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Environmental Software

Your enterprise is facing more environmental data management challenges than ever before. New emissions regulations, ever-changing quality assurance guidelines, and corporate social responsibility expectations have forced many companies to adopt immediate data management practices that aren’t the best long-term strategy.

But there is a better way to manage all your sampling, analytical, and subsurface data than in a patchwork of spreadsheets and disjointed databases.

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Environmental Services

Since 1997, our active specialty environmental services division has developed extensive domain expertise, focusing primarily on local and regional services— keeping Locus on the cutting edge of the environmental industry. We can provide an excellent list of references and are proud to maintain an outstanding reputation within our service sector.

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Preliminary Fracking Study Boasts Promising Results

A recent federal study on hydraulic fracking has brought a small victory to the natural gas industry. The study, conducted by the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh, shows no evidence of chemicals from the natural gas drilling process contaminating drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site. After one year of monitoring, researchers […]

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Fracking’s Role in Reducing CO2 Emissions

There’s no doubt that hydraulic fracking has become a popular term today, but have you heard of cracking? I am referring to the drop in carbon emissions partly made possible by the cheaper fuel source brought forth by fracking. In fact, American CO2 emissions have fallen nearly 13 percent since 2007, which makes President Obama’s […]

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EPA Looks for Improved Drilling Data

According to the Energy Information Administration, production of natural gas from shale formations has increased approximately 30 percent from 2006 to 2012. This increase, due to advancements in drilling technologies, has caught the EPA off guard and left it with limited knowledge about the amount of pollutants entering the groundwater, surface water or air. This […]

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Locus Scores in Green Quadrant of Environmental Management Software Report

Locus’ Cloud-based Software Recognized for Deployment Capabilities SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 17 September 2012 — Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in Cloud-computing enterprise software for environmental, energy, air, water, and compliance management, has been recognized as one of 12 leading environmental management software suppliers globally in the report “Green Quadrant® Environmental Management Software, 2012.” This report […]

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Mobile Computing Improving EH&S Management

EH&S Software Online MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., 1 January 2001 — Mobile computing has been around for a long time, but EH&S professionals are just beginning to realize its potential. Judging by the recent increase in the number and variety of applications, the EH&S software industry has embraced mobile tools as an integral component of the future of […]

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Monitoring Waste From a Safe Distance

ENR Magazine Walnut Creek, Calif., 7 August 2000 — Locus Technologies announced June 26 that its Environment Information Management System has finished a testing period and is now being offered as a Web-based application. Locus provides consulting, engineering and construction management services to help solve design and construction problems associated with hazardous materials handling and other […]

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The Convergence of Augmented Reality and GIS

Today is GIS Day, a day started in 1999 to showcase the many uses of geographical information systems (GIS). Earlier blog posts by Locus Technologies for GIS day have shown how GIS supports cutting-edge visualization of objects in space and over time. This year’s post explains how GIS supports augmented reality.