Luis Delgado Sancho | Environment Coordinator, DG JRC/IPTS, Spain
Environmental Performance Verification
General Principles, Definitions and main Actors
Luis Delgado SanchoSpyridon Merkourakis
http://www.jrc.es/
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Accelerate diffusion –market acceptance – of innovative technologies by:
• Objectively validating their performance • Increasing purchasers’ confidence in new technologies
EPV: Objective
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To establish or prove the truth of the performance of a technology under specific, predetermined criteria or protocols and adequate data quality assurance procedures (from US ETV glossary)
•Build confidence to buyers•Independent 3rd party verification•Protocols/test plans designed to suit specific technologies•Stakeholder input•No single definition of verification
Verification: definition
What EPV is not?
EPV is NOT certification (ISO, CEN, National systems…):
EPV does not verify against a standard (or minimum performance requirements), but can use standards and modify them
EPV does not necessarily use laboratories/personnel that are certified for specific tests/tasks
EPV does not supervise sound manufacturing
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Verification: disambiguation
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Available in the Market
Certification
Self Declarations
EPVR&D
No need for certification, but need for credible
performance data
Compliance to standards
No standards exist
Early research
Prototypes, Demonstration
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The “positioning” of EPV
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EPV managing organisation
VerificationCentre
Thematic VO
Vendor
Stakeholders
Contact Points
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The main actors
TestingLaboratory
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EPV managing organisationlays the foundations of the verification
program
Defines the scope, objectives, strategies and administrative protocols
Coordinates and supervises the verification process
Is responsible for the compliance with the objectives and quality management procedures
Designates the thematic VOs
Awards certificates and logos to successful vendors
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The Thematic VOimplements the verification process
Processes the vendor applications
Appoints test laboratories to perform the tests or verification centres to verify the vendor’s claims, verifying their accreditation
Collaborates with the stakeholder groups
Reviews and approves the verifications reports and disseminates the results of the program
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The testing laboratory
Collaborates in the development of protocols
Develops the test plans
Executes the tests
Respects protocols and quality management procedures
Writes the test report
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The verification centreused when the system
performs claim verification
Examines the vendor data and verifies if they support the accompanying claims
Proposes the repetition of tests, if the data quality is not adequate
Respects the quality management procedures of the system
Writes the verification report
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The stakeholder groups
assure the credibility of the system
Involved in the development and review of the system’s “verification tools”: test protocols, test plans, quality management plans
Involved in technology prioritization
Involved in the selection of testing laboratories and verification centres
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The vendorProvides a claim accompanied by supporting data OR the technology to be verified and advice/training on how to perform the tests
Actively collaborates with the other EPV actors, depending on the specific design of the system
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The network of contact pointsEstablish a relation of proximity between EPV and the vendors, diminishing any geographical distance, language or administrative barriers
Active in communicating on EPV, explaining the EPV concept and the advantages that it can bring to its end users
Their hosting establishment is variable: testing laboratories, certification organisations, innovation relay centres, Euro Info Centres, national ministries of the environment etc.
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ETVS model : different possibilities
Verification tools
EU ETV Team
Promotion
Execution of tests/verification
Execute tests using predefined protocols and test plans
Verify the data
Network of national/regional/local
“ETV points”
Review and approval of verification report
Awarding certificate/logo
Review of applications
Dissemination of results
Write verification report
Appoint thematic verification
organisations (VO)
Stakeholders group(s)
Auditing the VOs(Quality Management)
Designate and coordinate the stakeholders group(s)
Test labs / verification centres
Thematic VO
Vendor
ETV Team
Promotion
Execution of tests/verification
Execute tests using predefined protocols and test plans*
Verify the data
Network of national/regional/local
“ETV points”
verification report
Awarding certificate/logo
Review of applications
Dissemination of results
Write verification report
Appoint thematic verification
organisations (VO)
Stakeholders group(s)
Auditing the VOs(Quality Management)
Designate and coordinate the stakeholders group(s)
Define quality management plan
Develop verification tools
Define quality management plan
Develop verification tools
Decides on program scope, objective and strategyDevelops program level protocolsAudits, evaluatesVerifies cost effectiveness
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Organisation
Component of program
Task
Organisation involved in
Organisation responsible for
Establish test plans*
Establish protocols*
Define minimum performance requirements (if relevant)
Appoint Test Lab or Verification Centre
* Technology testing is done inside the ETV system
ETVS model : different possibilities
Verification tools
EU ETV Team
Promotion
Execution of tests/verification
Execute tests using predefined protocols and test plans
Verify the data
Network of national/regional/local
“ETV points”
Review and approval of verification report
Awarding certificate/logo
Review of applications
Dissemination of results
Write verification report
Appoint thematic verification
organisations (VO)
Stakeholders group(s)
Auditing the VOs(Quality Management)
Designate and coordinate the stakeholders group(s)
Test labs / verification centres
Thematic VO
Vendor
ETV Team
Promotion
Execution of tests/verification
Execute tests using predefined protocols and test plans*
Verify the data
Network of national/regional/local
“ETV points”
verification report
Awarding certificate/logo
Review of applications
Dissemination of results
Write verification report
Appoint thematic verification
organisations (VO)
Stakeholders group(s)
Auditing the VOs(Quality Management)
Designate and coordinate the stakeholders group(s)
Define quality management plan
Develop verification tools
Define quality management plan
Develop verification tools
Decides on program scope, objective and strategyDevelops program level protocolsAudits, evaluatesVerifies cost effectiveness
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Organisation
Component of program
Task
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Organisation
Component of program
Task
Organisation involved in
Organisation responsible for
Establish test plans*
Establish protocols*
Define minimum performance requirements (if relevant)
Appoint Test Lab or Verification Centre
* Technology testing is done inside the ETV system
EPV system: different possibilities
Open questions
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Is EPV an efficient tool to diffuse innovative technologies?
Verification or certification?
Prototypes or ready to market technologies?
Verification: claim verification? full testing? combination?
Centralised EU system?
Are there all the actors necessary for all EPV systems? Are there any crucial actors missing?
Thematic organisation: Sectoral? Multisectoral? One for the whole EU for each technology?
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Open questions
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Testing labs: certified? Which type of certification?
Stakeholders: Independent experts? Nominated by associations? Efficient composition and size?
Role of contact points? National?
Should verification and testing always belong to separate organisations?
Are there any possible conflicts when a system performs both claim verification and tests?
Vendors: how to encourage participation in the system?
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Contact details
European CommissionJoint Research Centre
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
Competitiveness and Sustainability UnitEdificio Expo – c/Inca Garcilaso, s/n –
E41092 SevilleEmail: [email protected] – [email protected]
http://www.jrc.es/
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