The Water Opportunity - An Economic Driver for Ontario
Clean water technologies play a central role in Ontario's economy. The opportunities are immense. Optimizing water and wastewater systems involves rebuilding infrastructure, and revitalizing communities, resource industries and manufacturing. It also involves accelerating technology innovation, development and application in an increasingly competitive global economy...[Details]

Raising the Bar for Sustainability Performance in Ontario's Food and Beverage Processing Industry
Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC), the Guelph Food Technology Centre and OCETA are working together on a project to increase the competitiveness and reduce the environmental footprint of Ontario's food and beverage processing industry by developing practical tools and a "how-to" framework for implementing an integrated sustainability strategy...[Details]

OCETA Takes Home Two Awards at Canadian Brownfields Conference
October 26, 2009 marked the 9th annual Canadian Urban Institute's (CUI) Brownie Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Canadian Brownfields Conference in Vancouver, BC. The CUI Brownie Awards are awarded to projects and programs that reflect leadership and innovation in brownfield redevelopment...[Details]

Remediation and Brownfield Workshops: Building Capacity, Engaging Stakeholders, Sharing Solutions
OCETA develops and delivers a range of Brownfield capacity building initiatives including workshops, policy working sessions and decision-support tools. Fall 2009 activities included a match-making event for the Redevelopment Framework for Former Service Stations in Ontario™ in Sudbury, Cornwall Brownfields Knowledge Workshop and Innovative Remediation Solutions Workshop - Pacific...[Details]

Uxbridge Sustainability Forum Showcases Local Initiatives for Reducing Environmental Footprint
The fourth Stakeholders Sustainability Forum of the Durham Sustainability Stewardship Program was held on November 7, 2009 at Wyndance Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ontario, and was a great success. Uxbridge Mayor Bob Shepherd provided welcoming remarks, and was followed by an impressive group of speakers...[Details]

Performance Measurement and Verification Partnership
Environment Canada hosted a national meeting via webcast in September 2009 to launch the inaugural Performance Measurement and Verification Partnership (PMVP). The PMVP is a network for information-sharing on best practices and new developments in environmental performance measurement, benchmarking and verification...[Details]

European Advance Environmental Technology Verification Project
ETV Canada (an operating division of OCETA) is working on this three-year European Commission project as one of the delivery partners helping to address the international dimensions of a proposed European ETV System...[Details]

Bangladesh Project Completion Workshop
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Project Completion Workshop for the CIDA-Government of Bangladesh funded Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification - Support to Arsenic Mitigation Project delivered by OCETA was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22 - 23, 2009 and was attended by 80 individuals, including delegates from India, Nepal and Cambodia who presented their experience with Arsenic Removal Technologies (ARTs) in their countries...[Details]

Analytical Research Division of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Accredited
It was announced at the BETV-SAM Project Completion Workshop that the Analytical Research Division (ARD) of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has successfully become accredited to ANS/ISO/IEC Standard 17025 general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories...[Details]

ROMlight International (Canada) Inc.
ROMlight International (Canada) Inc., located in Toronto, Ontario, has been developing and supplying electronic, High Intensity Discharge (e-HID) lighting ballasts and fixtures since 2000. In recent years, ROMlight has developed interfaces with a variety of control formats to take advantage of the inherent, microprocessor supported controllability of its technology...[Details]

Performance Verification Supports Business Growth for EcoLibra
EcoLibra Systems of Saskatoon is proud to announce that the Village of Chitek Lake, Saskatchewan has selected EcoLibra's Wastewater Treatment and Recovery System as their solution to exceed current Government of Saskatchewan wastewater treatment standards...[Details]

Thistle Printing Limited
In 2002, Thistle was one of the first printers to participate in the Toronto Region Sustainability Program delivered by OCETA. The company retained the services of EcoSafe environmental, health and safety management to conduct a Pollution Prevention (P2) Assessment focused on pollution prevention opportunities and regulatory compliance. With the expansion of its facilities and production equipment, the company commissioned a second P2 Assessment through the Program and EcoSafe. The key driver was to integrate the new presses and staff into the company's Environmental Management System. View Thistle's new P2 case study and other client case studies.

Keep Growing Your Business Session 5: Raising Cash from Angels and VCs
January 20, 2010
Mississauga, ON
OCETA and RIC Centre present the fifth of ten consecutive monthly breakfast events to help entrepreneurs fast-track commercialization. Speakers to be announced in the New Year... [Series Schedule]

6th Edition Western Canada Conference - Remediation and Reclamation for Contaminated Sites
January 28-29, 2010
Calgary, AB
Tammy Lomas-Jylhä, Vice President of Sustainable Remediation and Brownfield Services at OCETA will be speaking at the Conference. The topic is on the Redevelopment Framework for Former Gas Stations – Streamlined Approach to a Common Problem... [Details]

GLOBE 2010
March 24-26, 2010
Vancouver, BC
Visit OCETA at the Ontario Pavilion at Booth #1117-B03... [Details]