Your Local EMS Resource Centers
The PEER Resource Centers promote regional EMS competence and encourage government-to-government sharing and mentoring between public sector organizations. Each Center supplies communities with technical expertise, field-tested tools, and support for EMS implementation.
PEER Mission Statement
The PEER Center is a national network of partners endorsed by U.S. EPA that assists public entities in using systematic approaches to manage their organizations using a proven Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology embodied in environmental management systems and similar approaches.
Our mission is to help public entities achieve cost-effective results through customized on-site management systems training and technical assistance for environmental challenges facing public entities today such as:
- Energy and water efficiency and climate change
- Security, safety, and risk management
- Pollution prevention
- Sustainable purchasing
- Sustained environmental compliance
- Sustainable infrastructure
- Green building
- Resource conservation
Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
Economic Development Building - Technology Square
760 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0640
Contact: Deann Desai
Phone: (770) 605-4474
deann.desai@gatech.edu
www.innovate.gatech.edu
2900 South Quincy Street, Suite 410
Arlington, VA 22206
Contact: Jenny Bennett
Phone: (703) 379-2713
jenny.bennett@getf.org
www.getf.org
Phone: (785) 452-9456
barblj@ksu.edu
www.sbeap.org
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Institute for Environmental Excellence
210 Butler Carlton Civil Engineering Building
Rolla, Missouri 65409
Contact: Angie Rolufs or Harvest Collier
Phone: (573) 341-7500
Email: rolufsa@mst.edu or hcollier@mst.edu
http://iee.mst.edu
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 418
Phone: (510) 268-9210
gary@sustainableearthinitiative.org or sue@sustainableearthinitiative.org
www.sustainableearthinitiative.org
To view SEI's Local Resource Center brochure, click here!
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division
12100 Park 35 Circle
Austin, TX 78753
Contact: David James
Phone: (512) 239-3184
djames@tceq.state.tx.us
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us
Advance Colorado Center
1625 Broadway, Suite 950
Phone: (303) 592-4066
j.yorzyk@fivewinds.com
http://www.corecolorado.org
University of Florida
Center for Training, Research, and Education for Environmental Occupations (TREEO)
3900 SW 63rd Blvd.
Gainesville, FL 32608
Contact: Dr. William (Bill) Engel or Carol Hinton
Phone: (352) 392-9570
Fax: (352) 392-6910
bengel@treeo.doce.ufl.edu or chinton@treeo.ufl.edu
www.treeo.ufl.edu/ems
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
EMS Service Center
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854
Contact: Madeline Snow
Phone: (978) 934-4875
madeline_snow@uml.edu
www.uml.edu/emsc
www.emswebware.com
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement (COTA)
110 Shenandoah Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24016
Contact: Robert Herbert
Phone: (540) 853-8276
Fax: (540) 853-8290
bherbert@vt.edu
http://www.cota.vt.edu/content/index.html
Virginia Tech COTA is hosting an Environmental Management System Implementation Institute for ISO 14001 certification. For more information and to view the brochure, click here!
Zero Waste Alliance
One World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon St.
Portland, OR 97204
Contact: Larry Chalfan or Dorothy Atwood
Phone: (503) 279-9383
Fax: (503) 279-9381
lchalfan@zerowaste.org or datwood99@comcast.net
www.zerowaste.org/lrc