Environmental Technologies Verification Systems

1. Environmental Technologies Verification Systems Luis Delgado Sancho Institute for Prospective Technological Studies http://www.jrc.es/

2. Outline ETAP ETV Existing systems, structure and costs Market Survey Scheme for an EU model Upcoming ETV events

3. Environmental Technologies Action Plan Improving testing, performance verification and standardisation related to environmental technologies http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/index_en.htm

4. European Network of technology performance verification 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 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) Verification:

5. 2009 2004 2008 2010 2007 2005 2006 European ETV initiatives Existing ETV systems, European related systems Market Survey, Models for EETVS IPTS study Soil and groundwater remediation technologies Collect and process information on technology demonstration EURODEMO 47 organisations 18 EU countries 5.5 M€ EC contribution 8.5 M€ total cost PROMOTE Soil and groundwater remediation technologies Water technologies and clean production technologies including monitoring TESTNET AIRTV Air emission reduction technologies TRITECH ETV Soil remediation, waste water, energy http://www.eu-etv-strategy.eu/

6. Environmental Technology Verification - Definitions What is ETV? Build confidence to buyers Independent 3rd party verification Protocols/test plans designed to suit specific technologies Stakeholder input No single definition of ETV

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

8. No need for certification, but need for credible performance data Compliance to standards Certification R&D Available in the Market Prototypes, Demonstration Early research ETV Self Declarations No standards exist The “positioning” of ETV

9. ETV system Verification and Testing Organisation ETV Managing Organisation Vendor Verification Organisation ETV Managing Organisation Vendor ETV system Testing laboratory US ETV and ETV Canada – two different “philosophies” 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

10. The US ETV system : structure ETV Team Establishment of general protocols and quality system Review of quality Oversight of verification organisations Review of final verification report Stakeholder Groups Set verification priorities Review protocols and operating procedures Verification Organisations Development of test protocols and test plans Execution of verification tests Preparation of verification report Vendor ETV system http://www.epa.gov/etv/

11. The US ETV system : Costs ~ 380 verified technologies Vendor contribution to costs was 8-13 % for years 2002-2005 Verification costs 3-5 times more than Centre support costs (’99–’04) Total costs and Vendor Contribution

12. The US ETV system : average per technology verification costs But the costs are very technology specific. Big differences in costs can be encountered even inside the same technology category

13. The ETV Canada system : structure Environment Canada Program policy ETV system ETV Canada Collection of vendor claims and data Identification of the Verification entity Review of the final Verification report Award of the Verification certificate Independent Laboratories Execution of tests Generation of data to verify the claims Vendor Verification Entities Verification of supporting data Comparison of data to claims Preparation of the Verification report http://www.etvcanada.com/

14. The ETV Canada system : Costs ~ 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

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.

16. IPTS Market Survey : the interviewed panel 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

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.

18. IPTS Market Survey : key findings – stakeholder expectations 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.

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.

20. IPTS Market Survey : key findings – expected impact 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.

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.

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

23. Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificatePublication of synthesis report If furthertests needed Application phase Claim definition and reviewFirst review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Testing phase Elaboration of test planImplementation of testsTest report Assessment phase Final review of dataDrafting of verification report Scheme for an EU model

24. Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificatePublication of synthesis report If further tests needed Application phase Claim definition and reviewFirst review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Testing phase Elaboration of test planImplementation of testsTest report Assessment phase Final review of dataDrafting of verification report Scheme for an EU model Contact Phase EU EPV Secretariat Contact Points Thematic Verification Centres Vendor Testing Laboratories

25. Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificatePublication of synthesis report If further tests needed Application phase Claim definition and reviewFirst review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Testing phase Elaboration of test planImplementation of testsTest report Assessment phase Final review of dataDrafting of verification report Scheme for an EU model Application Phase EU EPV Secretariat Contact Points Thematic Verification Centres Claims and existing Data Vendor Testing Laboratories

26. Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificatePublication of synthesis report If further tests needed Application phase Claim definition and reviewFirst review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Testing phase Elaboration of test planImplementation of testsTest report Assessment phase Final review of dataDrafting of verification report Scheme for an EU model Testing Phase EU EPV Secretariat Contact Points Thematic Verification Centres Vendor Testing Laboratories

27. Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificatePublication of synthesis report If further tests needed Application phase Claim definition and reviewFirst review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Testing phase Elaboration of test planImplementation of testsTest report Assessment phase Final review of dataDrafting of verification report Scheme for an EU model Assessment Phase EU EPV Secretariat Contact Points Thematic Verification Centres Vendor Testing Laboratories

28. Contact phase Vendor contacts a Verification Center directly or through a contact point Publication phase Award of verification certificatePublication of synthesis report If further tests needed Application phase Claim definition and reviewFirst review of available data and assessment whether further tests are needed Testing phase Elaboration of test planImplementation of testsTest report Assessment phase Final review of dataDrafting of verification report Scheme for an EU model Publication Phase ETV logo EU EPV Secretariat Contact Points Thematic Verification Centres Vendor Testing Laboratories

29. Upcoming ETV events European Forum on Eco-Innovation: Boosting Eco-technologies through Verification November 26-27 – Ministry of Sustainable Development, Paris http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoinnovation2007/2nd_forum/index_en.htm 3rd International Forum on Environmental Performance Verification 'Engaging the Developing World' within the Pollutec fair, November 28, Paris http://www.pollutec.com