About the Environmental Technology Centre
European funding (ERDF) allows the ETC to provide consultancy to SMEs in the East Midlands Region. A maximum of 5 days help is available to qualifying companies with no strings attached! Each business is looked at on an individual basis and a solution tailored to meet requirements.
Below are examples of just some of the areas where we can help.
Environmental Assessment
An Environmental Assessment can help identify where improvements can be made. From a simple walk around to an in-depth investigation, our project officers can provide a client with an indication on how they measure up environmentally.
We can help you to:
- Understand how you use your resources more efficiently (e.g. materials, gas, electricity etc)
- Manage your water and energy consumption (e.g. how to minimise use, recycle, recover or purchase)
- Optimise and reduce your utilisation of water and energy (e.g. thermal imaging, compressed air survey, consumption monitoring)
- Identify technologies which could bring about improvements
Two to five day project
The Environmental Technology Centre can provide assistance on specific initiatives where an improvement to a company’s environmental performance can bring about increased profitability or green credentials which improves trading potential.
There is a wide range of projects on offer, we can help with resource conservation, reduce processing time, reducing bottlenecks in production, developing environmentally friendly products and solutions, deciding what technologies to invest in, feasibility studies etc. We have the knowledge needed to tackle these issues in-house and being part of the University of Nottingham, have access to world class expertise. We also have our own monitoring and measurement capability and continue to invest in cutting-edge equipment to assist us on the wide range of projects we deliver.
The University is developing more and more ways to engage with businesses and the Environmental Technology Centre is just one example set up to assist small to medium businesses in the East Midlands.
Knowledge transfer
The ETC can use its position within the University to provide you with advice on the latest technological developments free of charge.
It is even possible to have an associate from the University to work for you long term on a suitable project, in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, giving you access to skills and expertise that can help your company to develop. The ETC can help to organise this for you. The scheme is part funded by a Government grant with a contribution of around 1/3 of the cost expected from the SME.
Find out more about the KTP scheme.
Technology Transfer
The ETC can provide access to laboratories and specialist equipment of a scale generally not accessible to SMEs. If your project identifies that new equipment would help your business the ETC can help you to find grants and funding for the purchase. We also have two demonstration facilities, one concentrates on more off-the-shelf solutions that are looking for new applications and the other concentrating on new or emerging technologies coming out of university research.
Web Review
The ETC can review your existing web presence or help you to establish a basic website in order to promote your business and improve efficiency.
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Please note, the ETC will make every effort to meet your requirements but resources are limited and projects are undertaken on a first come first served basis.