![]() ![]() The UNC-CH and ELI staff spent much of 1999 checking the baseline data for accuracy and consistency. Data entry may involve copying and pasting between electronic protocol and NDEMS tables, or manual keying from a returned paper form or print-out of an electronically submitted form, depending on the preferences of the data enterer. The facilities return their data either electronically or as a paper form. ![]() The researchers sent the facilities paper or electronic copies (depending on facility preference) of the protocol for these baseline data, which describe the pre-EMS (or "before") operation of a facility, including such data as facility size and type, work force, foreign production or marketing, and demographic information about the surrounding community and landscape. In 1998-99, the staff collected baseline information, which covered the three years before a facility implemented an EMS. The NDEMS project eventually will collect three sets of data submitted by the participating facilities, which roughly describe the "before," "during," and "after" stages of EMS design and implementation. Review and Refinement of a Database for Environmental Management Systems
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