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United States
Environmental Protection
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•6PA430-K-98-003
February 1998
Newest Champions
of the World
Winners of the 1997
Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Awards
^Printed on paper that contains at least 20 percent postoonsumer fiber.
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Contents
iii Foreword
v Introduction
1 Diplomacy and Enforcement Award Summaries
4 Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs), Foams, and Solvents Award Summaries
7 International Technology and Diplomacy Award Summaries
10 Refrigeration and Chemical Substitutes Award Summaries
12 Thailand Refrigerator Phaseout Award Summaries
14 Methyl Bromide Award Summaries
16 Military and Military Contractors Award Summaries
19 Appendix
Contents i
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Foreword
Since 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized
individuals and organizations that have been champions of environmental
stewardship through its annual Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards. EPA
has presented this award to 366 individuals and organizations from 30 coun-
tries including 46 winners in 1997.
This booklet updates EPA's Champions of the World, published in August 1997,
which honored the winners from 1990 through 1996. In this update, you will find pro-
files of the 1997 award winners. EPA selected these winners because their
accomplishments have resulted in significant environmental improvements through
leadership, motivation, and technical innovation. The 1997 awards were presented dur-
ing the 1997 International Conference on Ozone Protection Technologies in Baltimore,
Maryland, on November 13, 1997.
I hope you will find this booklet outlining the impressive and varied accomplish-
ments of the 1997 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award winners to be an inspiration
to protect the global environment. Thanks to the 1997 winners and all previous win-
ners of the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for your efforts to protect the global
environment.
Drusilla Hufford
Director, Stratospheric Protection Division
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Foreword Hi
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Introduction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Stratospheric Protection
Division established the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards to recognize
exceptional leadership, personal dedication, and technical achievements in
eliminating ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). With its annual Strato-
spheric Ozone Protection Awards, EPA recognizes extraordinary achievements in
protecting the environment.
Including the 1997 winners, EPA has presented this annual award to 366 individuals
and organizations from 30 countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, China, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan,
Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,
Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the
United States, and Venezuela.
The ozone layer forms a thin shield in the stratosphere, protecting life on Earth from
harmful ultraviolet radiation. The strong scientific consensus is that certain manufac-
tured chemicals are destroying this protective layer. These
chemicals, called ODSs, include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),
other chlorine- and bromine-containing compounds, and
halons. They are used as refrigerants, solvents, foam blowing
agents, fire extinguishing agents, and produce and soil fumi-
gants. Once in the atmosphere, these substances are carried by
wind currents into the stratosphere. There, ultraviolet radiation
from the sun breaks them apart, releasing chlorine and bromine
atoms that destroy ozone. Effects of ozone depletion include
higher incidence of skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, and
reduced fishery yields.
In September 1997, in recognition of the 10th
anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol,
EPA presented 71 individuals, corporations, and
organizations with EPA's Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric
Ozone Protection Award. This award distinguishes
those former winners of the annual award who have
made the most exceptional global contributions over
the past decade. A list of the Best-of-the-Best
winners is located in the appendix on page 28.
To address this problem, 163 nations have ratified the
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. This landmark inter-
national agreement is designed to reduce and eventually eliminate the emissions of
ODSs. Originally signed in 1987, the Montreal Protocol is a path-breaking example of
international cooperation on the environmental and diplomatic fronts.
Because of measures taken to comply with the Montreal Protocol, emissions of
ODSs are already falling. Assuming continued accordance with the Montreal Protocol's
obligations, stratospheric chlorine levels will peak in a few years and then slowly return
to normal. In addition, researchers expect the natural ozone production process to heal
the ozone layer in about 50 years, reducing the risks to health and our environment.
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For its 1997 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Awards, EPA selected winners
whose accomplishments have resulted in significant environmental improvements
through leadership, motivation, and technical innovation. Winners of the 1997
awards were announced during the 1997 International Conference on Ozone
Protection Technologies in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 13, 1997. Forty-six
individuals, teams, and corporate and military winners received the award. This
document outlines the accomplishments of these dedicated winners.
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Diplomacy and
Enforcement Award
Summaries
Ismail Ithnin,
Department of
Environment (DOE),
Malaysia
Dr. Janusz Kozakiewicz,
Industrial Chemistry
Research Institute,
Poland
DOE coordinates, monitors, audits, and implements all of the Montreal Protocol
ODS phaseout projects in Malaysia. As an active member in the negotiation at the
International Forum on the Environment, the Malaysian government plans to con-
tinue efforts to phase out CFCs and halons by the year 2000. Through April 1997,
DOE received funding approval by the Executive Committee of the Multilateral
Fund for 86 projects and activities related to the Montreal Protocol, costing approx-
imately $28 million in U.S. dollars. More than 5,000 million tons of CFCs are
expected to be phased out by the end of 1998. Currently, 47 activities and projects
have been completed to phase out more than 2,000 million tons of CFCs. DOE is
working closely with industry to take actions to eliminate ODSs, making Malaysia
the leader in these global efforts.
The CFC and halon consumption per capita has been reduced from 0.29 kilograms
(kg) (1989) to 0.14 kg (1996). By introducing regulations, guidelines, and system-
atic monitoring in 1989, Malaysia has one of the highest numbers of completed
projects under the multilateral funding system. DOE and industry will continue
this proactive approach not only to eliminate CFCs and hydrochlorofluorocarbons
(HCFCs), but also to promote the use of ozone-friendly technologies.
Dr. Janusz Kozakiewicz is one of Poland's leaders in the protection of the ozone
layer. As the Head of the Ozone Layer Protection Unit, he has coordinated the
development of Poland's ODS Phaseout Programme including projects cofinanced
by the Global Environment Facility through the "World Bank. He also is author and
coauthor of several publications dealing with ozone layer protection problems.
Dr. Kozakiewicz is active both locally and internationally. He served as rapporteur
at the 6th Meeting of the Parties and 11th and 12di Open-Ended Working Groups
(OEWGs) and as chairman of the Informal Advisory Group assisting the
Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) in its restructuring. He active-
ly participated in the International CFCs Alternative Technologies Conference in
Washington, DC, where he discussed problems related to the implementation of
the Montreal Protocol in Countries with Economies in Transition (CEITs).
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Jan-Karel B. H.
Kwisthout, LL. M.,
Ministry of
Environment, The
Netherlands
Ir Tan Meng Leng,
DOE, Malaysia
Tetsuo Nishide,
Ministry of
International Trade and
Industry (MITI), Japan
Jan-Karel B. H. Kwisthout served as a delegation member from The Netherlands to
the Montreal Protocol when critical decisions, such as whether to accelerate the
CFG phaseout schedule, were being considered. Mr. Kwisthout was viewed as an
extremely knowledgeable, fair, and reasoned negotiator. These skills were later
sought out when he was recruited to be cochair of the Process Agent Task Force
under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) TEAR He was instru-
mental in achieving consensus on this highly complex and contentious subject.
Since 1985, Ir Tan Meng Leng has been a key person in the formulation of various
national strategies and efforts to reduce and phase out ODSs in Malaysia. He
helped form Malaysia's National Steering Committee on ODSs.
He also played a very active role in encouraging the private sector to use CFC alter-
natives. To coordinate ODS reduction and phaseout, he helped form various
industrial working group committees on sectors such as refrigeration and mobile
air-conditioning, solvents, halons, foams, and aerosols. Over the years, these groups
have successfully reduced the use of CFC substances and have converted equipment
to produce non-CFC products. Proton, the Malaysian National Car Producer, for
example, has successfully used HFC-134a for its air-conditioning systems.
Mr. Tan Meng Leng also has been influential in the formulation of national legisla-
tion such as Administrative Control of CFC Substances and EQA (prohibition on
the use of CFCs) Order 1993. He also has inspired the private sector to seek multi-
lateral funding for the various conversion projects to produce CFC alternatives.
While working for MITI, Tetsuo Nishide organized Japanese business to speed the
phaseout of ODSs in developing countries. He promoted training, conferences,
and voluntary programs including the Thailand Leadership Initiative.
The government of Thailand and the UNEP Industry and Environment (IE)
Regional Office surveyed domestic use of ODSs and presented the results at a con-
ference in Singapore in 1991. The survey found that foreign companies were
responsible for more than three-quarters of the use of the substances in the coun-
try: approximately 50 percent usage was by Japanese companies, 25 percent by U.S.
companies, and 5 to 10 percent by European companies. The remaining 15 to 20
percent usage consisted of Thai companies and such local uses as automobile air-
conditioning services. The government, therefore, asked foreign companies to
propose a cooperative solution.
Mr. Nishide worked with Japanese and North American industry associations and
EPA to develop a plan for asking multinational companies operating in Thailand to
pledge to phase out ODSs no later than 1 year after they did so in their home com-
pany or country. Workshops were organized to demonstrate CFC-free technology,
and suppliers were challenged to offer it to Thai companies. The companies that
made the pledge phased out ODSs very rapidly from solvents. Phasing out ODSs
from refrigerators proved to be much more challenging, however.
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Refrigerators used CFG-12 as a refrigerant and CFC-11 as a blowing agent in the
insulating foam. In 1992, CFC-free insulating foam was still experimental and
compressors had not yet been developed for the likely alternative refrigerant, hydro-
fluorocarbon (HFC)-134a. MITI financed a compressor redesign team composed of
experts from the six Japanese companies with joint ventures in Thailand. The team
met dozens of times and by October 1996 had resolved the problems. The compa-
nies confirmed their commitment to phase out production by January 1997. The
government of Thailand then prohibited the manufacture and import of new refrig-
erators containing CFCs, making it the first developing country in the world to use
trade controls to protect the global environment.
Operation Frio Tejas, Operation Frio Tejas (Texas Chill) is the South Texas CFG Initiative, a unique com-
U.S. Customs Service, bination of investigators from the U.S. Customs Service; EPA's Criminal
United States Investigation Division; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Internal Revenue Service;
and the U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of Texas. Operation Frio Tejas was
formed in 1995 in response to the increasing quantity of CFG smuggling and illegal
sales in Texas and along the Mexican border. To date, Frio Tejas has been responsi-
ble for 265 seizures of smuggled CFCs, totaling more than 84,750 pounds.
Twenty-one cases have been accepted for prosecution, with 12 criminal convictions.
Diplomacy and Enforcement Award Summaries
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Paul Ashford, Caleb
Management Services,
United Kingdom
Epson Portland, Inc.,
United States
ST-Microelectronics,
Ltd., Malta
Metered-Dose Inhalers
(MDIs), Foams, and Solvents
Award Summaries
Paul Ashford is a founding member of UNEP's Flexible and Rigid Foam Technical
Options Committee (TOC), where he serves as the sole technical representative on
phenolic foams. He also has played a key role in general data collection and the
drafting of reports. He has chaired die European Phenolic Foam Manufacturers
Association and led its efforts on CFC phaseout. Mr. Ashford has undertaken
numerous studies for UNEP IE including the highly acclaimed 1996 Foam
Sourcebook, case studies of successful CFC phaseout, and ODS phaseout literature
studies. His work in the field has continued with studies on fluorocarbon emissions
from foams and the environmental assessment of HCFC replacements.
Epson Portland, which primarily manufactures terminal printers and dot head
assemblies, took an early stance on ozone layer protection by introducing and estab-
lishing manufacturing processes and technologies that do not depend on ODSs. In
the process, Epson Pordand became the first overseas company in the Seiko Epson
Group to achieve a total CFC phaseout. By developing an original aqueous cleaning
system and later adopting a no-clean process for printed circuit boards, Epson
Pordand eliminated the use of CFC-113 in October 1988.
Further, Epson Portland added to this achievement by eliminating trichloroethane
(TCA) from its facilities by 1994. Epson Portland also has actively contributed to
the phaseout of restricted substances used in the manufacture of parts purchased
from domestic and foreign suppliers (the number of ODS-using parts supplier com-
panies in Japan was reduced from 300 to 0). Finally, Epson Portland's ozone
protection activities have served as the trigger for a multifaceted, comprehensive
environmental program that is making Epson Pordand an environmentally sound
corporation overall.
ST-Microelectronics' environmental initiatives include setting clear, timed targets
for ODS elimination, energy reduction, water conservation, and tbe use of recycled
materials. In line with the Corporate Environmental Decalogue, ST-
Microelectronics embarked on a strong program to eliminate all harmful CFCs
from plant equipment. There are currently no production processes using CFCs. A
cleaning station utilizing Freon TF/TDA 35X was converted to work with
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FORANE 14ID as the cleaning medium. The use of Forane was discontinued in
1994, however.
Dr. Ian P. Tansey, 3M
Health Care, Ltd.,
United Kingdom
Dr. Helen Tope,
Environment Protection
Authority, Victoria,
Australia
Bert Veenendaal,
RAPPA, United States
During 1995, the Malta site converted five centrifugal chillers utilizing ,CFC-12
refrigerant. The compressor assembly was sent to France for the necessary upgrad-
ing. This followed a corporate agreement with Trane, since many ST-Micro-
electronics plants worldwide use Trane chillers. The site substituted most of the
facilities' equipment using Class 2 ODSs with ODS-free alternatives. More than 12
air-conditioning downflow units in the area were totally replaced with new units
using KLEA 66 refrigerant (660 kg). In addition, all halons in fire extinguishing
systems were replaced with FM 200 gas systems.
Dr. Ian P. Tansey is the Senior Technical Manager and Global Project Leader for
the CFC Replacement Programme for 3M Health Care, Ltd. He planned and coor-
dinated the development program for replacement hydrofluorocarbon MDIs. As a
result, 3M was the first company to launch a CFC-free MDI for the treatment of
asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In addition, Dr. Tansey has
served on the UNEP TOC on Aerosols, Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses, and Carbon
Tetrachloride since 1993, providing valuable and objective information that under-
pins the transition to CFC-free MDIs.
Dr. Helen Topes involvement in ozone layer protection started with her work in
the Environment Protection Authority of Victoria, Australia, working with Ms.
Andrea Hinwood. When Ms. Hinwood interrupted her work as TOC chair, Dr.
Tope ably took her place, first temporarily, and later permanently. Dr. Tope's man-
agement skills were instrumental in the proper functioning of the Aerosols,
Sterilants, and Miscellaneous Uses TOC. Her regulatory skills helped craft the con-
cept of an MDI transition strategy to bring about CFC emission reductions. Dr.
Tope also has been an important TEAP member and has proven her ability to
smooth differences and to build a consensus toward achieving fruitful agreements.
Bert Veenendaal has been involved in ODS phaseout since the mid-1980s. As
Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Polyurethane Foam Association, he
led the organization in a joint effort with EPA to phase out the use of CFC-11 in
the U.S. flexible foam industry. Since July 1992, Mr. Veenendaal has been active
with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as Senior Consultant
for Foams. In addition, he has participated in project preparation, implementation,
workshops, and document review for the "World Bank as well as UNEP. He has
been an active member of the UNEP Flexible and Rigid Foam TOC since its
founding in 1990. His activities in the ODS phaseout are truly global, with
emphasis on South/Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Although
he has prepared more than 300 ODS phaseout projects for the Multilateral Fund,
his passion is actual implementation of these projects. He has already finalized
implementation of approximately 70 projects.
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Dr. Ashley Woodcock,
North West Lung
Centre, Wythenshawe
Hospital, United
Kingdom
Dr. Hua Zhangxi, China
National Council of
Light Industry, China
Dr. Ashley Woodcock is a practicing physician and consultant at the North West
Lung Centre based at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom. In
this role, he treats and has an extensive knowledge of respiratory disease. Since join-
ing the UNEP TOC on Aerosols, Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses, and Carbon
Tetrachloride, he has used his extensive knowledge of respiratory medicine to
enable the production of clear, concise, and understandable reports for the parties
to the Montreal Protocol. In 1996, Dr. Woodcock became the cochair of the
Medical Products section of the UNEP Aerosols TOC and a member of the UNEP
TEAP, involving him in a much wider review of all issues pertaining to ozone
depletion. At the current time, Dr. Woodcock is involved in the development of
the European Unions transitional strategy for the phaseout of CFC MDIs.
Dr. Hua Zhangxi has been a valuable member of the Montreal Protocol TEAP on
Aerosols, Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses, and Carbon Tetrachloride TOC. He also
has been influential within China and worldwide in encouraging CFC phaseout
and in providing technical and policy information.
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International Technology
and Diplomacy Award
Summaries
Laszlo Dobo, Ministry
for Environment and
Regulatory Policy,
Hungary
Kiyoshi Hara, Japan
Industrial Conference
for Ozone Layer
Protection, Japan
Laszlo Dob6 has been a senior expert member of UNEP's TEAP since 1994, where
he also attended many OEWG meetings and meetings of the parties. He has been
actively involved as a delegate in the negotiation of several environmental treaties,
particularly the Montreal Protocol, and in the development of projects in Hungary
under the World Bank umbrella including a project on recycling and reclaiming.
Mr. Dobo also has participated in technology transfer to several associations in
Hungary including the Hungarian Refrigeration Association. Mr. Dobo served as
the cochair of UNEP TEAP's Task Force on Aspects of CEITS, which has entailed
drafting reports, in consultation with governments in the Russian Federation and
Azerbaijan, and transferring the experience obtained to the members of the
Implementation Committee under the Montreal Protocol (attending the meetings
in 1995 and 1996). He actively participated in meetings organized by UNEP/IE in
Minsk (1994), Riga (1994), Riga (1996), and Tashkent (1997) on the specific uses
for the CEITs related to the Montreal Protocol. Mr. Dob6 also has been a consul-
tant in the preparation of the Country Programme of Macedonia.
Since July 1994, Kiyoshi Hara has shown exceptional leadership and successful
management of many activities throughout Japan and Southeast Asia as Secretary
General of the Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer Protection. He has
managed seminars to encourage development of ODS alternatives in Japan as well
as Trilateral Ozone Protection Meetings between the United States, Japan, and a
developing country in Southeast Asia. Mr. Hara has collaborated with the Japan
International Cooperation Agency in organizing an ozone protection seminar for
participants from developing countries. He also has collaborated with UNEP,
TEAP, EPA, and the Alternative Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study
for ozone protection in consideration of global warming issues. Mr. Hara has pro-
moted projects to recover, recycle, and destroy CFCs from used equipment, and,
from 1988 to 1993, he led the development team for superior polyurethane prod-
ucts with CFCs to phase out ODSs in Japan.
International Technology and Diplomacy Award Summaries
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Ozone Layer Protection
Office, Basic Industries
Bureau, Ministry of
International Trade and
Industry, Japan
Ozone Layer Protection
Unit, Hazardous
Substances Control
Division, Thailand
Philippines Solvent
Sector ODS
Elimination Team
The Ozone Layer Protection Office of Japan's MITI has been an early and effective
supporter of stratospheric ozone protection. It has supported the Montreal Protocol
negotiations, UNEP TEAP, and many diplomatic and technical initiatives. MITI
technology cooperation projects have been undertaken throughout the world with
particularly strong success in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand,
and Vietnam. MITI has selected some of the best government employees to head
the Ozone Layer Protection Office and has encouraged cooperation with other gov-
ernments in promoting ozone layer protection and technology cooperation.
The Thai Ozone Layer Protection Unit exercised strong leadership, regulatory inno-
vation, and management in support of the total phaseout of CFCs used in domestic
refrigerators. The unit identified the problem of ODS use by multinational corpora-
tions operating in Thailand, organized Thai suppliers and manufacturers, helped
organize important domestic and international regulatory and technical meetings,
and guided regulation through Thai government channels.
With the leadership of the Thai Ozone Protection Unit, the government of
Thailand prohibited the manufacture and import of new refrigerators containing
CFCs, making it the first developing country in the world to use trade controls to
protect the global environment.
Starting in January 1996, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
and UNDP-Manila had a vision to help protect the ozone layer by assisting small-
and medium-sized enterprises to become ODS-free. After a lengthy search, five
companies, all blenders of custom ODS products, agreed to be the first in the sol-
vent sector to become ODS-free. These companies included Amine Resources,
Clearfield Industries, Ortho Consolidated Industries, Scientific Industries, and
Strongbase Industries, Inc. Tech Spray then offered to transfer its proven alternative
technology to facilitate the transition from ODSs. Blending experimentation has
been completed and the new ODS-free products are being marketed to customers
in the Philippines. Over 50 tons of ozone-depletion potential (ODP) yearly will be
eliminated in the Philippines due to the team's work.
Key members of the group also have formed the first Philippine solvent industry
trade association, the Blenders Association of the Philippines. Members will share
information on methods of protecting the ozone layer and creating high-performance
blends that will meet customer needs while not damaging the environment. In develop-
ing nations where competition for market share is fierce, this association has
increased the exchange of ideas and concepts to achieve world-class solvent blending
processes in the Philippines for the good of the environment and the public.
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Rafael Veloz,
Governmental Ozone
Committee, Dominican
Republic
Wang Yangzu, National
Environmental
Protection Agency,
China
The Dominican government received assistance from UNDP and EPA to imple-
ment the Mobile Air Conditioning project as well as its successor project in
commercial refrigeration. The goal of the projects is to reduce emissions of ODSs
that occur when refrigeration technicians provide maintenance and repair services
to refrigeration systems. The projects incorporate the following elements: research
on the local refrigeration servicing sector; recruitment of refrigeration servicing
enterprises; development and delivery of appropriate training and equipment (CFC
recovery and recycling machines, leak detectors, and related items); technical sup-
port to provide additional or remedial training to shops as needed and to ensure
that the service shops have a good experience with the equipment; evaluation; and,
finally, a unique participant payment scheme in which shops that receive equip-
ment pay for part of its cost. In fact, this was the first project in the world under
the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund to use participant payments to fund the
purchase of additional equipment and training. This enabled additional shops to
participate in a second phase of the project, achieving even greater ODS emission
reductions than otherwise would have been possible. Overall, the Mobile Air
Conditioning project has achieved demonstrated annual reductions in ODS emis-
sions of 9.79 metric tons, ODP weighted.
Rafael Veloz provided the leadership necessary for success. He convinced servicing
enterprises, initially unfamiliar with this technology and its benefits, to participate
voluntarily in the project and to pay for the equipment. Developing a financial
management system and payment scheme, establishing fair payments for equip-
ment almost unknown in the country up to that time, collecting and administering
the money, and ordering the additional equipment required great organizational
leadership and persistence by Mr. Veloz.
Wang Yangzu headed the Chinese delegation to the London International Ozone
Conference in 1990 and played an important role in China's accession to the
Montreal Protocol. Mr. Wang took the lead in developing China's Country
Programme and in subsequently coordinating China's multilateral and bilateral
ODS phaseout projects. He has been instrumental in fostering close cooperation
with the various Chinese ministries and with foreign agencies to assist in meeting
China's goals to eliminate the production and use of ODSs as required under the
Montreal Protocol. The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) has
hosted several international conferences that bring together national and foreign
experts on ODS alternatives and technologies, along with experts on ozone protec-
tion regulations and policies from around the world. NEPA has served actively on
the Executive Committee of the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund and is the
national focal point for Chinas ozone protection activities.
Since 1992, Mr. Wang has worked closely with EPA to phase out CFCs in domes-
tic refrigerators, commercial refrigeration, and automobile air-conditioning and
halons in the fire protection sector. Projects from this cooperation have resulted in
CFC-free refrigerators in production in China and active recycling of ODSs in the
refrigeration, auto air-conditioning, and fire protection sectors.
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Dr. Nick Campbell, ICI
Klea, United Kingdom
Dr. Sukumar Devotta,
National Chemical
Laboratory, India
Refrigeration and
Chemical Substitutes
Award Summaries
Dr. Nick Campbell is Regulatory Affairs and External Relations Manager for ICI
Klea. He has been involved over many years with the international Montreal
Protocol program.
Dr. Campbell has been a valuable member of the UNEP TOC on Aerosols,
Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses, and Carbon Tetrachloride since 1990. In this capaci-
ty, he has provided expert technical input on issues related to carbon tetrachloride
and miscellaneous applications such as laboratory and analytical uses.
He participated on the UNEP TEAP Subcommittee on Destruction Technologies,
which was established in 1993 to report on issues related to destruction technolo-
gies for ODSs. Dr. Campbell also was cochair of the UNEP TEAP Subcommittee
on Inadvertent Production of ODSs Resulting from Manufacturing Processes. He
also has been a member of the UNEP TEAP Working Groups on Laboratory and
Analytical Uses and Process Agents as well as the Process Agents Task Force. In
these roles, Dr. Campbell has provided both leadership and objective technical
input to the Montreal Protocol process.
Dr. Sukumar Devotta has been a long-term member of the UNEP TOC on
Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, and Heat Pumps (since 1989) including serving as
a cochair of the Subcommittee on the Use of Flammable Refrigerants. He has been
actively involved in the research and development of refrigeration equipment for
alternative refrigerants in India and in the ECOFRIG hydrocarbon refrigerators
project. Dr. Devotta also has participated in the technology transfer from the devel-
oped to developing countries. He has authored many publications on alternative
refrigerants as well as a manual for UNEP/IE on the safety aspects of hydrocarbon
refrigerators.
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National Institute of
Materials and Chemical
Research (NIMC), New
Energy and Industrial
Technology
Development
Organization (NEDO),
Research Institute of
Innovative Technology
for the Earth (RITE)
To develop advanced refrigerant alternatives capable of replacing CFCs and
HCFCs, die New Refrigerant Research Project of RITE embarked on a joint
research program with NIMC. The project was commissioned by NEDO. The
joint research project was launched in 1990 with a 5-year plan. It ended successful-
ly with the selection of three fluorinated ethers as alternative refrigerants. One is a
potential alternative for CFC-114, and the other two are substitutes for CFC-11
and HCFC-123. Because of their low global warming potential and shorter lives in
the atmosphere, they have the potential to help solve environmental problems such
as ozone depletion and global warming.
Refrigeration Systems
Division, Appliance
Systems Group, Sharp
Corporation, Japan
John Wilkinson, Vulcan
Materials Company,
United States
Sharp has succeeded in developing and mass-producing a new insulation material,
the Open-cell Polyurethane Evacuated Panel Insulation, with a zero ODP. The
insulation uses a vacuum panel that does not contain any CFC alternatives such as
HCFCs and HFCs. During the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
(JEMA) seminar in November 1989, John Hoffman of EPA gave a lecture in which
he declared that the ultimate goal for refrigerator insulation should be an absolute
vacuum panel; his talk triggered Sharp's interest in this technology. Sharp intro-
duced the vacuum insulation technology at the New Earth 96 conference held in
Osaka in November 1996. In addition, Sharp has developed a new refrigerator-
freezer that has a zero ODP and high energy efficiency. Sharp is now implementing
this design in the products manufactured at its new factory in Shanghai.
As a chemical manufacturing process expert, John Wilkinson has served on several
subcommittees of the UNEP TEAP including the Solvents TOC, the Laboratory
and Analytical Uses "Working Group, and the Process Agents Task Force. Mr.
Wilkinson's ability to act as a liaison with technical, policy, and political leaders has
made him an invaluable participant in the global technology cooperation and trans-
fer process under the Montreal Protocol.
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Compressor Technical
Support Team in
Thailand
Wiraphon
Rajadanuraks,
Department of
Industrial Works,
Thailand
Refrigerator Corporate
Team in Thailand.
Thailand Refrigerator
Phaseout Award
Summaries
In 1992, participants at the Japan-United States-Thailand Ozone Layer Protection
Meeting decided that Thailand would totally phase out CFCs for domestic refriger-
ators by January 1, 1997, only 1 year behind die term imposed on the developed
countries. Due to problems with the reliability of compressors with HFC-134a pro-
duced in Thailand, JEMA organized a project team, provided the Thai compressor
manufacturer with voluntary technical assistance, and made efforts to improve the
reliability of the compressors. As a result, the Thai compressor manufacturers over-
came difficulties and created a mass production system for the HFC-134a
compressor. The total phaseout of CFCs for domestic refrigerators in Thailand was
thus achieved by 1996, which was much earlier than originally anticipated.
Members of the Compressor Technical Support Team include Kazuhisa Ichimoto
(Hitachi, Ltd.), Keiju Sakaino (Mitsubishi Electric Shizuoka Works), Hideo Sampei
(Toshiba Corporation), Takehiko Sato (Japan Electrical Manufacturers'
Association), and Kiyoshige Yokoi (Matsushita Refrigeration Company).
Mr. Rajadanuraks, Director of the Factory Control and Inspection Bureau,
Department of Industrial "Works, represented the Thailand government on the pro-
ject team, organized by JEMA, to address CFC phaseout in refrigerators and to
improve the reliability of compressors. The team included EPA, MITI, JEMA,
UNEP, Thai-Department of Industrial Works, and seven Japanese subsidiary refrig-
erator manufacturers in Thailand. Mr. Rajadanuraks was instrumental in generating
in-country government and industry support for the project. Over the last several
years, he has actively sought other ozone protection projects for Thailand through
the Multilateral Fund and served as the representative to the UNEP ODS Officers
Network meetings for Southeast Asia and the Pacific countries.
In 1992, participants at the Japan-United States-Thailand Ozone Layer Protection
Meeting decided that Thailand would totally phase out CFCs for domestic refriger-
ators by January 1, 1997, only 1 year behind the term imposed on the developed
countries. Due to problems with the reliability of compressors with HFC-134a pro-
duced in Thailand, JEMA organized a project team, provided the Thai compressor
manufacturer with voluntary technical assistance, and made efforts to improve the
reliability of the compressors. As a result, the Thai compressor manufacturers over-
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Dr. Viraj Vithoontien,
UNEP, Thailand
came difficulties and created a mass production system for die HFC-134a compres-
sor. The total phaseout of CFCs for domestic refrigerators in Thailand was thus
achieved by 1996, which was much earlier than originally anticipated.
Members of the Refrigerator Corporate Team in Thailand include A.P. National
Company, Hitachi Consumer Products (Thailand) Company, Kang Yong Electric
Public Company, Sanyo Universal Electric Company, Sharp Appliances (Thailand),
Thai Toshiba Electric Industries Company, and Toshiba Corporation.
Dr. Vithoontien, at the time the UNEP Regional Network Coordinator, was a key
member of the project team, organized by JEMA, to address CFC phaseout in
refrigerators and to improve the reliability of compressors. The team included EPA,
MITI, JEMA, UNEP, Thai-Department of Industrial "Works, and seven Japanese
subsidiary refrigerator manufacturers in Thailand. Dr. Vithoontien generated
UNEP support for the project and worked closely with counterparts in the Thai
government and industry to implement the project to phase out CFCs in the pro-
duction of Thai-manufactured compressors. Dr. Vithoontien has served in an active
role to work with ozone protection officers from developing countries in Southeast
Asia to generate similar projects under the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund. As
UNEP Regional Network Coordinator, he also worked to ensure exchange of infor-
mation and success on multilateral and bilateral projects throughout the Southeast
Asia and Pacific region.
Thailand Refrigerator Phaseout Award Summaries 13
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Professor Antonio Bello
Perez, Centre de
Cinencias Medio
Ambientales, Spain
Dr. Sheila Daar,
Bio-Integral Resource
Center, United States
Linda L. Dunn,
Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada,
Canada
Methyl Bromide
Award Summaries
In his capacity with the Spanish Agricultural Ministry, Professor Antonio Bello
Perez has coordinated work on the search for and implementation of methyl bro-
mide alternatives. He has worked to coordinate two international meetings on
alternatives to methyl bromide, which included field visits to commercial sites
where crops are grown without methyl bromide. In addition, he has been an active
participant on die Montreal Protocol Methyl Bromide TOC (MBTOC). As such,
he has participated in a number of workshops and meetings in key locations to
characterize uses of methyl bromide as well as working with methyl bromide users
on alternative technologies and processes. Professor Bello Perez has been instrumen-
tal in the formulation of European policy on methyl bromide controls and was key
to the recent acceleration of global controls under the Montreal Protocol.
Dr. Sheila Daar is an expert in the field of integrated pest management. She directs
the nonprofit Bio-Integral Resource Center that works with governments and the
private sector to design and implement least-toxic integrated pest management pro-
grams for pests in agricultural and urban systems.
Since 1992, Dr. Daar has worked on nonchemical alternatives to methyl bromide,
focusing on the California crops, including strawberries and grapes, that use signifi-
cant amounts of this pesticide. She and her staff have documented alternatives,
established on-farm applied research and demonstration projects, and conducted
technical outreach programs to methyl bromide users. She is an active member of
MBTOC.
Linda L. Dunn of the Environmental Bureau of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
facilitated the cooperation of pest control and alternative technology companies,
food processors, agricultural producers, environmental groups, and governmental
representatives to find, develop, and implement alternatives to methyl bromide. For
example, this group, under the coordination of Ms. Dunn, conducted an experi-
mental fumigation, largely funded by industry, of a Quaker Oats of Canada cereal
milling and processing facility, using a combination of heat, carbon dioxide, and a
low amount of phosphine. This process was first developed by David Mueller of
Fumigation Service & Supply, Inc. Ms. Dunn then arranged for the publication and
worldwide distribution of a well-documented, scientifically verified report outlining
the successful trial of this commercially available alternative to methyl bromide for
food processing facilities.
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Maria U. Nolan,
Department of the
Environment, United
Kingdom
Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez-
Kabana, Auburn
University, United
States
Maria U. Nolan is a policy administrator with the Department of Environment,
Global Atmosphere Division in the United Kingdom. She works to formulate the
United Kingdom's policy on the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer and die
implementation of international agreements such as the Montreal Protocol and rel-
evant European Community regulations. As such, she has been a key player in
efforts to control methyl bromide use in the United Kingdom and globally.
As a member of MBTOC, she has worked to assess methods of controlling emis-
sions and the availability of substitutes for methyl bromide in its various current
uses. While Ms. Nolan is not an agricultural scientist, she has been instrumental in
efforts to find alternatives by keeping the process on track and ensuring that the
outcome of the MBTOC is fair and impartial.
Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana is an expert on integrated pest management pro-
grams to deal with the pests often controlled with methyl bromide. Since 1992, he
has been an active participant on the MBTOC as cochair of the Soils
Subcommittee. Dr. Rodriguez-Kabana has made significant contributions to the
overall effort to reduce and eliminate the use of this ODS. In 1995, he worked
with the government of Colombia in documenting the production of cut flowers
without the use of methyl bromide. Among die awards received for his scientific
accomplishments are the American Phytopathological Fellow, Germany's Alexander
von Humboldt Senior Research Award, the Society of Nematology Fellow, the
Senior Research Award of the Spanish Ministry of Science/Technology/Education,
and the Fulbright Senior Research Award.
Methyl Bromide Award Summaries 15
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Robert L. Darwin,
Naval Sea Systems
Command (NAVSEA),
United States
Richard L. Helmick,
Naval Surface Warfare
Center, United States
Lockheed Martin
Michoud Space Systems,
United States
Military and Military
Contractors Award
Summaries
As Director of the Fire Protection Division for NAVSEA, Robert Darwin is the
senior U.S. Navy engineer responsible for the design and management of shipboard
fire protection systems. In this capacity, he has provided technical oversight and
leadership in research efforts to select halon alternatives for use aboard ship. Most
noteworthy has been the development of a water mist system to protect propulsion
machinery spaces on the Navy's next new ship, the LPD-17. As a member of the
UNEP Halon TOG, he has shared his expertise on halon alternatives with other
military and civilian organizations around the world.
Richard L. Helmick leads the research and development (R&D) effort at the
Annapolis laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, that is
responsible for a number of achievements that have facilitated the move toward
ozone-friendly air-conditioning and refrigeration technology in the Navy. Mr.
Helmick led the R&D efforts that ultimately resulted in the correct identification
of polyol ester lubricants as the proper match for air-conditioning and refrigeration
systems using HFC-134a. He also developed modifications for the conversion of
CFC-12 air-conditioning and refrigeration plants to HFC-134a. In addition, Mr.
Helmick led the development of a new family of HFC-134a air-conditioning and
refrigeration plants for new ship construction programs as well as modifications for
the conversion of Naval CFC-114 air-conditioning plants to HFC-236fa.
Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems manufactures the space shuttle external
tank using a blowing foam insulation to provide thermal protection and maintain
propellant quality during space shuttle ascent. Efforts began in 1989 to replace the
blowing agent, CFC-11. HCFC-l4lb was selected, new materials were blended,
and qualification testing was performed to verify performance to flight require-
ments. These efforts involved numerous disciplines within Michoud Space Systems,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center,
and suppliers. Despite significant technical hurdles along the way, the replacement
foams have been successfully implemented on the space shuttle external tank,
reducing the ODP by 85 percent.
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John A. Manzione, P.E.,
U.S. Army CECOM,
United States
NAVSEA, United States
John A. Manzione is the leading U.S. Army expert on the replacement of CFC
refrigerants in weapon system applications. He has been instrumental in a number
of ODS elimination programs involving developmental and fielded Army equip-
ment and training devices. These include HMMWV vehicles, the military standard
family of Environmental Control Units, and the U.S. Army watercraft fleet. He
also has served as program sponsor for leading-edge research in vapor compression
refrigeration through the Advanced Technology Program at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology. Mr. Manzione is a member of die American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and is a
licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia.
As a result of the leadership of NAVSEA, the Navy's newest ships—the amphibious
transport dock, the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, and the new attack submarine—
will be the Navy's first ozone-friendly ships of the 21st century. The internationally
recognized fleetwide air-conditioning and refrigeration conversion programs con-
firm NAVSEA's continuing dedication to proactive environmental stewardship.
Ozone-friendly technologies developed by NAVSEA, including solvent alternatives
and high-efficiency air-conditioning and refrigeration designs, are available to the
Department of Defense (DOD), foreign militaries, and commercial industry
around the world. NAVSEA's exceptional leadership and technical achievements are
helping the Navy become ozone-friendly, while protecting the world s environment
for tomorrow.
Navy Strategic Systems
Programs Fire Control
& Guidance Branch,
U.S. Navy, United
States
RAH-66 Comanche
Program Manager's
Office, U.S. Army,
United States
The U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Office is responsible for the design,
development, production, and maintenance of the Trident weapon system. The
Navy initiated a robust program to eliminate the large use of CFC-113 and TCA.
Draper Laboratory, the design agent for the guidance system, began intensive
research in developing and evaluating ozone-friendly but reliable solvents for preci-
sion cleaning and contamination control. The guidance system is an extremely
unique composite of numerous metallic and nonmetallic materials and has complex
cleaning requirements.
This program involved close cooperation with chemical manufacturers as well as in-
house research. It involved Draper Laboratory, Raytheon, Honeywell, Hughes,
Litton, General Dynamics, and Kearfott Guidance & Navigation. CFC-113 and
TCA are being successfully eliminated from the program.
The RAH-66 Comanche is the Army's next-generation, high-performance, armed
reconnaissance helicopter. Beginning in fiscal year 1996, 1,292 Comanches were
fielded at 23 locations worldwide. Early in the Comanche design phase, the pro-
gram manager quickly realized that continued dependency on halon 1301 as a fire
suppressant added considerable cost and risk. The program manager initiated a
trade study to evaluate potential halon 1301 alternative fire suppression systems,
selected the best alternative, and integrated that alternative into the Comanche
design. The result is that the Comanche uses HFC-227ea for engine nacelle fire
suppression.
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Leroy E. Sanderson,
U.S. Marine Corps,
CRE, United States
Bruce G. Unkel,
NAVSEA, United States
U.S. Air Force (USAF)
Weapon System ODS
Management Team,
United States
U.S. Army, Pacific
(USARPAC), United
States
From 1986 to 1993, Leroy E. Sanderson was an innovator and driving force
behind the commercialization of halon 1211 recycling equipment, the development
of procedures and training materials, and the implementation of a comprehensive
training program used by the U.S. military worldwide. An acknowledged expert in
recycling halon 1211, he personally trained hundreds of military firefighters and
technicians from 24 Article 5(1) countries in the proper procedures for reclaiming
and recycling halon 1211. Mr. Sanderson has published numerous papers on halon
alternatives, delivered presentations on his programs, and served as the key speaker
and instructor on halon 1211 recycling procedures.
Bruce Unkel is head of the NAVSEA Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Branch.
He recognized before the signing of the Montreal Protocol that the Navy would
have to initiate an extensive and aggressive program, involving the Navy laborato-
ries and industry, to support the conversion of the installed base of shipboard CFC
air-conditioning and refrigeration systems and the development of new systems
that use HFC 134a. To ensure protection of the environment, without negative
impact on the Navy's national defense mission, he initiated the planning and bud-
geting that has evolved into the Navy's highly successful ODS Elimination
Program.
The USAF Weapon System ODS Management Team is responsible for the overall
ODS guidance and leadership across all 105 USAF Weapon Systems Programs.
These programs range from missile systems (e.g., silo-based intercontinental ballis-
tic missiles) and aircraft (e.g., F-22 and Joint Primary Aircraft Training Systems) to
communications vans (e.g., the Mobile Consolidated Command Center).
The team has successfully balanced responsible ODS management and cost-effec-
tive elimination of ODS reliance within USAF weapon system programs. The team
thus protects the stratospheric ozone layer while meeting the overall goal of DoD
and USAF to provide world-class weapon systems that meet operational perfor-
mance and are cost-effective over their life cycle. The team has been responsible for
developing the guidance to the weapon system program offices, providing the nec-
essary management tools for the programs to manage their reduction efforts (e.g.,
databases), and providing onsite training and technical support to assist program .
offices in making informed management and technical decisions.
As a direct result of the team's efforts, USAF has achieved more than a 90 percent
reduction in its reliance on ODSs as compared to 1990.
USARPAC is the major command (MACOM) responsible for Army assets across
the Pacific Rim. An ODS elimination team, formally endorsed by the command,
was established at headquarters level. The team developed and implemented the
Army's first MACOM-level ODS elimination plan, which included raising aware-
ness; providing training on ODS laws, regulations, policy, and guidance;
conducting site assessments and assessment visits to validate installation require-
ments, expedite planning, and facilitate conversion efforts; and setting the example
to execute an integrated approach to ODS elimination. The teams efforts will lead
to the elimination of 50,000 pounds of ODSs by October 1, 2003.
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Appendix
Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Award Winners 1990 to 1997 and
Best-of-the-Best Winners
1990
Corporate Awards
Digital Equipment Corporation
Dolco Packaging
DuPont Company
Association Awards
National Fire Protection Association
Foodservice & Packaging Institute
The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging
Electronic Circuits
The Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy
Mobile Air-Conditioning Society
Laboratory Award
Underwriters Laboratories
Individual Awards
Ward Atkinson, Sun Test Engineering*
James A. Baker, General Motors*
Jay Baker, Ford Electronics*
David Bergman, IPC
James R. Beyreis, Underwriters Laboratories
David Chittick, AT&T
Joe Felty, Texas Instruments*
Art FitzGerald, Nortel/Northern Telecom*
Donald Grob, Underwriters Laboratories
Leslie Guth, AT&T*
Kathi Johnson, China Lake Navy Weapons Center
Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility
Dr. William Kenyon, Global Centre for Process Change*
Dr. Margaret Kerr, Nortel/Northern Telecom
Simon Oulouhojian, MACS*
Robin Sellers, Naval Avionics Center
Gary Taylor, Taylor/Wagner*
' Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOO), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
Appendix 19
**Msmber of UNEP Science Assessment Panel
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1991
Corporate Awards
Hitachi
Motorola
Nissan Motor Company
Nortel/Northern Telecom
TEAM Aer Lingus
3M
Association Awards
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
The Industry Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection
The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
Secretaria de Desarollo Urbano y Ecologia
Individual Awards
Elizabeth Cook, Friends of the Earth*
Jorge Corona, Camara Nacional de la Industria
de la Transformacion*
Thomas E. Daum, U.S. Defense Reutilization
& Marketing Service
David Doniger, Natural Resources Defense Council*
William Kopko, York International*
Colin Lea, U.K. National Physical Laboratory
Major E. Thomas Morehouse, Jr., U.S. Air Force*
Richard Nusbaum, Pennsylvania Engineering*
Robert C. Pfahl, Motorola
Dr. Richard Stolarski, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center**
Dennis Tober, Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation
Kjell Wetterlin, Astra 11-Draco
1992
Corporate Awards
AT&T
The Boeing Company
British Aerospace Airbus
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor
General Dynamics
Space Systems Division
Fort Worth Division
IBM
Endicott, New York
Rochester, Minnesota
ICI Chemicals and Polymers
McQuay International
Mercedes-Benz
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst
RECTICEL International
Seiko Epson
The Trane Company
York International
Association Awards
Camara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformacion
Halon Alternative Research Corporation
Halon Essential Use Panel—EPA, Victoria, Australia
The Swedish Institute of Production Engineering
Research (IVF)
Royal Norwegian Navy Materiel Command
U.S. Army Acquisition Pollution Prevention
Support Office
; 20 Newest Champions of the World
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
** Member of UNEP Science Assessment Panel.
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1993
Individual Awards
Bryan H. Baxter, British Aerospace*
Philip J. DiNenno, Hughes Associates*
Stephen Peter Evanoff III, General Dynamics*
Yoshiyuki Ishii, Hitachi*
Colin Lewis, U.K. Ministry of Defence
Milton Lubraico, Ford Motor*
Shigeo Matsui, Toshiba*
Alan S. Miller, Center for Global Change*
Geno Nardini, Institute Mexicano del Aerosol*
Tony L. Phillips, General Dynamics
Dr. Laura J. Turbini, Georgia Institute of Technology
Henry J. Weltman, General Dynamics
Corporate Awards
AlliedSignal
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Cadbury
Charles County Board of Education
The Coca-Cola Company
Compaq Computer
Copeland
Defense Electronics Supply Center
Defense Logistics Agency
Department of the Navy—U.S. Chief of Naval Operations
GEC-Marconi, Hirst Research Centre
General Services Administration
Hill AFB
Hughes Aircraft
IBM—Austin, Texas
Kelly AFB, Texas
Lufthansa German Airlines
Martin Marietta Astronautics
Matsushita Electric Industrial
Minebea Group Companies in Thailand and Japan
Motorola—Malaysian Project
National Refrigerants
Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point
Naval Aviation Depot, Norfolk
New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority—HFC Supermarket Refrigeration
Demonstration Team
Nippondenso
Rockwell International/U.S. Army Air-To-Ground
Missile Systems Project Office
J. Sainsbury
Shaw's Supermarkets
" Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment Panel
(TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), ^Xforking Groups, or Task Forces.
of UNJEP Science Assessment Panel.
Appendix 21
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Texas Instruments, Missile Systems Division
Thioko, Space Operations
Union Carbide/EKCO Housewares/Nordson
Unitor Ships Service
U.S. Air Force, Air Base Fire Protection and
Crash Rescue Systems Branch
Volvo Cars of North America
Woolworths Limited (Australia)
Association Awards
Center for Emissions Control
Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Institute
of Canada
ICOLP/ICEL
Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer Protection
Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers' Association
Individual Awards
Robert Carter, Waste Reduction Resource Center
for the Southeast
Nicholas T. Castellucci, Northrop Grumman
David V. Catchpole, BP Exploration (Alaska)*
Eileen Claussen, U.S. Department of State
Timothy Crawford, EMPF
Michael Earl Dillon, Dillon Consulting Engineers
Carl Eckersley, Compaq Computer
Carole K. Ellenberger, Texas Instruments
Kevin Fay, The Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy*
John Fischer, Naval Air Warfare Center
Yuichi Fujimoto, Japan Electrical Manufacturers'
Association*
Dr. Michael Hayes, Petroferm
Andrea Hinwood, Environmental Protection Authority
(Australia)*
Arthur G. Hobbs, Jr., Four Seasons Division of
Standard Motor Products
Dr. Mike Jeffs, ICI Polyurethanes*
Nancy Ketcham-Colwill, EPA Office of General Counsel
Dr. Lambert Kuijpers, UNEP Technology
and Economic Assessment Panel*
Steve Lee-Bapty, UK Department of die Environment*
Kenneth W. Manz, Robinair Division, SPX*
Thomas J. Mathews, Hannaford Brothers
Yasuo Mitsugi, Seiko Epson
Tsuneya Nakamura, Seiko Epson
Sergio Oxman, KIEN Consultants, Chile*
Cyndiia Pruett, IBM Asia Pacific*
F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California, Irvine**
Terry Schaumberg, San Antonio Air Logistics Center
Angie Criser Schurig, Texas Instruments
Yoshihide Shibano, S&C
Dr. John R. Stemniski, The Charles Stark
Draper Laboratory*
Dr. Robert E. Tapscott, New Mexico Engineering
Research Institute *
Steven D. Taylor, BP Exploration (Alaska)
Dr. Mostafa Tolba, International Centre for
Environment and Development, Cairo and Second
Executive Director of UNEP
Gary D. Vest, Principal Assistant Deputy
Undersecretary of Defense (Environmental Security)
Clare Vinton, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
F.A. (Tony) Vogelsberg, DuPont*
Carmen C. Waschek, The Coca-Cola Company
Udo G. Wenning, Bosch-Siemens
Dr. Masaaki Yamabe, Asahi Glass*
22 Newest Champions of the World
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
** Member of UNEP Science Assessment Panel.
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1994
Corporate Awards
Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright Laboratory, Aircraft
Halon Replacement Team, Wright-Patterson AFB
The Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center, Newark
AFB, Ohio
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command/
Tobyhanna Depot
Asahi Glass
Carrier
Falcon Halon Team, Wright-Patterson AFB
Ford Motor
General Motors
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell
Hussmann
ICI Polyurethanes
Lockheed
Martin Marietta
Mitsubishi Electric
Norsk Forsvarsteknologi
Northrop Grumman
Saab-Scania
Separation Technologists
Tecumseh Products
Toyota Motor
Association Awards
Alternative Refrigerants Evaluation Program, ARI
National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors
Individual Awards
Dr. Daniel Albritton, National Oceanigraphic and
Atmospheric Administration * **
Dr. Walter Brunner, envico*
Brian Ellis, Protonique*
Lt. General James A. Fain, Jr., Aeronautical Systems
Center., Wright-Patterson AFB
Mary Beth Fennell, Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point
Tetsuro Fukushima, Hitachi, Environmental Policy Office
Victor Gatt, Malta Department of Industry
Charles Hancock, MDT*
John Hathaway, Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality
John Hoffman, U.S. EPA*
Robert Holcomb, Motorola
Joel Krinsky, U.S. Navy
Dr. Barbara Kucnerowicz-Polak, State Fire Service
Headquarters, Poland*
Eduardo Lopez, FONDOIN
Dr. Mohinder Malik, Deutsche Lufthansa*
Marion McQuaide, U.K. Ministry of Defence*
Alvin Miller, National Weather Service
Tsutomu Odagiri, Japan Industrial Conference for
Ozone Layer Protection
Steven Rasmussen, Hill AFB
Dr. Wallace Rubin, Multicore
Franklin Sheppard, Jr.i Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations, U.S. Navy
Steven Shimberg, U.S. Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works
Ronald Sibley, Defense Logistics Agency*
Jack Swindle, Texas Instruments
James Vincent, U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command
Dr. Robert Watson, NASA* **
Hideaki Yasukawa, Seiko Epson
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
**Mcmbcr of UNEP Science Assessment Panel,
Appendix 23
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1995
Corporate Awards
Aberdeen Test Center, U.S. Army
Advanced Cruise Missile DSO, U.S. Air Force
AGM-130 Systems Program Office, U.S. Air Force
Annapolis Detachment, Carderock Division, Naval
Surface Warfare Center, U.S. Navy
Australian Department of Administrative Services
Centre for Environmental Management
Beverage-Air
Defence Institute of Fire Research, India
DIxic-Narco
Electrical & Mechanical Services Department,
Hong Kong Government
Epson Hong Kong Group
GEO-CENTERS
H.B. Fuller
Low-Residue Soldering Task Force
Navy Technology Center for Safety & Survivability,
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Ontario Hydro
SANYO Electric
Sea-Land Service
Sharp
Singapore Productivity and Standards Board—-
formerly named the Singapore Institute of
Standards and Industrial Research
Texas Instruments
Titan IV Program ODS Reduction Team
Toshiba
USBI
Xerox
Association Awards
Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute
CFC Destruction Plasma Project, Clean Japan Center
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan
Industry Technician Certification Team
Refrigerant Reclaim Australia
Singapore Institute of Standards and
Industrial Research
Individual Awards
Neil Antin, U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command
Craig Barkhouse, Foamex Canada*
David Breslin, U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command
Robert V. Burress, SEHO USA
Denis Clodic, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Centre
d'Energetique*
Bjorn Egeland, Consolve A.S.
Lt. Commander Robert Gay, U.S. Defense
Logistics Agency
Herbert T. Gilkey, Engineering Consultants*
Casey Grant, National Fire Protection Association
Michael C. Grieco, ICBM Systems Program Office,
U.S. Air Force
Dr. John Grupenhoff, National Association of
Physicians for the Environment
Dr. Joop Van Haasteren, Ministry of Housing, Spatial
Planning and the Environment*
Masatoshi Kinoshita, Japan Industrial Conference
on Cleaning
Hiroshi Kurita, Japan Association for Hygiene
of Chlorinated Solvents*
Michael J. Leake, Texas Instruments
Captain Cynthia Lingg, U.S. Air Force
Hitoshi Mamiya, Honda Motors
C.K. Marfatia, Real Value Appliances
James A. Mertens, Dow Chemical*
24 Newest Champions of the World
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
** Member of UNEP Science Assessment Panel.
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1996
John Minsker, The Dow Chemical*
David Mueller, Fumigation Service and Supply*
Goro Ogino, Minebea
Douglas O. Pauls, Contamination Studies Laboratories
Jose Pons Pons, Spray Quimica*
Dr. A.R. Ravishankara, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration—Aeronomy Laboratory **
Yasuomi Tanaka, Weyerhaeuser, Timberlands
Nursery Team
Dr. Daniel P. Verdonik, Hughes Associates*
Dr. Hans U. Wackerlig, Swiss Institute for the
Promotion of Safety & Security
Dr. Peyton "Weary, University of Virginia
George H. White, Special Agent, U.S. Customs Service,
Miami, Florida
James Wolf, American Standard
Corporate Awards
Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, U.S. Marine Corps
AlliedSignal/Carrier
Baxter Limited
Center for Technical Excellence for ODC Solvents
Draper Laboratory
F/A-18 Program Office and V-22 Program Office,
U.S. Navy '
Tank-Automotive Research, Development, Engineering
Center, Survivability Technology Area, Halon
Replacement Team, U.S. Army
ICBM System Program Office, U.S. Air Force
International Institute of Refrigeration/Institut
International Du Froid
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Ministry of Science, Technology, and the
Environment, Malaysia
The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
Operation Cool Breeze Enforcement Team
Philadelphia Detachment of the Carderock Division of
the Naval Warfare Center, HFC Shipboard
Conversion Team, U.S. Navy
Sanden
Tyler Refrigeration
3M Pharmaceuticals
Association Awards
Association of Fluorocarbon Consumers and
Manufacturers of Australia
Halon Recycling & Banking Support Committee, Japan
International Institute of Refrigeration
International Mobile Air Conditioning Association
Japan Industrial Conference on Cleaning
The Refrigerant Import Committee of the Alliance for
Responsible Atmospheric Policy
Swedish Refrigeration Foundation
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
**Member of UNEP Science Assessment Panel.
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John Minsker, The Dow Chemical*
David Mueller, Fumigation Service and Supply*
Goro Ogino, Minebea
Douglas O. Pauls, Contamination Studies Laboratories
Jose Pons Pons, Spray Quimica*
Dr. A.R. Ravishankara, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration—Aeronomy Laboratory **
Yasuomi Tanaka, Weyerhaeuser, Timberlands
Nursery Team
Dr. Daniel P. Verdonik, Hughes Associates*
Dr. Hans U. Wackerlig, Swiss Institute for the
Promotion of Safety & Security
Dr. Peyton "Weary, University of Virginia
George H. White, Special Agent, U.S. Customs Service,
Miami, Florida
James Wolf, American Standard
Corporate Awards
Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, U.S. Marine Corps
AlliedSignal/Carrier .
Baxter Limited
Center for Technical Excellence for ODC Solvents
Draper Laboratory
F/A-18 Program Office and V-22 Program Office,
U.S. Navy
Tank-Automotive Research, Development, Engineering
Center, Survivability Technology Area, Halon
Replacement Team, U.S. Army
ICBM System Program Office, U.S. Air Force
International Institute of Refrigeration/Institut
International Du Froid
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Ministry of Science, Technology, and the
Environment, Malaysia
The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
Operation Cool Breeze Enforcement Team
Philadelphia Detachment of the Carderock Division of
the Naval Warfare Center, HFC Shipboard
Conversion Team, U.S. Navy
Sanden
Tyler Refrigeration
3M Pharmaceuticals
Association Awards
Association of Fluorocarbon Consumers and
Manufacturers of Australia
Halon Recycling & Banking Support Committee, Japan
International Institute of Refrigeration
International Mobile Air Conditioning Association
Japan Industrial Conference on Cleaning
The Refrigerant Import Committee of the Alliance for
Responsible Atmospheric Policy
Swedish Refrigeration Foundation
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
Appendix 25
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Individual Awards
Dr. Jonathan Banks, CSIRO Division of Entomology*
Thomas A. Bush, U.S. Army
G. Victor Buxton, Environment Canada*
Dr. Frank Gala, Church &c Dwight
Dr. Suely M. Carvalho, Companhia de Tecnologia de
Saneamento Ambiental*
Dr. Stephen DeCanio, University of California*
Kaichi Hasegawa, Seiko Epson
Barbara Kanegsberg, BFK Solutions
Takeshi Kawano, Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku.
John King, U.S. Air Force
Jean M. Lupinacci, EPA*
Trish MacQuarrie, Environment Canada*
Dr. Melanie Miler, Consultant*
Peter Mullenhard, U.S. Navy Clearinghouse
Larry Novak, Texas Instruments
John O'Sullivan, British Airways*
K. Madhava Sarma, UNEP Montreal Protocol Secretariat*
Stephen Scidel, U.S. Council for Environmental Quality*
Dr. Ronald S. Sheinson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory*
Dr. Susan Solomon, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration**
Tsuyoshi Takaichi, Showa Denko
Yuji Yamazaki, Seiko Epson
Kiyoshige Yokoi, Matsushita
Corporate Awards
Epson Pordand Inc.
Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems
National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research
(NIMC), New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO), Research
Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
(RITE)
Naval Sea Systems Command
Navy Strategic Systems Programs Fire Control & Guidance
Branch
Operation Frio Tejas
Ozone Layer Protection Office
Ozone Layer Protection Unit, Hazardous Substances
Control Division
Philippine Solvent Sector ODS Elimination Team
RAH-66 Comanche Program Managers Office
Refrigeration Systems Division, Appliance Systems Group,
Sharp Corporation
Refrigerator Corporate Team in Thailand
ST-Microelectronics (Malta) Ltd.
U.S. Air Force Weapon System ODS Management Team
U.S. Army, Pacific
26 Newest Champions of the World
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
** Member of UNEP Science Assessment Panel.
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Individual Awards
Paul Ashfbrd, Caleb Management Services*
Professor Antonio Bello Perez, Centra de Cinencias Medio
Ambientales (Spain)*,
Dr. Nick Campbell, ICI Klea*
Compressor Technical Support Team in Thailand
Dr. Sheila Daar, Bio-Integral Resource Center*
Robert L. Darwin, Naval Sea Systems Command*
Dr. Sukumar Devotta, National Chemical Laboratory
(India)*
Laszlo Dobo, Ministry for Environment and Regulatory
Policy (Hungary)*
Linda L. Dunn, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada*
Kiyoshi Kara, Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone
Layer Protection
Richard L. Helmick, Naval Surface "Warfare Center
Ismail Idinin, Department of Environment, Malaysia
Dr. Janusz Kozakiewicz, Industrial Chemistry Research
Institute (Poland)
Jan-Karel B.H. Kwisthout, LL.M., Ministry of
Environment (Netherlands)*
Ir Tan Meng Leng, Department of Environment, Malaysia
John A. Manzione, PE., U.S. Army CECOM
Tetsuo Nishide, Ministry of International Trade and
Industry (Japan)
Maria U. Nolan, Department of Environment (U.K.)*
"Wiraphon Rajadanuraks, Department of Industrial Works
(Thailand)
Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana, Auburn University*
Leroy E. Sanderson, U.S. Marine Corps
Dr. Ian P Tansey, 3M Health Care*
Dr. Helen Tope, Environment Protection Audiority
(Australia)*
Bruce G. Unkel, Naval Sea Systems Command
Bert Veenendaal, RAPPA*
Rafael Veloz, Governmental Ozone Committee
(Dominican Republic)
Dr. Viraj Vithoontien, UNEP
John Wilkinson, Vulcan Materials Company*
Dr. Ashley Woodcock, North West Lung Centre,
Wythenshawe Hospital*
Wang Yangzu, National Environmental Protection Agency
(China)
Dr. Hua Zhangxi, China Council of Light Industry*
' Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
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Best-of-the-Best Winners
Corporate Awards
Asahi Glass Company, Limited
The Coca-Cola Company
DuPont Company
Hitachi
IBM Corporation
ICI
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lufthansa German Airlines/Technik
Department of Environment, Malaysia
Minebea Group Companies
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Nissan
Nortel
Raytheon TI Systems
Seiko Epson Corporation
Thiokol/NASA RSRM Team
U.S. Air Force Space Launch Programs
U.S. Army Acquisition Pollution Prevention Support
Office
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
U.S. Naval Surface "Warfare Center, Carderock Division,
Annapolis and Philadelphia Detachments
3M Corporation
Association Awards
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute
Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy
Association of Fluorocarbon Consumers and
Manufacturers
Halon Alternatives Research Corporation
International Cooperative for Environmental Leadership
IPC Electronics Cleaning Solvents Benchmarking Team
The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer Protection
Mobile Air-Conditioning Society Worldwide
28 Newest Champions of the World
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
** Member of UNEP Science Assessment Panel.
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Individual Awards
Ward J. Atkinson, SunTest Engineering*
James A. Baker, Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems*
Jay D. Baker, Ford Motor Company*
Dr. Jonathan Banks, CSIRO*
Walter Brunner, envico*
Dr. Suely Machado Carvalho, UNDP*
David V Catchpole, British Petroleum*
David Chittick, AT&T
Jorge Corona de la Vega, CANACINTRA*
Philip J. DiNenno, Hughes Associates*
Stephen Evanoff, Lockheed Martin Corporation*
Kevin Fay, Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy*
Joe R Felty, Raytheon TI Systems*
Arthur FitzGerald, Nortel*
Yuichi Fujimoto, The Japan Electrical Manfacturers'
Association*
Kaichi Hasegawa, Seiko Epson Corporation
Dr. Andrea L. Hinwood, Environmental Protection
Authority (Australia)*
Dr. Michael Jeffs, ICI Polyuredianes*
Dr. Margaret G. Kerr, Nortel
Joel Krinsky, U.S. Navy
Dr. Lambert Kuijpers, Eindhoven Technical University*
Dr. Colin Lea, National Physical Laboratory
Eduardo E. Lopez Perez, FONDOIN
Dr. Mohinder Malik, Lufthansa German Airlines*
Dr. Melanie Miller*
John H. Minsker, Dow*
Dr. Mario Molina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E. Thomas Morehouse, Jr., U.S. Department of Defense*
David K. Mueller, Fumigation Service & Supply*
Tsuneya Nakamura, Seiko Epson Corporation .
Richard Nusbaum, Pennsylvania Engineering*
Simon Oulouhojian, Mobile Air-Conditioning Society
Worldwide
Jose Pons Pons, SPRAY QUIMICA CA*
Dr. E Sherwood Rowland, University of California
Irvine**
Ronald W Sibley, U.S. Defense Logistics Agency*
Gary Taylor, Taylor/Wagner*
Dr. Daniel E Verdonik, U.S. Army*
Gary D. Vest, U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Masaaki Yamabe, Asahi Glass Company, Limited*
Hideaki Yasukawa, Seiko Epson Corporation
* Member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) or its Technical Options Committees (TOCs), Working Groups, or Task Forces.
**A4amber of UNEP Science Assessment: Panel.
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