2008 Sustainable Technology Award

• Apply for the Illinois Sustainable Technology Award
• Evaluation Criteria
• Previous Winners

Application Information

Applications must be submitted by May 19, 2008.

Before beginning the on-line application, be sure to have:

• your organizational information (address, telephone number, etc.) ready
• an approximately 250-word abstract of the application completed
• the narrative (read "Evaluation Criteria") as well as any supportive document completed in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, plain text, or HTML.

Illinois Sustainable Technology Award Overview

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Award recognizes a novel technology or process that leads to significant waste reduction, waste elimination, or environmental impact. Applicants must illustrate how innovative the technology or process is, discuss the long-term beneficial impact of the technology on the environment in Illinois, and show how it has been implemented.

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Award requires a separate application from the Governor's Pollution Prevention Award, and is judged across all categories of organizations, regardless of size. This award comes with a scholarship, provided by external sources, which goes to an Illinois resident attending a college or university.

2008 IL Sustainable Technology Award Timeline:

• May 19, 2008 - Application deadline
• June - July 2008 - Application review and on-site review
• August 2008 - Finalists notified
• October 23, 2008 - Awards ceremony held with the Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards at the Abbington in Glen Ellyn

Agenda and Directions

• Check the Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards page for more information.

Eligibility

All Illinois public or private organizations including businesses, trade organizations, community groups, schools, universities, governmental agencies, and service organizations are eligible.

To be considered for this award, the organization must have recently developed an innovative technology or process modification. The innovation must:

• meet the definition of pollution prevention (P2)
• be unique
• be a proven concept, demonstrated to be successful in either full scale implementation or pilot trials

Contact Information

For questions about the Illinois Sustainable Technology Award, contact Deb Jacobson at the Waste Management and Research Center.