLab: What a sustainable innovation ecosystem for environmental applications looks like
One of the ETS2017 speakers in the Entrepreneur track was Dr. Jesko von Windheim. Dr. von Windheim is a technology entrepreneur who is focused primarily on early-stage innovations in the physical sciences. Key Takeaways of Presentation A comparison was made between...
Discovering meaningful work
Jess Ekstrom is the founder and CEO of Headbands of Hope, a company she started as a junior in college in 2012. For every headband sold, a headband is given to a child with cancer.Her company has donated over 100,000 headbands to every children’s hospital in the...
You got your internet in my environment! (an IoT discussion)
One of the ETS2017 speakers in the Entrepreneur track was Tom Snyder. Tom is Executive Director of NC RIoT, a non-profit supporting Internet of Things and disruptive technology industry growth. He is co-instructor in Product Innovation Lab, a Forbes award winning...
ETS2017 is in 2 weeks!
The 2nd annual EnviroTech Summit is approaching fast…it’s in 2 weeks! This year we have a slightly different overarching theme for the event, which is to showcase really interesting environmental use cases where modern technology is being applied today.
Betabox
We’re building a distributed global factory that anyone can access on-demand. We envision a future of on-demand manufacturing for everyone. Power is a function of the tangible value you or your organization can create.
ESC Lab Sciences
For over 40 years ESC has reinvested all of our excess earnings back into our laboratory. We are committed to continuing to lead our industry in sustainable practices and technology and we look forward to sharing the benefits of these advancements with our clients.
Can I collect water data from a downhole datalogger with my smartphone?
Have you ever wondered why hardware companies like YSI that build field equipment don’t leverage smartphone technology, and instead want to sell you their own proprietary instrumentation?
When was the last time you had to submit a liter of bodily fluid for a clinical analysis? Um…never.
Why, if the technology is available, shouldn’t we raise the bar and begin scrutinizing common environmental laboratory practices against the clinical and pharmaceutical laboratory industries, industries far more efficient and sustainable?
Need a Radius Search report delivered pronto, even during off hours?
With Envirosite’s Workbench, you can receive Radius search and other environmental reports INSTANTLY, not the next day. No humans needed to process your stuff.
Is the Environmental Consulting Industry Ready for Freemium and Pay-As-You-Go Software?
The demand for pay-as-you-go (unit-priced) environmental data deliverables is not something new. Cloud computing now makes it possible for environmental consulting firms to purchase software on an affordable per unit basis rather than as traditional licensed software.
Paper: still good for origami, chain of custody not so much
We live in a digital age where smartphones are ubiquitous and “the cloud” provides universal access to information. With EnviroChain®, an online chain of custody (CoC) application, Promium is modernizing a data collection and entry process that has otherwise seen little change since the 1970’s.
OVA result = 0.1 ppm. What does this really mean?
The data I get from OVAs is always about the same: it’s just a simple qualitative number to compare against other readings at the same site. That’s it. Nothing more. Sure, using an OVA sounds great on paper (regulators love this stuff), but the practical application of its use leaves a lot to be desired.
Still using MS Word and email for your environmental reports?
Standalone software like Microsoft Word is being challenged by modern tools built from the ground up with the internet and collaboration in mind.
Are you “old school”, or just resistant to change?
You can not embrace something with your arms crossed. While it is simpler to stick to the status quo and think: “why change what is not broken”… in a very competitive market, consultants must learn to embrace new technology.