Clean Technologies
Clean Tech Policy Recommendations. January 2010. This brief outlines 10 policy recommendations that would support a Clean Tech Economy in Massachusetts. It builds on the Initial Report which found that, in addition to clean energy, Massachusetts is poised for leadership in four other Clean Tech fields: safer alternatives/green chemistry, green buildings, materials reuse and emerging materials. The recommendations also include specific actions that the state's policy makers and others can take to make Massachusetts a national and international hub of innovation and adoption across the broad spectrum of clean technologies.
Clean Tech: An Agenda for a Healthy Economy. January 2010. This full report details the case for making Massachusetts a clean tech leader. It describes Massachusetts business assets, academic and educational assets, and the assets, barriers, and opportunities of three regions in Massachusetts. The report also summarizes findings from research conducted as part of the Clean Tech project.
Clean Tech: An Agenda for a Healthy Economy, December 2007. The initial report prepared by the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production.
Cleaner Production Policy Activities: A Comparative Review of Four National Cleaner Production Centres. A Report to The United Nations Industrial Development Organization by the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, 2002
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Citizen’s Guide to Clean Production by Beverley Thorpe for the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, 2000
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The Use of Di-2ethylhexyl-Phthalate in PVC Medical Devices: Exposure, Toxicity and Alternatives by Joel Tickner, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, 1999
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