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Technology Innovation Accelerating the use of innovative environmental technologies by reducing barriers and promoting effective solutions.... GETF provides organizations with the expertise and tools needed to practice proactive environmental stewardship. We promote technologies that improve the quality of what we produce and consume, while reducing the environmental impacts. GETF encourages the development of these technologies - from remote sensing innovations to those that address nuclear waste clean-up - by reducing barriers to their commercialization and effectively spreading the word about what works. Areas of Expertise - Technology development and deployment
- Energy efficiency and climate mitigation strategies
- Environmental finance solutions
- Program implementation
- Market research
- New venture analysis
- Funding identification
- Business plan development;
- Education & training workshops;
- Needs/capability matching; and
- Stakeholder facilitation.
Noteworthy Projects U.S. Department of Energy States Project
GETF’s Center for Energy and Climate Solutions (CECS) won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop replicable pilots in a few key states focused on designing and implementing integrated multiple pollutant solutions with energy, environmental and economic benefits. Helping states to integrate clean air and energy objectives is groundbreaking in an era of utility restructuring. The award will allow CECS to initiate meetings among the energy, environmental and utility commission officials in four states (Maryland, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Utah) to discuss building interagency partnerships and begin formulating integrated strategies. CECS also received funding for the state of New Jersey to help promote clean energy technology  | Ecommute
GETF conducted the Third Phase of the national e-commute pilot program for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The project sought to assess the potential for emission reduction credits and develop incentives for companies to offer telecommuting programs as an option to their employees. GETF coordinated with the pilot city participants (Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and the Washington, DC metropolitan region), evaluating data, and compiling a final assessment of the effort. A final report on the study was prepared and submitted to Congress in 2004. |
 | Climate Savers Program
GETF's Center for Energy & Climate Solutions (CECS) supports the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) U.S. Climate Savers Program. CECS works with the WWF to help businesses develop and implement leading edge climate and energy solutions. Corporate partners include IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Polaroid Corporation, Nike, Lafarge and the Collins Companies. CECS works with companies in the program to achieve energy efficiency goals and increase the use of clean energy as well as recognize their efforts through the WWF’s communication channels. By helping companies set reduction goals and achieve them, CECS demonstrates both a strong business and environmental case for making greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and ways a company can do so without putting up its own capital. Corporate demonstrations of this type continue to provide a yardstick for what the entire country can do to reduce GHG emissions while accelerating economic growth and job creation. CECS consultation to both the WWF and the individual companies in this project has helped recruit several companies into the Climate Savers Program and develop pathways to achieve critical greenhouse gas reductions. |
 | Powering Health Guidebook: Electrification Options for Rural Health Centers
GETF, working in conjunction with USAID’s Energy Office, developed the Powering Health Guidebook, published in December 2006, to highlight electrification options available (utilizing both renewable and non-renewable energy sources) for off-grid, rural hospital and clinic facilities in sub-Saharan Africa. The guidebook provided USAID Mission personnel and stakeholders with an overview of key considerations for utilizing various energy technologies in off-grid clinics and hospitals. The guidebook provides health facility managers with the tools necessary to weigh the costs and benefits of energy technologies, capital and operating cost data, as well as reliability, durability, emission, and optimal use information. Additional focus was placed on reoccurring cost and maintenance considerations, as well as lessons learned in order to provide the reader with a complete understanding of the financing and operating expenses involved with each technology. |
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Idaho Operations Office
GETF addresses environmental challenges by working towards the removal of barriers to rapid technology deployment. Issues include long-term stewardship for U.S. Department of Energy sites and energy efficiency opportunities. GETF's expertise in regulatory and stakeholder engagement is the cornerstone for this partnership. Earth-Sun Systems Support
In 2004, the NASA Earth-Sun Systems division issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the utilization of NASA remote sensing data in decision support systems (DSS). GETF provided several services in support of this RFP. GETF reviewed the RFP itself early in the process. GETF examined and categorized the proposals, highlighting key trends for NASA. Finally, GETF developed a white paper on DSS. In this white paper, GETF identified issues in the decision process, how DSS can help, what types of DSS exist, and what types of decisions may be supported by a DSS. This white paper is expected to inform responses to the Earth-Sun Systems division's future requests for proposals, resulting in higher-quality proposals that better utilize Decision Support Systems.
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