Vermont Compost/Biogas Data Viewer

1:00 pm – Concurrent Session 2c

Presented By: David Healy of Stone Environmental

Stone Environmental has developed the GIS-web-based, "Vermont Compost / Biogas Data Viewer". This is the first statewide web GIS-based system to provide multiple users with information that helps in efforts to divert food waste from landfills into renewable energy and soil restoration. This presentation will include a description on the development and creation of the application and provide insights from the lessons learned and next steps and an interactive live demonstration on how the Data Viewer works. The Data Viewer was developed to serve multiple user communities. The application allows users to view Compost and Biogas related information spatially and to access details of each dataset. Compost data includes potential food scrap generators, existing compost facilities, compost facility service areas, and suitable land for new composting facilities. Biogas data includes existing farm anaerobic digesters, farm locations, and distance from farms to 3-phase power.

David Healy is a Vice President at Stone Environmental where he leads the company's efforts in providing Geographic Information System (GIS) services. He has over 30 years experience in environmental management, program management and geographic information systems at the local, state, federal, and international levels.  He has been involved with the development of numerous GIS applications related to composting, biomass and sustainable energy. He was instrumental in starting the Vermont Geographic Information System. Prior positions have been with the Vermont Office of Policy Research and Coordination; the Physical Planning Office for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and as Community Planner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX. He received his M.A. in Urban Planning from University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.