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The City of Toronto, in collaboration with the City of Hamilton developed testing protocols, along with efficiency criteria, that can be used to evaluate the operational performance and removal entrainment efficiencies for particulate matter (PM) of various street sweeper technologies.
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The City of Toronto has now released
the:
for use and would like to let everyone know and that third-party testing and verification is now available through the following organizations: Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) and Environmental Technology Verification Canada (ETV Canada).
Through the use of the testing protocols, administered through a third-party, various street sweeper technologies can be evaluated for their PM removal and entrainment efficiencies (air quality performance) and operational performance using a quantifiable rather than a qualitative method, which was the case in the past. Once testing has been completed, ETV Canada under the ETV Program can provide separate Verification Certificates for air quality and operational performance based on the above testing protocols.
ETV Canada is a division of the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA) and manages the Canadian Environmental Technology Verification Program under a license agreement with Environment Canada and Industry Canada to provide a mechanism for third-party verification of environmental technology performance claims and to facilitate successful technology commercialization. PAMI is an independent testing agency with experience and credentials in street sweeping testing.
The Background Information on Verification (PDF) document provides details on the ETV Canada verification process that verifies the vendor’s environmental and operational performance claims. In order to determine overall performance of a street sweeper, both the air quality and operational performance should be assessed. This will help identify the best performing street sweeper most suitably to address the sweeping needs of a municipality.
This evaluation process can now be requested by the user community as part of their own procurement process.
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