Environmental Performance Verification Managing Expectations for Meaningful Results

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Environmental Performance Verification- Managing
Expectations for Meaningful Results

• Boosting Eco-technologies through Verification
• Expectations
• Parallel Sessions Part I Scope
• November 27, 2007

Kevin A. Jones, MBA, M.Sc.Pl., President CEO,
OCETA, Canada
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OCETA Overview and Mandate

• Private sector, not-for-profit organization
• Established in 1994 as one of three Canadian
  Environmental Technology Advancement Centres
• Public policy mandate
• Clean air, water and soil
• Delivery agent for government programs
• Accelerate commercialization and application of
  environmental technologies
• Promote sustainable business practices

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OCETA Value Proposition

• Enable companies and organizations to improve
  their economic, social and environmental
  performance
• How?
• 3rd Party intermediary
• Enabler and catalyst to motivate behaviour change
• Unique network-based approach to
  capacity-building and market development
• Mobilize effective stakeholder engagement
• Build credibility and trust

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OCETA Business Areas
Environmental Sustainability

• Industrial Eco-Efficiency Programs
• Brownfield Redevelopment
• Outreach and Capacity-building

Technology Commercialization
Performance Benchmarking and Verification

• Sector Specific Performance Benchmarking
• Environmental Technology Verification
• GHG Measurement and Reporting
• Institutional Capacity Building

• Technology and Market Assessment
• Business Mentoring
• Demonstration/Deployment

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ETV Canada(Division of OCETA)

• OCETA is the Sole Licensee of the Government of
  Canadas Environmental Technology Verification
  Program (established in 1997)

Independent third party verification of
performance claims for technologies and
processes, based on sound science, high quality
data and recognized protocols
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The Value of Verification
A marketing tool designed to help innovators
bring new environmental technologies into
domestic and international markets
A decision support tool for assisting program
managers, regulators, policy makers, and
procurement officers
A benchmarking tool employing multi-stakeholders
to develop test plans and protocols for
technology performance claims, encompassing
regulatory, economic and social criteria
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Route to Market Performance Benchmarking and
Verification

• Build technical capacity within institutions and
  universities
• Organize and deliver Stakeholder Performance
  Benchmarking Workshops
• Initial priority areas
• Assist companies with technology opportunity
  assessments and relevant test plans
• Provide testing and verification assistance

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Vehicle Fleets

• Issue
• Performance claims on reductions in fuel
  consumption and pollutant emissions
• Fleet Managers need to understand true value of
  after market technologies and products (e.g.,
  fuel additives, fuel line devices, anti-idling
  devices)
• Solution
• Draft protocol (guidelines document)
• Implement demonstration project
• Support harmonization with the US EPA

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Stormwater Management

• Issue
• Pollutants from stormwater runoff impact water
  quality
• Solution
• Develop a test protocol for performance
  verification of hydrodynamic separators
• Align protocol with City of Toronto Wet Weather
  Flow Management Policy
• Engage stakeholders in defining a long term
  program for testing and verification of
  hydrodynamic separators

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Contaminated Sites and Brownfield Redevelopment

• Issue
• Regulatory and market barriers limit the use of
  innovative approaches and technologies to
  remediate and redevelop brownfield sites (focus
  on dig and dump)
• Solution
• Create a multi-stakeholder Ontario Brownfield
  Innovation Partnership
• Optimize access to available research, technical
  and financial resources
• Demonstration and performance verification of
  innovative remediation technologies

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BioFuels

• Issue
• Performance verification related to
• Sustainability of feedstock supply
• Conversion technologies
• Production and utilization
• Impacts on the environment
• Solution
• BioFuels Discovery Workshop
• Review current state of biofuels
  industry/technology
• Identify research gaps
• Raise awareness of bioenergy business
  opportunities
• Maturity of second generation technologies

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Mercury From Dental Operations

• Issue
• Mercury from dental offices released into the
  environment
• Need new testing and verification plan to conform
  with
• ISO 11143 Dental Equipment Amalgam Separators
• Canada-Wide Standard on mercury from dental
  amalgam waste
• Solution
• Testing by University of Toronto Faculty of
  Dentistry
• Performance testing/verification of three
  replicate units
• Input to Environment Canada on Canada-Wide
  Standard
• Performance verification of Mercury Amalgam
  Removal System

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Arsenic in Bangladesh

• Issue
• 40 million people in Bangladesh are consuming
  arsenic-contaminated groundwater
• 150,000 Bangladeshis have already been diagnosed
  with symptoms of arsenic poisoning
• Reluctance to deploy treatment technologies to
  address the problem, due to potential liabilities
• Solution
• Internationally recognized performance criteria
  and a rigorous process for screening, assessment,
  field testing and verification of viable arsenic
  removal technologies
• Institutional capacity-building

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Outcomes

• Stakeholder Involvement and Commitment
• Credible performance guidelines, screening
  methods and verification protocols
• Standard testing/evaluation templates
• Technical capacity to assess/verify performance
  results
• Independently Verified Data
• Augment investment and purchasing decisions,
  minimize risk and facilitate project financing
• Streamline permitting and approvals (due
  diligence and regulatory acceptance)
• Policy Guidance
• Sector specific environmental performance
  standards
• Mechanism to facilitate inter-jurisdictional
  cooperation
• Market acceptance of environmentally sound
  solutions

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Contact Information

• Kevin A. Jones
• President and CEO
• OCETA
• 2070 Hadwen Road, Unit 201A
• Mississauga, Ontario
• Canada L5K 2S9
• Tel [phone] Ext. 232
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail kjones_at_oceta.on.ca
• www.oceta.on.ca
• www.etvcanada.ca