Monitoring quick guides
A series of documents designed to guide you through monitoring.
- RM-QG1 Selecting continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMs) and the validity of MCERTS certificates (version 2.2, updated December 2011) (PDF, 75KB)
- RM-QG2 Selecting continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMs) for installations falling under the Waste Incineration Directive (WID) (PDF, 65KB)
- RM-QG3 Applying BS EN 14181 – Stationary Source Emissions – Quality assurance of automated measuring systems (PDF, 66KB)
- RM-QG4 Monitoring requirements at installations falling under the Waste Incineration Directive (WID) when continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMs) are not available (PDF, 59KB)
- RM-QG5 Monitoring oxides of nitrogen (version 2.2, updated January 2012) (PDF, 79KB)
- RM-QG6 Procedures for calibrating particulate monitors especially for low concentrations of particulate matter (PDF, 89KB)
- RM-QG7 Monitoring volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (PDF, 72KB)
- RM-QG8 Selecting an MCERTS accredited laboratory for stack emissions monitoring or EN 14181 (updated February 2011) (PDF, 165KB)
- RM-QG-9 Revisions to the MCERTS performance standards for Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMs) – differences between Version 2 (April 2003) and Version 3 (November 2007) (PDF, 66KB)
- RM-QG10 Auditing Protocol to assess compliance of reports produced for EN 14181, Quality Assurance of Automated Measuring Systems (AMS) (Word, 83KB)
- RM-QG-11 MCERTS for manual stack emissions monitoring (updated January 2011) (PDF, 69KB)
- RM-QG12 Procedure for choosing measurement or operating ranges on continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMs) (PDF, 67KB)
- RM-QG14 Dealing with outliers in monitoring data (version 2, January 2012) (PDF, 59KB)