Specialty
Air Quality
SECTOR
Commercial
TYPE
Environmental Study
CLIENTELE
Private Sector
TIMESPAN
2013-2014LOCATION
Everett, MA
Project Number:
3745Everett Casino
SERVICE:
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Studies for Everett Casino
DESCRIPTION:
Tech was tasked with the job of performing studies for three rounds of MEPA review for a proposed casino in the greater Boston area. These studies included the air quality and the greenhouse gas (GHG) analyses. Tech used their knowledge of the MEPA review process to conduct a mesoscale air quality study, involving traffic volumes, and an energy and CO2 emissions GHG analysis using the U.S. Department of Energy eQuest model. The latter emissions were calculated for two cases; a building code-compliant Base Case and a Mitigation Case. Tech provided the team with energy saving measures that would promote sustainable development and a report for use in the EENF.
Key Points
- For a proposed casino project, Tech was asked to perform three rounds of studies for air quality and GHG emissions, for MEPA review.
- Tech performed a mescoscale air quality study and an energy and CO2 emissions GHG analysis for the project, consistent with the MEPA GHG Policy and Protocol. They were able to efficiently prepare reports for insertion in the EENF.