Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 1 Environmental Technologies Verification Systems Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Luis Delgado Sancho

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 2 Outline ETAP ETV Existing systems, structure and costs Market Survey Scheme for an EU model Upcoming ETV events

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 3 Environmental Technologies Action Plan Improving testing, performance verification and standardisation related to environmental technologies

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 4 To establish or prove the truth of the performance of a technology under specific, predetermined criteria or protocols and adequate data quality assurance procedures (from US ETV glossary) Accelerate diffusion –market acceptance – of innovative technologies trough: –Independent validation of performance –Networking centres for the testing and verification of technologies –Develop commonly agreed protocols, possibly common certificates European Network of technology performance verification Verification:

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 5 IPTS study EURODEMO PROMOTE AIRTV TRITECH ETV 47 organisations 18 EU countries 5.5 M€ EC contribution 8.5 M€ total cost Existing ETV systems, European related systems Market Survey, Models for EETVS TESTNET European ETV initiatives Soil and groundwater remediation technologies Collect and process information on technology demonstration Water technologies and clean production technologies including monitoring Soil and groundwater remediation technologies Air emission reduction technologies Soil remediation, waste water, energy

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 6 Environmental Technology Verification - Definitions What is ETV? Build confidence to buyers Independent 3 rd party verification Protocols/test plans designed to suit specific technologies Stakeholder input No single definition of ETV

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 7 Environmental Technology Verification - Definitions What ETV is not? ETV is NOT certification (ISO, CEN, National systems…): ETV does not verify against a standard (or minimum performance requirements), but can use standards and modify them ETV does not necessarily use laboratories/personnel that are certified for specific tests/tasks ETV does not supervise sound manufacturing

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 8 Available in the Market Certification Self Declarations ETV R&D No need for certification, but need for credible performance data Compliance to standards No standards exist Early research Prototypes, Demonstration The “positioning” of ETV

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 9 US ETV and ETV Canada – two different “philosophies” Vendor ETV system ETV Managing Organisation Verification and Testing Organisation Vendor Testing laboratory ETV Managing Organisation Verification Organisation ETV system US ETV objective Testing done “inside” the system Allows easy comparison Stakeholder input very important Protocol/Test plan development ETV Canada flexible Testing done “outside” the system Strongly producer/vendor oriented Uses previously established data

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 10 The US ETV system : structure ETV system Vendor ETV Team Establishment of general protocols and quality system Review of quality Oversight of verification organisations Review of final verification report Verification Organisations Development of test protocols and test plans Execution of verification tests Preparation of verification report Stakeholder Groups Set verification priorities Review protocols and operating procedures

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 11 The US ETV system : Costs ~ 380 verified technologies Vendor contribution to costs was 8-13 % for years Verification costs 3-5 times more than Centre support costs (’99–’04) Total costs and Vendor Contribution

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 12 The US ETV system : average per technology verification costs Technology category average verification cost ( k€ ) Number of verified technologies (until 2005) Air pollution control6567 Monitoring50132 Drinking water treatment9564 Groundwater/surface water protection and wastewater treatment Coatings and coating equipment13515 But the costs are very technology specific. Big differences in costs can be encountered even inside the same technology category

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 13 The ETV Canada system : structure ETV system Environment Canada Program policy ETV Canada Collection of vendor claims and data Identification of the Verification entity Review of the final Verification report Award of the Verification certificate Verification Entities Verification of supporting data Comparison of data to claims Preparation of the Verification report Independent Laboratories Execution of tests Generation of data to verify the claims Vendor

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 14 The ETV Canada system : Costs Verification cost k € Vendor contribution k€ Additional service for mini-market survey (optional) 3-5 k € Testing (not included in the verification, paid by the vendor) up to 71 k€ ~ 50 verified technologies The vendor pays ~ 60% of the verification costs This amount does not include the tests/protocol development etc. costs that are paid directly to the testing laboratory There are no protocols/test plans developed by ETV Canada, but with the optional step of the “mini-market survey” recommendations can be given

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 15 Other ETV systems, Japan, South Korea… The Japan ETV system was inspired by the US ETV. This program is separated into a government sponsored scheme and a vendor financed scheme. Each verification project starts inside the first scheme but has to transfer to the second after a fixed period of time. The South Korea ETV program is the only one which offers two separate certificates. The certificate of designation is awarded when the vendor can provide sufficient data to support his technology and the certificate of verification when the vendor cannot provide this data and the system has to verify the performance. Verified technologies benefit from a point system to be used in public procurement bids and special attention is paid to SME's with specific funds and loans.

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 16 IPTS Market Survey : the interviewed panel EuropeUSACanadaTotal Vendor Buyer/User4004 Public Authorities 1000 Other Stakeholders 1000 ETV-related programs Total Carried out between 02/2006 – 06/2006 Questionnaires and telephone interviews Strongly focused on technology producers The majority of the producers had previous experience with an ETV system

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 17 IPTS Market Survey : key findings – stakeholder expectations A European ETV system is considered as a useful tool, provided bureaucracy is kept to a minimum and high technical level is guaranteed. It is expected to supersede existing, national procedures for technology evaluation. Through European-wide recognition it should be able to eliminate any need for duplication of effort and tests throughout Europe. Harmonization with other non- European ETV programs is a factor of success. Priority should be given to innovative, commercially available technologies with a positive environmental impact. Prototypes may be considered inside a limited scope framework.

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 18 SMEs are the type of companies that are expected to benefit the most from an ETV system, since they are considered as innovation oriented and at the same time they have limited financial, logistic or testing capabilities. It was however stressed that bigger companies should be welcomed as well. The different ETV or ETV related systems offer a large range of procedural choices (US ETV-type, ETV Canada-type) and vendors' opinions are divided. The meaning of the verification award (logo) that differs in every system and how this is interpreted by potential buyers was mentioned as an important issue that is possible to improve. IPTS Market Survey : key findings – stakeholder expectations

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 19 IPTS Market Survey : key findings – stakeholder expectations The ETV system has to be totally independent. The respondents see it as a public or private organization, supervised by a public body. The cost is an issue of the utmost importance for the vendors. As many stakeholders as possible should financially contribute to the system. Financial help is a strong incentive for vendors to go through the verification process. The ETV system should remain voluntary but strategies have to be developed to motivate the vendors to participate to it, without the system becoming mandatory.

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 20 The market survey revealed a contradiction in the way the respondents envisage the ETV system: The vendors did not associate any increase in sales or any additional market penetration to the effects of the ETV system. Despite of that, almost all the respondents declared that ETV was worth the time and money spent. They did associate the presence of the ETV logo next to their mark as a contribution to the positive image of their company and admitted that they gained in recognition and in credibility. The effects of ETV verification are difficult to detect. Vendors are reluctant to attribute part of their sales to the ETV logo; they prefer to attribute them to their product's own performance. Plausibly, both the product's performance characteristics and the ETV logo influence at the same time the purchase decision. IPTS Market Survey : key findings – expected impact

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 21 IPTS Market Survey : key findings – willingness to pay The practice followed until now by the existing ETV systems (US ETV and to a lesser extent Canada ETV) is that the vendor contributes only for a small part to the total costs necessary for the realization of the verification. The rest is supplied by the government and by other stakeholders. The vendors' willingness to pay is directly related to the access to national markets, without having to go through additional national systems. They stated that they are willing to pay if the verification enables them to enter any national market in Europe, with no need of additional testing in national systems. Vendors consider that they should not be charged for the development of generic protocols. In general, in voluntary schemes, vendors expect to receive substantial public funding.

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 22 ETVS model : different possibilities Verification tools EU ETV Team Promotion Execution of tests/verification Execute tests using predefined protocols and test plans Verify the data Network of national/regional/local “ETV points” Review and approval of verification report Awarding certificate/logo Review of applications Dissemination of results Write verification report Appoint thematic verification organisations (VO) Stakeholders group(s) Auditing theVOs (Quality Management) Designate and coordinate the stakeholders group(s) Test labs / verification centres Thematic VO Vendor ETV Team Promotion Execution of tests/verification Execute tests using predefined protocols and test plans* Verify the data Network of national/regional/local “ETV points” verification report Awarding certificate/logo Review of applications Dissemination of results Write verification report Appoint thematic verification organisations (VO) Stakeholders group(s) Auditing theVOs (Quality Management) Designate and coordinate the stakeholders group(s) Define quality management plan Develop verification tools Define quality management plan Develop verification tools Decides on program scope, objective and strategy Develops program level protocols Audits, evaluates Verifies cost effectiveness Xxxx XXX Xxxx Organisation Component of program Task Organisation involved in Organisation responsible for Establish test plans* Establish protocols* Define minimum performance requirements (if relevant) Appoint Test Lab or Verification Centre * Technology testing is done inside the ETV system

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 23 Application phase Claim definition and review First review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Assessment phase Final review of data Drafting of verification report Testing phase Elaboration of test plan Implementation of tests Test report If further tests needed Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificate Publication of synthesis report Scheme for an EU model

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 24 EU EPV Secretariat Testing Laboratories Contact Points Vendor Thematic Verification Centres Contact Phase Application phase Claim definition and review First review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Assessment phase Final review of data Drafting of verification report Testing phase Elaboration of test plan Implementation of tests Test report If further tests needed Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificate Publication of synthesis report Scheme for an EU model

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 25 Application phase Claim definition and review First review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Assessment phase Final review of data Drafting of verification report Testing phase Elaboration of test plan Implementation of tests Test report If further tests needed Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificate Publication of synthesis report EU EPV Secretariat Testing Laboratories Vendor Thematic Verification Centres Claims and existing Data Application Phase Scheme for an EU model Contact Points

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 26 Application phase Claim definition and review First review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Assessment phase Final review of data Drafting of verification report Testing phase Elaboration of test plan Implementation of tests Test report If further tests needed Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificate Publication of synthesis report EU EPV Secretariat Testing Laboratories Contact Points Vendor Thematic Verification Centres Testing Phase Scheme for an EU model

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 27 Application phase Claim definition and review First review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Assessment phase Final review of data Drafting of verification report Testing phase Elaboration of test plan Implementation of tests Test report If further tests needed Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificate Publication of synthesis report EU EPV Secretariat Testing Laboratories Contact Points Vendor Thematic Verification Centres Assessment Phase Scheme for an EU model

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 28 Application phase Claim definition and review First review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Assessment phase Final review of data Drafting of verification report Testing phase Elaboration of test plan Implementation of tests Test report If further tests needed Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificate Publication of synthesis report EU EPV Secretariat Testing Laboratories Contact Points Vendor Thematic Verification Centres Publication Phase ETV logo Scheme for an EU model

Sevilla 16 October 2007 – ECREINetwork, 2 nd Interregional Workshop 29 Upcoming ETV events European Forum on Eco-Innovation: Boosting Eco-technologies through Verification November – Ministry of Sustainable Development, Paris 3 rd International Forum on Environmental Performance Verification 'Engaging the Developing World' within the Pollutec fair, November 28, Paris