OCETA Spring 2007 e-Newsletter

Upcoming Events:

Brownfield Training Workshops:
Building Capacity in Ontario's Municipalities
 
June 25 & 26, 2007
Golden Horseshoe
 
June 28 & 29, 2007
National Capital Region

Go Green on the Green 2007
An afternoon of golf in support of the Ontario Environmental Industry Association (ONEIA) and Earth Rangers
August 1, 2007
Granite Ridge Golf Club
Milton, Ontario, Canada

CanBio - Realizing the Bioenergy Opportunity Conference
September 12 & 13, 2007
Holiday Inn on King
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


About OCETA:

Overview

Technology Commercialization

Technology Profiles

Environmental Performance Verification

Remediation & Brownfield Redevelopment

Industrial Sustainability Program Delivery

FEATURED STORY
Testing and Verifying the Performance of Engine and Vehicle After-Market Technologies

There are a number of technologies and products which claim to reduce engine emissions and fuel consumption. These technologies and products include fuel additives, catalysts, engine modifications, auxiliary power systems and other devices. In some cases, the performance claims for these technologies are not supported by adequate data. Sometimes the end result is that the variables which cause the claimed reduction in emissions and fuel use are not documented...Read more

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
Evaluating and Testing a New Peak Demand Technology

REGENScarborough's Centennial College and Regen Energy Inc. have joined forces to test and evaluate REGEN's new plug-and-play load management device to help commercial customers reduce their electricity peak demand and save money. REGEN has developed a patent-pending methodology of dynamically self-organizing electrical equipment...Read more

LOCAL
Proof-of-Principle Research Program

We would like to remind readers that the Precarn/OCE/OCETA Proof-of-Principle Research Program is open for submissions year round. This program is open to Ontario-based companies with 5-50 employees and revenue beteen $500,000 and $10 million, who are involved in environmental projects...Read more

Performance Verification of Oil/Grit Separators (OGS) in Stormwater Management Applications

The City of Toronto is in the process of developing a long term program for the monitoring, testing and verification of stormwater treatment technologies, including OGS devices. OCETA, through its ETV Canada division, has identified the possibility of working together with the City of Toronto for defining acceptable performance criteria and related monitoring/testing protocols...Read more

Training Session for Qualified Persons in Risk Assessment

OCETA partnered with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to develop and deliver a training session for Qualified Persons in Risk Assessment on March 23, 2007 in Toronto. This training session clarified the requirements of Ontario Regulation 153 / 04 under the Environmental Protection Act...Read more

Technology Transfer Forum for Drinking Water Systems and Sewage Works

OCETA, the Canadian Water Network and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) delivered a Technology Transfer Forum on drinking water systems and sewage works in Toronto on March 26, 2007. This event provided the MOE with the opportunity to transfer knowledge regarding technology and engineering that has been obtained through research relationships with stakeholders from the private sector, academia, and federal government...Read more

Brownfield Training Workshops to Build Capacity in Ontario

The Canadian Brownfields Network in collaboration with the Province of Ontario, is delivering a series of municipal brownfield capacity building workshops. The first was held in the Simcoe-Muskoka area on June 11-12, 2007. This workshop, facilitated and chaired by OCETA, was designed for municipal staff and consultants that work with municipalities in the areas of planning, economic development, and finance...Read more

NATIONAL
OCETA's ETV Canada Website Undergoes Significant Upgrading

We invite readers to explore OCETA's new upgraded ETV Canada website at www.etvcanada.ca. Recent changes were made to make the site more user friendly, more informative, better looking and more focused to SMEs that are considering verification of the performance claims of their environmental technology...Read more

FEATURED SME:

Bowne of Canada wins CCME P2 Award at Winnipeg Roundtable

Bowne of Canada, a client of OCETA's Toronto Region Sustainability Program, was the winner in the Medium Business Category at the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Pollution Prevention Awards held in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 14th...Read more

OCETA Assisting the Canadian Business Community in Reducing GHG Emissions

OCETA has the qualifications to assist Canadian industries and businesses in verifying and validating their GHG emissions reductions. OCETA's staff have completed the Government of Canada's course on Validation and Verification of GHG emission reductions. Currently, OCETA is working with Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) and Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)...Read more

OCETA Validates Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) Projects to Support Canada's Climate Change Goals

OCETA is a pre-qualified firm with an established Supply Arrangement with Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM) Initiative, a component of the Government of Canada's Climate Change Action funds. For TEAM projects, the funded firms or consortia are evaluated under the System of Measurements and Reporting for Technologies (SMART). OCETA evaluates greenhouse gases (GHG) documentation and processes, and reports on GHG reductions...Read more

INTERNATIONAL
Environment Canada - US EPA Meeting on Environmental Performance Verification (EPV), Dallas, Texas (May 2007)

Canada and the United States each have more than a decade of experience in the delivery of their respective national environmental technology verification (ETV) programs. Both countries recognize the value of environmental performance verification as: (i) a market instrument to strengthen the commercialization of environmentally-sound technologies (ESTs); and (ii) a "pre-normative" regulatory support mechanism...Read more

Meeting of the International Committee on Environmental Performance Verification, Montreal (June 2007)

An international conference call on Environmental Performance Verification (EPV) took place in February 2007, involving representatives of the European Union (EU), the United States Environmental Prortection Agency (US/EPA), Environment Canada and ETV Canada. The purpose was to discuss the creation of an International Committee on Environmental Performance Verification ...Read more

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