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Asia and Pacific Center of Transfer of Technology (www.apctt.org) of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific offers databases, publications, links, research and news updates, and information on organizations such as the Center for the International Transfer of Technology, and related U.N. and technology organizations. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) (www.ait.ac.th) offers advanced education in engineering, science, planning, and management. Users can access updates on the institute, research publications, and project information. Center for Transfer of International Environmental Technologies (ITUT) (www.itut.de/engl) supports the German environmental technology sector to successfully establish links to international markets. At the same time, ITUT provides pertinent information on German environmental technologies to interest potential foreign partners. Users can access listings of current partners and projects. Cornell Center for the Environment (cfe.cornell.edu) is a shared program of several Cornell colleges, including Agriculture and Life Sciences; Architecture, Art and Planning; Arts and Sciences; Engineering; Human Ecology; and Veterinary Medicine; the Division of Biological Sciences; the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research; the Agricultural Experiment Stations; and the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Industrial and Labor Relations Extension systems. Users can access several research institutes on topics such as resource information systems, watershed, risk analysis, and waste management. There are also project updates on topics such as U.S. DOE partnership, watershed research, and links to science & technology organizations and academic studies programs around the world. Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV) (www.epa.gov/etv) is a new U.S. EPA program to verify the performance of innovative technical solutions to problems that threaten human health or the environment—and to accelerate the entrance of new environmental technologies into the domestic and international marketplace. Users can access information on ETV projects and pilots. Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) (www.getf.org) accesses updates on new technologies, lab research in the news, awards, and GETF Network, a collection of frequently visited environmental, energy and technology communities, as well as information on the environment and sustainable development and links to partnering organizations. Global Network of Environment and Technology (GNET) (www.gnet.org) promotes the use of innovative environmental technologies and is sponsored by a cooperative agreement from the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and Technology. Users can access searchable links on projects; partners working in various countries; topics such as market, technology, DOE, and government centers; and TechKnow, a U.S. database of remediation and sustainable technologies. International Environmental Technology Center (www.unep.or.jp) accesses information on sustainable development technologies, urban and freshwater issues, news updates, databases, such as TechKnow (USA) and EnviroNet (Australia), and links to related resources, publications, and organizations. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (www.iiasa.ac.at), located in Austria, conducts interdisciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues and is sponsored by national organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. IIASA researchers generate methods and tools useful to both decision makers and the scientific community. Users can browse resources in energy and technology, populations, natural resources, research and education, as well as news updates, conferences, and job openings. Joint Service Pollution Prevention Technical Library (p2library.nfesc.navy.mil), maintained by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center, accesses information on pollution prevention technologies and processes that it compiles from several government agencies. The organization also provides links to environmentally preferred products and the Joint Group on Pollution Prevention, which was established to overcome duplication of efforts in changing military specifications/standards to achieve pollution prevention goals. National Environmental Technology Institute (NETI) (www.umass.edu/tei/neti) at the University of Massachusetts works collaboratively on pollution prevention research with university researchers and industry partners. Users can access information on current research projects, updates such as the report Industries of the Future: A Look at the Northeast, and links to industry partners, related resources and publications. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)—Division of Technology Industry & Economics (DTIE) (www.unepie.org/home.html) accesses extensive information on program activities in several environmental topic areas, as well as projects in the DTIE’s International Environmental Technology Center, Chemicals Unit, Economics and Trade, Production and Consumption. U.S Department of Energy (DOE)—Science and Technology’s Web site (www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=SCIENCE) lists dozens of categories for environmental energy and technology research, new updates, and resources. U.S. EPA—Treatment Technologies (www.epa.gov/ebtpages/treatreatmenttechnologies.html) accesses extensive information on environmental technologies including pollution control, clean air, remediation, soil, and alternative technologies. |