Environmental Software & Services: R&D for environmental planning

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Application domains include urban and industrial air quality, emission control and energy efficiency, water resources, climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, EIA/SIA, technological and environmental risk, sustainable urban and regional development and ICZM, technical training and distance learning.<br> Applied Systems Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and ICT provide the methodological basis for our environmental applications, information and multi-criteria decision support systems. Resource efficiency and sustainable development are the overriding themes.</font></p> </td> <td width="20"></td> <td width="500" valign="top"> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Our multi-disciplinary research team designs, develops, deploys and supports customized and innovative IT based solutions (eConsulting, SaaS, bespoke cloud computing) for a broad range of environmental planning and management problems. We also provide background research, custom development, data analysis, installation, training and continuing support including operational mirrors or fully web based outsourcing solutions with customized support and maintenance options, world wide in collaboration and partnership with numerous academic research institutions and companies.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"></font></p> <table> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="/GIF/new.gif" hspace="4"></td> <td valign="top"> <a href="/DEMOS/"><font size="4">On-line interactive DEMOS</font></a><br> <a href="/ASP/"><font size="3">ASP/SaaS solution examples</font></a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="110" align="center" valign="top" rowspan="2"> <a href="/AIRWARE/" onmouseover="swap(button12, button12on); window.status='Air'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button12, button12off); return true"><img name="button12" src="/ICONS/air.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button12"></a><br> <a href="/WATERWARE/" onmouseover="swap(button13, button13on); window.status='Water'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button13, button13off); return true"><img name="button13" src="/ICONS/water.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button13"></a><br> <a href="/RISK/" onmouseover="swap(button14, button14on); window.status='Risk'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button14, button14off); return true"><img name="button14" src="/ICONS/risk.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button14"></a><br> <a href="/TRAQS/" onmouseover="swap(button15, button15on); window.status='Transport'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button15, button15off); return true"><img name="button15" src="/ICONS/transport.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button15"></a><br> <a href="/EIA/" onmouseover="swap(button16, button16on); window.status='Assessment'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button16, button16off); return true"><img name="button16" src="/ICONS/assessment.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button16"></a><br> <a href="/TOOLS/timeseries.html" onmouseover="swap(button17, button17on); window.status='Monitoring'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button17, button17off); return true"><img name="button17" src="/ICONS/monitoring.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button17"></a><br> <a href="/EARSS/" onmouseover="swap(button18, button18on); window.status='Reporting'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button18, button18off); return true"><img name="button18" src="/ICONS/reporting.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button18"></a><br> <a href="/TRAINING/" onmouseover="swap(button19, button19on); window.status='Training'; return true" onmouseout="swap(button19, button19off); return true"><img name="button19" src="/ICONS/training.gif" width="110" height="20" border="0" vspace="3" id="button19"></a><br> </td> <td width="30" rowspan="2"> </td> <td width="980"> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="980" border="0" valign="top"> <tr> <td width="980" bgcolor="#6F6FCF"><font color="white"> Environmental Information Systems:   customized web-based HPCC solutions, eConsulting, cutting edge science and technology</font></td> </tr> </table><br> <table cellspacing="0" width="980" border="0" valign="top" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td width="500" valign="top"> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Our dedicated high-performance (HPCC) environmental management information and decision support systems combine advanced (i.e., dynamic, distributed, high-resolution, non-linear, stochastic) simulation and optimization models, data analysis, GIS, and expert systems. 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