| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| SLIVER cells: Revolutionary photovoltaic solar cells |
Origin Energy Solar |
Australia |
| Spheral SolarTM Technology |
Spheral Solar Power, A division of ATS Automation Tooling System Inc. |
Canada |
| Convenient air conditioning with solar energy |
Dr. Ahmet Lokurlu, SOLITEM Ltd. |
Germany |
| Carmanah solar-powered LED lighting |
Carmanah Technologies Corporation |
Canada |
| Development and Promotion of Geothermal Energy Utilization System |
Misawa Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Ventilation System Utilizing Geothermal Energy, GEO Power System |
GEO Power System Co., Ltd |
Japan |
| Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University |
Japan |
| TidEL Free stream tidal generator system |
SMD Hydrovision |
ＵＫ |
| Production of Hydrogen Through the Splitting of Water with Solar Energy |
AEROSOL AND PARTICLE LABORATORY, CERTH/CPERI |
Greece |
| Fuel cell cogeneration system for residential use and hydrogen fueling station-related technology |
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd./ Osaka Gas Co. Ltd./ Toho Gas Co, Ltd. |
Japan |
| Current-switching low standby power consumption Intelligent Power Device (IPD) series |
Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Semiconductor Company |
Japan |
| Heat pump hot water boiler for home use that uses carbon dioxide as coolant |
Denso Corporation/ Tokyo Electric Power Company/ Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry |
Japan |
| Heat Pump Hot Water Production |
Quantum Energy Technologies Pty Ltd |
Australia |
| Gas engine cogeneration system for residential use - “ECOWILL” |
Osaka Gas Co, Ltd./ Toho Gas Co., Ltd./ Seibu Gas Co., Ltd./ Noritz Corp. / Chofu Seisakusho Co., Ltd./ Honda Motor Co., Ltd |
Japan |
| U-Vacua,” “Chip-Vacua” High-efficiency Insulation Development |
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Matsushita Home Appliances Company, Corporate Engineering Division, Refrigeration Research Laboratory
|
Japan |
| Transparent Thermal Insulation |
Theophilos Ioannides |
Greece |
| Houses without Heating Systems |
Mr. Hans Eek, IVL-Svenska Miljöinstitatet |
Sweden |
| S-HOUSE: passive solar house made of renewable materials |
Grat-Center For Appropriable Technologie-Vienna University of Technologie |
Austria |
| Toyota Hybrid System |
Toyota Motor Corporation |
Japan |
| Sky Sails |
SkySails GmGH&Co.KG |
Germany |
| High-Performance Industrial Furnace |
Japan Industrial Furnace Manufacturers Association |
Japan |
| Water-Retentive Pavement |
Taisei Rotec Corporation/Saitama University |
Japan |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| An Eco-Process for Fuel Oil Production from Municipal Waste Plastics |
Shin, Dae Hyun |
South Korea |
| P.E.T. bottle to P.E.T. bottle recycling technology |
Teijin Fibers Limited |
Japan |
| FPCO Recycling System for Polystyrene Foam Food Tray |
FP Corporation |
Japan |
| WARC method -- Recycling used automobiles in a converter system |
Yawata Works/ Nippon Steel Corporation/ West-Japan Auto Recycle Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Converting Waste Tires into Recyclable Resources by Using Steelmaking Infrastructure |
Nippon Steel Corporation |
Japan |
| Recycling Technology of Rubber Waste |
Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. |
Japan |
| Molectra Integrated Waste Tyre Recycling Technology |
John Dobozy |
Australia |
| Low-temperature hydrothermal solidification technology of inorganic materials |
INAX Corporation |
Japan |
| Solidification recycling technology of construction sludge with advanced stabilization treatment |
Osaka Bentonite Co-op |
Japan |
| Production of eco-cement from municipal incineration ash |
ICHIHARA ECOCEMENT CORPORATION |
Japan |
| Technology for Utilizing Paper Sludge to Make Paper with 100 % Recycled Materials |
Pulp and Paper Technology Section in The Fuji Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka Prefecture |
Japan |
| Recycling Technology of Organic Effluent from Offset Printer |
Paper & Printing Research Center of the Hiroshima Research & Development Center of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
Japan |
| Establishment of Ceramic Ware Recycle Technology, System and Network |
Green Life 21 Project |
Japan |
| Chemical Recycling by Pressurized Two-Stage Gasification |
Ube Industries, Ltd./ Ebara Corporation |
Japan |
| "Nature's Wisdom"-the example of the Eco-Park Hartberg |
Stadtwerke Hartberg Verwaltungs GmbH |
Austria |
| Environmentally Friendly Detergent which Needs Half the Usual Amount |
Mr. Leif Lof, Keimbolaget I Brommja AB |
Sweden |
| Fortification of sustainable forestry in the printing area |
arvato AG |
Germany |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| Ultra-High Performance Fermentation Process for Organic Wastes that Uses Waste Paper and Production Techniques for High-Quality, Multi-Functional Fertilizer |
Kenichi Iwabuchi |
Japan |
| Compost Evaluation Technology Using Biological Sensor (Seed Germination Index Method) |
Compost Quality Index Workshop, Representative: JPec Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Organic Fertilizer Pilot Plant under the Clinic Technology Project |
Dr. Saksit Tridech, Director of Clinic Technology Cum Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology |
Thailand |
| Home BIOGAS SYSTEM |
Gerardo P. Baron |
Philippines |
| Biogas Plant |
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre |
Nepal |
| Device for converting waste edible oil into diesel fuel (Elf A3 type) |
Elf Corporation |
Japan |
| Development of the new recycling system for Shochu waste |
Project for Development of the new recycling system for Shochu waste Represented by Kyushu Medical |
Japan |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| Wood Biomass Power Generation |
Meiken Lamwood Corporation |
Japan |
| Biomass Gasification and Co-generation System |
Chugai Ro Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass |
Koji Miwa, Executive Officer and General Manager, Bio Business Development Department, Tsukishima Kikai Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Polygeneration-Biomass Power Station Gussing |
Europaisches Zentrum fur erneuerbare Energie Gussing GmbH |
Austria |
| “Ecology Dry System” – A lumber intensifying plant |
EDS Laboratory Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Wood Compression Technique of Wood |
My Wood 2 Corporation |
Japan |
| Manufacture of Eco-Friendly New Wood Material "Buster Board" Without Use of Adhesive |
Mitsuhiko Tanahashi (Applied Biological Science Dept. in Gifu University)/ Rail Flower Co./Kaminoho Domestic Timber Processing Cooperative |
Japan |
| Manufacture of plastic-like molded substance using wood material |
Aichi Industrial Technology Institute/Emeritus Professor Nagoya University Yoji Kikata, /Chunichi Seiko Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Eco Dome structures: leem building -renewable material- large spans |
Häring Corp. Ltd. Switzerland (structural design in harmony with nature) |
Switzerland |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| Reforestation by mycorrhizal fungi |
Makoto Ogawa (The General Environmental Technos Co., Ltd.) |
Japan |
| Promotion and dissemination of conservation technique for preserving tropical rainforest through the Amazon Gunma Rainforest |
The North Brazil Gunma Association (the Amazon Gunma Rainforest) |
Japan |
| Nature conservation and soil management technologies integrated in the economy of rural desertification- prone regions |
LPN-LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE |
Portugal |
| INTERGRATING AMANI NATURE RESERVE CONSERVATION WITH IMPROVING LIVELIHOOD OF SURROUNDING LOCAL COMMUNITIES |
Conservator, Amani Nature Reserve |
Tanzania |
| Conservation system for wild orchids in tropical rain forests by utilizing regional characteristics through the introduction of ecotourism |
APROVACA/COSPA |
Panama |
| Ecotourism in National Parks of Madagascar |
National Network of Protected Areas-Madagascar, Parcs Nationaux Madagascar-Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires protégrées(PNM-ANGAP) |
Madagascar |
| Techniques to Restore Natural Shores |
Incorporated nonprofit organization Asaza Project (Asaza: floating heart) |
Japan |
| Winter-flooded Rice Field System |
Japanese Association for Wild Geese Protection |
Japan |
| Rice Paddy Management Approach that Protects Both Agriculture and Biological Diversity through Learning from Tradition |
Nishihara Shougo |
Japan |
| The Project of Biological Way of Life for the Sustainable Development |
The Project of Biological Way of Life for the Sustainable Development of EGAT |
Thailand |
| Mulch rice transplant method using recycled paper |
Institute for Recycled Paper Farming |
Japan |
| Patented Technology for Environmental Protection System with Reduced Pesticide Use in Paddy Field |
Hinohikari Production Group' of JA Green Ohmi (Chairman: Kinji Fujita) |
Japan |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| Practical Application of Small Incineration System Combining Gasification and Combustion with Dioxin Adsorption and Removal |
Miura Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Commercialization of catalysts for desulfurization of diesel and gasoline |
Catalysts & Chemicals Ind. Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Nucleic-acid-based biosensors for environmental assessment of toxic chemicals |
Oana Nanmanona Frîncu, Counsellor, National Environmetal Protection Agency/Prof. Dr. Anton Ciucu, University of Bucharest, Facult of Chemisry |
Romania |
| Electro-Reclamation(ER) |
L.C. de Zeeuw, HAK Milieutechniek BV |
Netherlands |
| MetaMizer Clinical & Sharps Waste Conversion Technology |
Mr. Mark H. Butler, Executive Chairman, MediVac Limited |
Australia |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| “READ-F” |
Toshio Yotsumoto, Environmental Business Department, Nihonkaisui Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Drinking water protection |
BioSoil b.v. |
Netherlands |
| MIEX® Technology-Advanced Dissolved Organic Carbon Removal |
Orica Advanced Water Technologies Pty Ltd |
Australia |
| Slow Sand Filtration Technology Focusing on Algal Production |
Nakamoto Nobutada, Prof. of Shinshu University |
Japan |
| Total Harmony Alliance System (T.H.A. River and Lake Water Purification System)(Black sludge can be removed by microorganism) |
Daiei Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Advanced technology to treat city wastewater for securing water resource |
Research and Development Group on Advanced Treatment of Urban Sewage as a part of Joint-Research Project for Regional Intensive of Nagoya City Represented by Eiji Iritani |
Japan |
| Biolytix Waste Treatment System |
BiolytixTM Technologies |
Australia |
| Discharged Water Fractionation Disposal System that Separates and Collects over 99% of Oil Content and Converts it into Resources |
Daitogiken Co., Ltd. (Mr. Hideo Saito, Chief Executive) |
Japan |
| Reverse Osmosis for the Recovery of Waste Water form Laundries(H.E.R.O.) |
Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHG |
Germany |
| Water Management and Waste Water Treatment |
Paques B.V. |
Netherlands |
| “Eco-Zn Plating” with no wastewater treatment |
Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute/ Sanshin Mfg, Co., Ltd., Shiragane Plating Co., Ltd./ Chuo Seisakusho, Ltd./ Yuken Industry, Co., Ltd. |
Japan |
| Rainwater Control and Reusing System |
Enlighten Corporation |
Japan |
| Title of Technology |
Nominee |
Country |
| Earth Simulator |
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology(JAMSTEC)/NEC |
Japan |
| "Queimadas"-a program on Vegetation Fires |
INPE |
Brazil |
| Improved biomass stove |
Ministry of Energy and Mines |
Eritrea |
| Kinkiizi Electricity Generating Stove(KEGS) |
Arnold Ahimbisibwe |
Uganda |
| Hybrid System for the Water Disposal in Little Scale in the Tropics |
Christian J. Rojas Reina |
Venezuela |
| Solar Lighting Energy |
Himalayan Light Foundation |
Nepal |
| Community Managed Rural Energy Technologies |
Rural Energy Development Programme(REDP) |
Nepal |
| Waste Coco Coir for Geotextiles for Sustainable Development |
Dr. Justino R. Arboleda |
Philippines |
| International distribution of a new technology of making paper from banana stems with no chemical and energy consumed -- based on the traditional Japanese paper-making techniques |
Hiroshi Morishima |
Japan |
| "SWEET POSY OF ZAGREB"-candied edible flowers |
VISNJA MCMASTER |
Croatia |
| SME Consulting for Cleaner Production and Eco-Efficiency |
Effizienz-Agentur NRW |
Germany |
| Eden Project Environments for Environmental Education |
Eden Project |
UK |
| Mass Production of Fullerenes |
Frontier Carbon Corporation |
Japan |
| Environmental Purification by Visible-Light Photocatalysis |
Yasunori Taga,
Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. |
Japan |
| Development of water-based photocatalytic coating |
TOTO Ltd. |
Japan |
| Information management system with μ-Chip and Environmental impact evaluation method （System Integration - Life Cycle Assessment) |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
Japan |
