SIMON Air Quality Management System
SENES, in conjunction with CANTECH International Ltd., developed a Microsoft Windows-based air quality management system called SIMON (SIstema de MONitoreo y gestion de la calidad del aire/System for Monitoring and Managing the Quality of the Air). The system is capable of managing historical data related to emission sources, as well as meteorological and ambient air quality monitoring data. A highly graphical user interface was developed to facilitate operating the system, even for personnel with limited computer skills. A map of the geographical area of interest is included and the user is able to manage data by pointing and clicking on any region or emissions source depicted on the map. The software allows pollution abatement strategies to be tested, at no cost, to see if they will meet the needs identified.

Acid Deposition Database
Data on the terrestrial effects of acid deposition were transferred from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment mainframe computer database to microcomputers. A new file structure was developed to allow repeated analyses of many different types of data downloaded from the mainframe. These data were analyzed using statistical methods and ionic balances, and validated, and updated using a series of custom-developed programs.

WHMIS Database
A database for Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) management was developed to catalogue over 1,500 individual products used by the client. Also required was the review of data sheets, classification of products under Canada's Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and the assignment of generic risk phrases to ensure consistent labelling of products.

Database of Control Technologies and Costs for NOx, VOC and SO₂ Emissions
SENES gathered the most recent information on control technologies for NOx, VOCs and SO₂ for emissions from all point, area and mobile sources in Canada. Information on practical considerations, Canadian experience and emission reduction efficiencies was also collected in this study. All information was included in a user-friendly database (dBASE for Windows) called CANTEC (CANadian TEChnologies and Costing database). The database reads source inventory information from the Residual Discharge Information System (RDIS). Control information is given for all plants listed in the RDIS. Costs are broken down into Total Capital, and Operation and Maintenance Costs, and annualized over the lifetime of the equipment. The results can be given on a sector, plant, process, province or national basis. Controls for total suspended particulates were also included in the database.

Development of Custom Model for Environment Canada
SENES was retained by Environment Canada to develop a national database and custom model for identifying potential companies in specified industrial sectors who should be targeted for compliance promotion and enforcement of the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste Regulations. The model and the database were generated in Microsoft Access. The model has a ranking system to identify which sectors and industries are more likely to be importing or exporting hazardous waste in Canada.