Research and Development

Advance ETV

Coordination Action on Environmnetal Technology Verification

AdvanceETV is a coordination action on Environmental Technology Verification (ETV). The overall target of AdvanceETV is to bring together the already proposed schemes and protocols prepared within the previous EU ETV activities and to link them with outcomes of already existing ETV systems worldwide. Furthermore AdvanceETV aims at building an international framework for cooperation and mutual recognition by supporting the cooperation of the European Commission and the international ETV activities, e.g. the International Working Group (IWG) on ETV.

To achieve these aims AdvanceETV will consolidate stakeholder feedback of RTD and EC activities and integrate experiences out of the CEN workshop agreement (CWA) elaboration and use. To foster recognition by harmonisation, a standardisation framework will be identified for international recognition of the different verification procedures. Cross cutting issue workshops ensure feedback and exchange between these different areas. An expert board with
ETV system representatives from Canada, U.S., South Korea, Japan, and other
provide the direct link to international ETV activities and the IWG on ETV, which is crucial to bring forward mutual recognition, to support cooperation by co-/joint verification and to promote harmonisation.

• Project size: about 1.3 million euro project volume
• Project period: funded under the t^th framework programme of the EU from 01/2009 to 07/2012
• Project website: www.eu-etv-strategy.eu

PROMOTE

Efficiency Control and Performance Verification of Improved Approaches for Soil and Groundwater Protection and Rehabilitation

In the course of implementation of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) of the European Union a Europe-wide verification system for innovative environmental technologies is to be installed. PROMOTE is developing and testing such a verification system exemplary for soil and groundwater protection technologies and initiated a first element of European standardization in this field with the CEN Workshop Agreement.

The project idea was developed and applied together with DECHEMA. During  project lifetime we were working as a project partner and were responsible for the development of test systems for soil and groundwater assessment technologies.

• Project size: about 2.1 million euro project volume
• Project period: funded under the 6^th framework programme of the EU from 2005 to 2008
• Project website: www.promote-etv.org

JOINT

Joint Technical Approach for Soil and Groundwater Quality Management – Technical aspects of soil and groundwater resources protection

This project was an activity for the coordination and cooperation of research activities in the field of soil and groundwater protection in the interim period between the 5^th and 6^th framework programme. We initiated and led this project (mostly as employees of the Company UW GmbH). This included the organization of a workshop series on research management and the publishing of guidance documents for future research needs in the field of soil and groundwater protection.

• Project size: about 600,000 Euro project volume
• Project period: funded under the 5^th framework programme of the EU from 2003 to 2006

EUBRA

European Brownfield Agenda –European network for land recycling

EUBRA was aimed to assess and evaluate the manifold methodological innovations of recent years in Europe and to identify the need for action for future activities, especially in the wake of INTERREG - European programmes for transnational cooperation. We developed the project concept, undertook the preparation, implementation and evaluation of two workshops and the publication of a brownfields agenda, together with a team of four international experts.

• Project size: about 30,000 Euros project volume
• Project period: funded by the German Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and by the REVIT project from 2006 to 2007

WissTrans

Transfer of knowledge from research into practice

The goal is the development and implementation of practical training sessions and e-learning for improvement and successful establishment of land management and land recycling. Our focus as a project partner is among others on the conceptual development of an e-learning system (ELNAB = E-learning for sustainable brownfield development) and the realisation of the module "Marketing of brownfields."

• Project size: 250,000 Euro total project volume
• Project period: funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research in REFINA grant programme from 2007 to 2009
• Project website: www.flaechen-bilden.de