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2006 Progress Report: Moving Toward Sustainable Manufacturing Through Efficient Materials & Energy Use

EPA Grant Number: X3832203
Title: Moving Toward Sustainable Manufacturing Through Efficient Materials & Energy Use
Investigators: Goldberg, Terri
Institution: Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
EPA Project Officer: Bauer, Diana
Project Period: October 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007
Project Period Covered by this Report: October 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006
Project Amount: $278,000
RFA: Collaborative Science & Technology Network for Sustainability (2004)
Research Category: Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Description:

Objective:

The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) in partnership with the Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance (MA OTA) worked on or completed the following tasks under the “Moving Toward Sustainable Manufacturing through Efficient Materials and Energy Use” grant number X3832203 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) covering the budget period of October 1, 2006–March 31, 2007.

Progress Summary:

Task 1: Software Development

During this budget period, NEWMOA and MA OTA finalized the Energy & Material Flow & Cost Tracker (EMFACT) Project Request for Proposals (RFP) based on the results of the meeting and discussions that occurred during the previous budget period. These meetings and discussions were described at length on the grant report that NEWMOA submitted for the previous budget period. The final RFP is available at http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/emfact/RequestForProposals.pdf (16 pp, 55 K, about PDF) exit EPA.

NEWMOA posted the final RFP on its Web site on October 16, 2007, with a due date for the proposals of December 1, 2007. NEWMOA held a bidder’s conference on November 7, 2006, at the Offices of MA OTA. NEWMOA posted the notes from the bidders’ conference on its Web Site at http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/emfact/materials/BiddersConference.pdf (8 pp, 24 K, about PDF) exit EPA.

After issuing the RFP, NEWMOA formed a committee to review the proposals that included the following individuals:

This Committee agreed to review the proposals and participate in two conference calls to discuss the proposals and make a recommendation on the one that appeared to offer the best value.

NEWMOA received proposals from five vendors by the proposal deadline. After an initial review, NEWMOA found that all of the vendors were at least minimally qualified to undertake the project. NEWMOA distributed copies of the proposals to the members of the review committee and held a conference call on December 21, 2006, to conduct an initial review of the proposals. NEWMOA developed a review sheet with criteria and a scoring system for ranking/grading each proposal and asked each member of the committee to complete a form for each of the proposals. The committee reviewed this proposed review form during its December conference call and made some changes and additions. The committee members submitted completed forms to NEWMOA covering all of the proposals for compiling prior to the next conference call in January 2007.

Task 2: Software Dissemination

To be completed in future budget periods.

Task 3: Training for Users

To be completed in future budget periods.

Task 4: Project Evaluation

To be completed in future budget periods.

Supplemental Keywords:

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, TREATMENT/CONTROL, Sustainable Industry/Business, Scientific Discipline, RFA, POLLUTION PREVENTION, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Sustainable Environment, waste reduction, Technology, Energy, Ecology and Ecosystems, Economics and Business, energy conservation, clean manufacturing designs, cleaner production, life cycle analysis, clean technologies, green design, sustainable development, environmental accounting, environmentally conscious manufacturing, pollution prevention assessment, green process systems, toxic use reduction, software tool, alternative materials, source reduction
Relevant Websites:

http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/emfact/RequestForProposals.pdf (16 pp, 55 K, about PDF) exit EPA
http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/emfact/materials/BiddersConference.pdf (8 pp, 24 K, about PDF) exit EPA

Progress and Final Reports:
2005 Progress Report
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