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Sustainable Solutions for Illinois Businesses | ISTC Services

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center offers market-based problem-solving approaches to find and develop innovative solutions for businesses. With a focus on sustainability, technical assistance includes pollution prevention, energy efficiency, carbon footprinting, and more. Leveraging technology capabilities in fluid purification, green chemistry, and electronic waste reduction, the center accelerates the diffusion of P2 technologies through programs like ADOP2T. Partnering and collaborating with stakeholders, including companies, trade associations, and agencies, ISTC provides comprehensive environmental solutions through laboratory analysis, system engineering, and compliance assistance.

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Sustainable Solutions for Illinois Businesses | ISTC Services

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  1. The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Making Illinois more Sustainable since 1984

  2. The Path to Sustainability Sustainability Wastefulness Time

  3. Market-Based Problem Solving Approaches Find Problems To Solve Develop a Solution Consultant Approach or Develop and Package Solutions Find Problems To Solve Vendor Approach Consequence: May end up solving the wrong problem May end up with wrong solution

  4. WMRC Approach (Developed to address market failure) Investigate the Problem Develop Solutions Analyze the Process • Technical Assistance • Tech Diffusion • Tech Transfer • R & D • Determine Root • Causes • Inputs • Outputs

  5. Accelerated Diffusion of P2 Technologies ADOP2T Program • Identify Opportunities • Technology Development • Technology Transfer • Technology Diffusion Other Stakeholders MnTAP Consultants POTWs Companies Trade Associations Agencies Innovative Change Incremental Change Identify Opinion Leaders Recruit Mentors Mentors Establish Demo Sites @ Opinion Leader Facilities Business Customers Provide Demos to Business Customers Funding Customer Perceptions Complexity Uncertainty Compatibility Technical/ Regulatory Assistance Conduct Pilot Trials for Business Customers Innovation Adoption @ Multiple Companies

  6. ISTC Services • Green Business • Pollution Prevention • Energy Efficiency Assistance • Carbon Foot-printing and Reduction • Water Foot-printing & Reduction • Environmental Cost Analysis • Life Cycle Analysis • Systems Engineering • Laboratory analysis and support • Compliance assistance

  7. ISTC Technology Capabilities • Fluid Purification • Energy Efficient Technologies • Alternative Energy • Alternative Fuels • Carbon Sequestration and Reduction • Sediment Removal and Management • Green Chemistry • Electronic Waste Reduction and Recycling • Pilot Testing

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