News & Events
iCET trip to Xiamen for biodiesel sustainable development case study
September 1-3, 2009 – iCET, in partnership with the China Academy of Sciences - Institute of Urban Environment and Beijing University of Science and Technology - School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, traveled to Xiamen to conduct research on lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of biodiesel made from waste vegetable oils, and to test the LCA methodology that has been under development for the duration of this project.
Read More…iCET and NEA discussed Low Carbon Fuels Policy
August 28, 2009 -- iCET visited officials of the Division of Refinery and Coal-based Fuel, Department of Energy Conversion and Science Technology and Outfits, National Energy Administration (NEA) at NEA office, this division is the responsible department for biofuel, coal-based liquid fuel, refined oil and other transportation fuels development.
Read More…iCET gives presentation on UN Expert Group Meeting
August 27-28, 2009 -- The Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) under the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized the Expert Group Meeting on Transport for Sustainable Development: Analysis of trends, issues & policy options in New York. iCET was kindly invited to give a speech entitled: Global Overview on Vehicle Fuel Economy and Emission Standards
Read More…iCET published the Environmental Friendly Vehicle Online Evaluation System
In August 2009, iCET published the draft Environmental Friendly Vehicle Online Evaluation System, which is available at http://www.greencarchina.org/Default.aspx . The mission of the online evaluation system is to promote sustainable transportation development, delivering the concept of environmental friendly vehicles, leading the consumers to buy green cars. iCET will update the database annually.
Read More…iCET presented on The International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change (IYSECC)
July 18-19, 2009, The International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change (IYSECC) was held at Tsinghua University in Beijing, this was a youth-oriented conference focusing on energy and climate change issues in China, and an opportunity for youth coming from all backgrounds and all over the world to understand China's energy and climate change issues.
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