Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology
$24,592.00
Sustainability Toolkit Development Project
FY 2014-15
Summary
Tavares Group Consulting Inc. is teaming up with Fanshawe to take their Sustainability Toolkit to the nextlevel of its development. With the assistance of a grant from National Science and Engineering ResearchCouncil (NSERC) the partners are developing both web-based and software versions of the Toolkit.In this context, sustainability refers to the belief that the environment, society, and economy are all interrelatedand must be equally considered when planning an organization's future.The Sustainability Toolkit has been developed to address the lack of available and practical guidance on how toimplement sustainability in an organization. Developed to address a gap in sustainability implementationguidance, the Toolkit allows users to answer the practical question, ""Where do I begin?"" It is currently beingbeta-tested by a number of organizations.The project with Fanshawe entails the collection and analysis of feedback from beta users. It will includeupdating the Action Plan and Assessment Tool into 1) a web-based version of the tool and 2) an applicationthat can be integrated with pre-existing software platforms commonly used in industry for data management.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
468837-2014
Name nom
Douglas, Dan
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
23818
Institution établissement
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
24592
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
900
Area of application group en
Commercial services
Area of application group fr
Services commerciaux
Area of application en
Commercial services
Area of application fr
Services commerciaux
Research subject code
2720
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Computer systems software
Research subject fr
Logiciel de systèmes informatiques
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Sustainability Toolkit Development Project
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Tavares Group Consulting Inc. is teaming up with Fanshawe to take their Sustainability Toolkit to the nextlevel of its development. With the assistance of a grant from National Science and Engineering ResearchCouncil (NSERC) the partners are developing both web-based and software versions of the Toolkit.In this context, sustainability refers to the belief that the environment, society, and economy are all interrelatedand must be equally considered when planning an organization's future.The Sustainability Toolkit has been developed to address the lack of available and practical guidance on how toimplement sustainability in an organization. Developed to address a gap in sustainability implementationguidance, the Toolkit allows users to answer the practical question, ""Where do I begin?"" It is currently beingbeta-tested by a number of organizations.The project with Fanshawe entails the collection and analysis of feedback from beta users. It will includeupdating the Action Plan and Assessment Tool into 1) a web-based version of the tool and 2) an applicationthat can be integrated with pre-existing software platforms commonly used in industry for data management.
