August 2010


What’s happening now... Yes it is really true, you are not dreaming! On August 17, 2010 EPA released a beta version of the long awaited AERSCREEN model (the screening version of AERMOD). For more information, click here. Oris is currently evaluating beta AERSCREEN and will be providing comments back to EPA by September 17, 2010. We are also working diligently to incorporate it into our product offerings and will keep you notified of our progress. News From BEE-Line Software SO2Post version 2.0 has recently been released. This update provides you with the option to include a monitored background data file. BeestXpress Our BeestXpress service can greatly multiply your modeling capabilities and increase efficiency. Do you have a modeling project with dozens or hundreds of sources and/or pollutants and/or thousands of receptors? Then, BeestXpress is the answer! Our BEEST software allows you to partition a model input file to provide for parallel model runs. However, even if you have a multi-core PC, you’re usually limited to 2, 4, or 8 cores that you can partition your run over. With BeestXpress, this number can be up to 30! Your speed and efficiency are more than tripled over your multi-core PC, and for single-processor computers, the net effect is even more dramatic. A single processor-based AERMOD run that might take 24 hours can finish on BeestXpress in about an hour! Worried about what the regulators might say about run partitioning? Then use BeestXpress for your preliminary model runs. Since this is where the bulk of the time in a modeling exercise occurs, you can provide your customers with quicker feedback, saving time and money. Even if you don’t want to partition your model runs, you can make dozens of runs simultaneously using BeestXpress, instead of queuing them up on your more limited local computer system. If you wonder how BeestXpress AERMOD runs compare to basic AERMOD runs, download our AERMOD 09292 tests at www.beestxpress.com → Downloads. If you have never used BeestXpress before, you should attend our free on-line demo of BeestXpress on September 9, 2010 at 3 pm cdt and see for yourself why our customers have made over 75,000 AERMOD runs on BeestXpress. Everyone who attends this demo will receive a $75 BeestXpress coupon. Register at demos@oris-solutions.com.

EnviroMod University

As a reminder, our next "2-fer" training (AERMOD and CALPUFF) is set for Raleigh, North Carolina September 14-15 (AERMOD Modeling for Permits) and 16-17 (Practical CALPUFF). Regulatory agencies get a 50% discount, and companies sending more than one person to the same course get $100 off the list price for the second and subsequent registrants. You can also get a $100 discount by registering for both AERMOD and CalPuff training at the same time.

Don’t forget, if your company has quite a few people who need training and time is of the essence, EnviroMod can put together a customized class and come to you. For more details, contact us at (512) 258-8855 or info@oris-solutions.com.

In addition to our modeling courses, we have dozens of additional environmental and safety training offerings to choose from, both computer-based and live, classroom-style training courses. Check out our EnviroMod website for details.

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