Environmental conservation effects of advanced environmental technologies already in practical use, secondary environmental impacts, and other important performance (environmental conservation effects, etc.) are verified by third-party organization objectively. As a result, when environmental technology users purchase and introduce technology, it becomes possible to make appropriate selections by facilitating comparative studies on environmental conservation effects. The purpose of the ETV program is to contribute to the development of the environmental industry, including (promoting the spread of environmental technologies, contributing to environmental conservation, and fostering SMEs).
A third-party organization that is neither a developer nor a user of environmental technology should show the environmental conservation effects of environmental technology as objective data based on tests. Environmental technologies are defined as advanced technologies that bring about environmental improvement effects or environmental conservation effects, and advanced measurement technologies related to the environment. “Verification” is different from “certification” in which a certain criterion is set and conformity to this criterion is determined.
A reliable third-party organization (Verification organization) verifies environmental technologies at actual sites and publicizes the results.
Businesses that support the spread of environmental technologies
・2003-: Model program implementation / 2008-: Full implementation
・Consideration of verification methods and evaluation items based on expert opinions (Technical Verification Committee)
649 technologies have been verified so far (as of the end of 2019)
The verification report (detailed version) is prepared by the verification organization and is a compilation of all the verification results including the following.
The report is approved by the Ministry of the Environment after being examined by a technical verification committee organized by experts.
● Overall overview
● Outline and purpose of the verification
● Verification contents
● Examination of utilization of test data surveyed in the past (when necessary)
● Test results
● Verification results based on test results
● Consideration of the verification results
● Appendix: Glossary of terms, information on quality control, etc. (if necessary)
Verification report (summary) is a compact compilation of important verification results based on the verification report (detailed version).