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EPA/600/R-06/082
Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program Case Studies: Demonstration Program Outcomes Volume II
(PDF, 2945 Kb, 132 pp)
September 2006
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Abstract:
This document includes case studies of eight selected ETV-verified technologies or technology groups. Section 2 presents four "Air and Energy Technology" case studies. Section 3 presents four "Water Technology" case studies. One of the case studies is an update of a case study originally published in the first volume of this document (U.S. EPA, 2006f ). Section 4 is a complete list of references and the document concludes with a set of appendices that provide a detailed discussion of the methods used to estimate outcomes in several of the case studies.
Each case study begins with a summary of actual and estimated outcomes, followed by three sections. The first section, "Environmental, Health, and Regulatory Background," describes: (1) the pollutant or environmental issue the technology is designed to address, (2) the human health and environmental impacts associated with the pollutant or issue, and (3) regulatory programs or voluntary initiatives under which the technology can be applied. The second section, "Technology Description," describes the technology, identifies what makes the technology innovative, and summarizes the performance results as verified by ETV. The third section, "Outcomes," presents, in detail, the ETV Program's estimates of outcomes from verifi cation and from implementing the technology. These outcomes include:
- Pollutant (or emissions) reduction outcomes, such as pounds of pollutant removed nationwide by actual or projected applications of the technology
- Environmental and human health outcomes, such as cases of disease or death avoided, nationwide, by actual or projected applications of the technology
- Resource conservation outcomes, such as the types of natural or man-made resources that the technology can conserve
- Economic and financial outcomes, such as the economic value of avoided cases of disease or cost savings to users of the technology
- Regulatory compliance outcomes, such as the number of facilities that the technology can assist in complying with a regulation
- Technology acceptance and use outcomes, such as evidence that ETV verification has led to increased use of the technology
- Scientific advancement outcomes, such as improvements in technology performance due to ETV verification or scientific uncertainties that can be addressed by verification.
Contact:
Abby Waits
waits.abby@epa.gov