Sintali and SGS collaborate to act as an EDGE global certification provider. Operating as a one-stop shop for EDGE certification and audit services, Sintali- SGS deliver the highest quality service for clients around the world with the support of local / regional auditors in over 160 countries. We work with client to certify entire portfolio of buildings, as well as an individual building. SINTALI AND SGS COLLABORATE TO ACT AS AN EDGE GLOBAL CERTIFICATION PROVIDER. Collaboration of SGS with Sintali
Industrial energy auditing for increased sustainability Energy transition and decarbonatization of industrial processes is the talk of the town and is rapidly being practiced due to climate change. There are options available for industries to choose and prioritize for an effective energy transition. Solar PV, solar thermal, and biomass feedstock are some supply side options to decarbonize the industrial processes. Demand side measures to reduce emissions and utility energy costs include setting and achieving targets by mapping facility’s energy consumption, implementing energy conservation and energy efficiency projects, and by updating the factory’s energy monitoring, targeting, and reporting system. An integrated approach for demand side energy management should be done by providing consultation, energy auditing, capacity building, implementation support for energy projects and monitoring of impacts. Objectives of comprehensive energy audits are to identify and prioritize the energy conservation, energy efficiency and demand management opportunities to meet the company’s sustainability and business competitiveness. Completing an energy audit gives a better picture of energy consumption and identifies opportunities for improvement, often delivering immediate cost savings. Energy audit project includes the technical energy review, on-site inspection & performance assessment of all systems and subsystems followed by a report. All subsystems including electrical systems, electric motors, pumping system, compressed air system, HVAC&R, lighting system, gen sets, cooling tower, boiler, steam network, and process heating system are thoroughly inspected and tested with portable tools. Energy audit report lists the energy saving measures, including required CAPEX, and associated paybacks. Findings are presented in an interactive setup with all stakeholders. Findings of energy audit report helps us to design a customized energy management program for the company to implement the projects of energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy analytics system, optimization of systems and subsystems, and measurement and verification (M&V) of energy savings resulting from capital intensive projects. We help clients in project design and development, project management, M&V of energy savings and training and capacity building of staff to successfully implement the customized energy management program.
About the Services Our service offer for new building certification includes a preliminary design certificate as well as final certification of any of the building typologies that are available within EDGE. EDGE offers a simple and intuitive interface supporting data such as climatic conditions, use patterns, technologies, and typical practices in over 140 countries. With few inputs, EDGE can assess the economic and environmental impact of building designs and calculate the energy and water efficiency of the base case (if built in line with standard/typical practice). EDGE can then be used to calculate the incremental and operational costs, in terms of energy and water efficiency, relating to any planned design improvements. Our clients use EDGE certificates to market their sustainability efforts, attract tenants, sell housing units or simply to add the estimated savings and carbon emission reductions into their annual sustainability reporting. Through our EDGE Expert partnerships, we bring consultants to the table to help our clients make their buildings even more sustainable.
Thus, we facilitate in conducting the comprehensive energy audit of industries and implementation of resulting energy savings measures to unlock energy and costs savings.
Amer Mehmood | Deputy Manager, Energy & Sustainability- SGS Pakistan
MiRAS - Microbial Risk Assessment Services - Save Your Assets from Microbial Attacks
ADVANCED ANALYTICAL TOOLS IN MICROBIALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION (MIC) FAILURE DIAGNOSIS
In a typical oil and gas environment microbes are found to be causing damages and the true cause of the damage is difficult to assess, some studies indicate that up to 20% of all internal pipeline failures can be attributed to microbial influenced corrosion. The total cost related to MIC (Microbial Induced Corrosion) is estimated to be 2 billion USD per year in the United States alone (Lee 1990). In addition, there are CAPEX cost to protect facilities from microbial attack and OPEX cost for chemicals, cleanup operations, and more stringent safety measures. Also, the reputational damage done when accidents do happen can be detrimental. SGS offers several microbial analysis techniques that are deployed globally. Typically, we deploy a combination of the following Microbial Monitoring techniques: • ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) allows for onsite enumeration of all active microbes. • MPN (Most Probable Number or serial dilution technique) SGS offer a variety of growth media to quantify specific microbial groups in varied salinity and pH levels. • QPCR (quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction) is a DNA based technology to enumerate specific microbial groups and SGS offers a variety of assays (microbial target groups) both on-site and off-site. • NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) is a very powerful technology that allows for the identification of all microbes present in a sample. We offer techniques that can be deployed on-site and off-site on both fluids and solids. Some technologies focus on instant quantification of microbes, while the others provide specific details based on DNA analysis. Applicability of this monitoring technique is done where mostly microbes are found in a typical oil and gas environment including oil reservoirs, (geothermal) wells and topside facilities.
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