Projects

 

Carbon Footprinting and Sustainability Planning

The carbon footprint, or greenhouse gas emission inventory, is a tool for measuring the magnitude of the client organization’s energy and material consumption, waste streams, and associated environmental impacts.  It is an effective metric for measurement and communication of progress toward sustainability goals.   She has experience with the implementation and reporting requirements of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment Program.

Ms. Purman has worked with educational institutions, industrial clients, and municipalities to efficiently identify and gather data, and calculate their carbon footprints. This includes an assessment and streamlining of data tracking systems, analysis of what the carbon footprint reveals, development and implementation of action plans to reduce emissions and reassessment mechanisms for evaluating success. 

Resource Recovery Technologies, LLC, Environmental Compliance Manager
As Environmental Compliance Manger for Resource Recovery Technologies (RRT), Ms. Purman developed and implemented a comprehensive environmental compliance program for waste-to-energy facilities, transfer stations, and food and yard waste compost facilities.  This included permit applications, renewals and reporting requirements for solid waste and composting, stormwater run off and air emissions.   She also served as company liaison with officials and permitting agencies at the state, county, city and township levels.

Ms. Purman also expanded this program to include environmental stewardship initiatives and demonstration projects for innovative collection and processing of yard waste and food waste and the ATG Demonstration Project which tested a new technology for producing refuse derived fuel from municipal solid waste.

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD), Consultant
As an independent consultant, Ms. Purman worked with WLSSD staff to develop, fund and permit a source separated organics composting facility and program.  This included project planning for the site, operations system development and implementation and training of staff.  She wrote and submitted a Capital Assistance Grant through the MPCA and WLSSD used the funds to construct the facility and was the liaison with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency throughout the permitting process. 

Once operational, Ms. Purman prepared WLSSD’s operations and quality control manual and worked with employees to implement best practices for compost site operation. 

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As an independent consultant, Ms. Purman worked with Canterbury Park to assess, develop and permit an onsite compost system for processing animal bedding from the horse barns.  The composting of bedding material was part of an application as a CAFO and included product quality control measures.  Ms. Purman also worked with Canterbury Park staff to streamline operations and document compliance with operations requirements.   < xml="true" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix="o" namespace="">

F&E Resource Systems Technology, Senior Horticulturist
As Senior Horticulturist, Ms. Purman developed and implemented a quality control system for this municipal solid waste compost facility.  She also expanded markets for finished product and worked with researchers and farmers to develop test plots and document compost quality effects on crop production.