Quality assurance in environmental technology verification (ETV): analysis and impact on the EU ETV pilot programme performance

• Autorzy: Molenda M. , Ratman-Kłosińska I.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/mspe-2018-0008

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Many innovative environmental technologies never reach the market because they are new and cannot demonstrate a successful track record of previous applications. This fact is a serious obstacle on their way to the market. Lack of credible data on the performance of a technology causes mistrust of investors in innovations, especially from public sector, who seek effective solutions however without compromising the technical and financial risks associated with their implementation. Environmental technology verification (ETV) offers a credible, robust and transparent process that results in a third party confirmation of the claims made by the providers about the performance of the novel environmental technologies. Verifications of performance are supported by high quality, independent test data. In that way ETV as a tool helps establish vendor credibility and buyer confidence. Several countries across the world have implemented ETV in the form of national or regional programmes. ETV in the European Union was implemented as a voluntary scheme if a form of a pilot programme. The European Commission launched the Environmental Technology Pilot Programme of the European Union (EU ETV) in 2011. The paper describes the European model of ETV set up and put to operation under the Pilot Programme of Environmental Technologies Verification of the European Union. The goal, objectives, technological scope, involved entities are presented. An attempt has been made to summarise the results of the EU ETV scheme performance available for the period of 2012 when the programme has become fully operational until the first half of 2016. The study was aimed at analysing the overall organisation and efficiency of the EU ETV Pilot Programme. The study was based on the analysis of the documents the operation of the EU ETV system. For this purpose, a relevant statistical analysis of the data on the performance of the EU ETV system provided by the European Commission was carried out.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

enviromental technology verification; quality assurance; environmental technologies; ecoinnovation

• Wydawca: STE GROUP
• Czasopismo: Management Systems in Production Engineering
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: nr 1 (26)
• Strony: 49--54
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 10 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Molenda M.

• Silesian University of Technology Faculty of Organization and Management Institute of Production Engineering, ul. Roosevelta 26, 41-800 Zabrze, POLAND

autor

Ratman-Kłosińska I.

• Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas ul. Kossutha 6, 40-844 Katowice, POLAND

Bibliografia

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• [2] ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION, Consultations Analysis Report July 2008. [Online] Available: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etv/pdf/ REPORT%20consultations%20on%20ETV%20final.pdf
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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).