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R&D Achievements

Ontario Centres of Excellence have an impressive legacy of success. Below are some recent highlights from the Centre for Earth and Environmental Technologies. And, there are more successes on the horizon

Innovation to Industry

• EnviroMetal Technologies Inc. (ETI) – ETI was founded to commercialize a radically different approach to groundwater remediation. The use of granular iron in a below ground, permeable barrier (PRB) configuration for removal of chlorinated organic contaminants from groundwater was first proposed by Dr. Gillham of the University of Waterloo (UW) in 1989.
  
• Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI) – Through a collaborative project with OCE, York University and RWDI, a unique modelling technology was commercialized that can be used to replicate and predict concentrations of a wide range of pollutants, including common air contaminants, toxics, and smog forming pollutants over large geographic regions.

R&D Success Stories

• Earthworms Helping Identify Toxic Soils - New Technology Will Refine Environmental Clean-ups at Decommissioned Gas Stations.  A CRESTech-funded project has produced a simple and cost-effective method to assess soil toxicity using earthworms, plants, and soil arthropods. The new technology will be used to better assess the environmental clean-ups performed at decommissioned gas stations. (PDF)
   
• Low-Tech Forests Put Lids on Landfills – Municipalities To Gain From New Green Technology.  A new environmental management strategy is being developed for Ontario municipalities that may allow them to protect and contain toxic landfills through the use of beautiful, hard-working poplar trees. (PDF)

OCE Annual Conference

• Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery 2006 conference took the opportunity to celebrate innovation success through the Mind To Market Award. Sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group, the award recognizes outstanding research collaboration between industry and an academic research team that has resulted in successful commercialization. It is through such collaborations that OCE supports the development of leading edge ideas that drive industrially relevant solutions.  (learn more)