Verification

Who selects technological areas to be verified? How? What selection standards are used?
 

• The Canadian ETV Program is client driven and voluntary. 
   
• Participation in the program is motivated by an applicant’s desire to improve their success in commercializing their environmental technologies. 
   
• Performance claims for a given technology are initially proposed by the applicant.  
   

Typical environmental areas applicable to verification:
 

• Pollution prevention
   
• Pollution detection and monitoring 
   
• Environmentally-related human health protection 
   
• Pollution control and treatment 
   
• Instrumentation and measurement systems for environmental protection or remediation 
   
• Energy efficiency/management 
   
• Emergency response 
   
• Non-hazardous and hazardous waste management 
   
• Site remediation and restoration 
   
• Land and natural resource management 
   
• Greenhouse gas reduction/monitoring 
   

Does the Canadian ETV Program conduct verification testing?
 

• The Canadian ETV Program does not test the technologies. It is the responsibility of the applicant to test their technology. However, the Canadian ETV Program can provide guidance so that the test completed would satisfy ETV requirements.
   

Is pre-existing data acceptable for verification? 
 

• The applicant may submit third party test data (before and after technology installation/operation), that support the performance claim, but the data must meet, or exceed the following criteria.  If the applicant does not have appropriate third party data, or it does not meet the requirements of the Program, the Canadian ETV Program will suggest appropriate testing organizations and/or accredited laboratories during the Screening Application stage.
   
• The first and most important requirement is that the testing is carried out by an independent third party and the laboratory generating the data is accredited by: 
  
  • CALA - The Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. link : http://www.cala.ca/index.html And/or 
     
  • PALCA  (SCC) at http://www.scc.ca/en/programs-services/laboratories 
     
  • Or equivalent. 
     

Who owns the final verification report?
 

• The applicant pursuing verification owns the report. 
   
• The Canadian ETV Program retains a copy for its files and is not released or shared with anyone without the express written permission of the company. 
   
• The Verification Entity retains a copy of their report and this document is kept confidential. 
   

What information is made public?
 

• The Technology Fact sheet is the only public information distributed by the Canadian ETV Program. 
   

What happens if the license agreement is not renewed?
 

• The Technology Fact Sheet is removed from the Canadian ETV Program web site and is also no longer provided to enquirers of the technology. 
   
• The technology is removed from the Canadian ETV Program website listing of current verified technologies.
   
• The use of the verification logo and other official marks also terminates. Other conditions may apply. 
   

Is there funding available to help pay for the cost of testing?
 

• Generally, this is the cost of doing business when developing a commercial technology. The applicant may wish to investigate eligibility for financial support from municipal, provincial or federal programs that support R&D efforts where testing is a part of a project. 
   

Is there a restriction on the age of data obtained from a testing program?
 

• Test data more than five years old would likely not be used or accepted in the verification process.