Empower

Variants of the term empower occur in:

See also

Empower (software)

Empower is a software produced by Waters Corporation allowing the user to control chromatography instruments and to process data (for use with HPLC, UPLC, and Gas Chromatography systems)

History

The impetuses for the development of the chromatography software that would ultimately become Empower were both internally and externally driven. Regulatory discussions led by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the 1988 time frame centered on the need for an audit trail to track process related procedures in chromatography data systems. The FDA ultimately did not create a regulation addressing this particular issue, but many of these ideas were later solidified in the 21 CFR Part 11 regulations. Concurrent to theses regulatory focused discussions, Waters sought to simplify its chromatography software development efforts. At the time, Waters was developing and supporting three software packages: Expert, Maxima, and ExpertEase. Based on discussions with customers for better management of chromatography data and suggestions by the FDA, Waters undertook a software development project to combine its chromatography data systems into one solution.

Embodied energy

Embodied energy is the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated or 'embodied' in the product itself. The concept can be useful in determining the effectiveness of energy-producing or energy-saving devices, or the "real" replacement cost of a building, and, because energy-inputs usually entail greenhouse gas emissions, in deciding whether a product contributes to or mitigates global warming. One fundamental purpose for measuring this quantity is to compare the amount of energy produced or saved by the product in question to the amount of energy consumed in producing it.

Embodied energy is an accounting method which aims to find the sum total of the energy necessary for an entire product life-cycle. Determining what constitutes this life-cycle includes assessing the relevance and extent of energy into raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, assembly, installation, disassembly, deconstruction and/or decomposition as well as human and secondary resources. Different methodologies produce different understandings of the scale and scope of application and the type of energy embodied.