1. What is Green Technology?

The term “technology” refers to the application of knowledge for practical purposes.

The field of “green technology” encompasses a continuously evolving group of methods and materials, from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic cleaning products.

The present expectation is that this field will bring innovation and changes in daily life of similar magnitude to the “information technology” explosion over the last two decades. In these early stages, it is impossible to predict what “green technology” may eventually encompass.

2.What are the Goals of Green Technology?

Hewlett Packard has announced that it has set a new target for another billion pounds by the end of 2010, after having met its goal six months early to recycle 1 billion pounds of electronics.

"Environmental responsibility is good business," said Mark Hurd, HP chairman and chief executive, in a statement. "We've reached the tipping point where the price and performance of IT are no longer compromised by being green, but are now enhanced by it."
The company had set its initial goal in 2004 after reaching the half billion pound mark. It recycled a further half billion pounds in the following three years. The company is now committing to recover a cumulative 2 billion pounds of electronics and print cartridges by the end of 2010, doubling its annual recovery rate.
 
3. Examples of Green Technology Subject Areas

Some Examples Of Green Technology Subject Areas

Energy

Perhaps the most urgent issue for green technology, this includes the development of alternative fuels, new means of generating energy and energy efficiency.

Green Building

Green Building, sometimes referred to as Sustainable Building, encompasses everything from the choice of building materials to where a building is located. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System (LEED) is a voluntary, market-based rating system for defining the elements that make a building "green" and to quantify how green a building is in comparison to other buildings.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

This government innovation involves the search for products whose contents and methods of production have the smallest possible impact on the environment, and mandates that these be the preferable products for government purchasing.

Green Chemistry

The invention, design and application of chemical products and processes to reduce or to eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.

Green Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of materials at the scale of the nanometer, one billionth of a meter. Some scientists believe that mastery of this subject is forthcoming that will transform the way that everything in the world is manufactured. "Green Nanotechnology" is the application of green chemistry and green engineering principles to this field.

4. Examples of Green Technologies

Eco Button -

eco button

It is very common to leave computers on all the time - even when not in use. 

Most PCs have a hibernate or suspend or sleep mode but many that do not use these features as they seem too complex. Eco Button makes this process easy and gives you an idea of how much energy and Co2 you are saving!

Read on to learn about Eco Button's one button solution >>>

" ... acts as a strong visual reminder and prompt ... sits ... next to your keyboard. ... connects to your computer via a USB cable. ... simply press the ecobutton™ and your computer is put into energy saving 'ecomode' ... simply pressing any key on your keyboard ... your computer instantly returns to where you left off."

" ... each time your computer is put into 'ecomode' ... software records how many carbon units and how much power and money you have saved ... you can use this data to help reduce your carbon footprint as well as your energy bills."

Running Warmer Data Ceners to Save Energy

 

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Keeping data centers colder than needed is not just expensive - it is wasteful of energy and contributes to global warming - and just might cause equipment to not last as long as possible ...  

" ... Albert Esser, vice president of datacentre infrastructure at ... Dell, ... datacentres could cut their energy bills by up to five per cent with no adverse impact on their servers' reliability by simply increasing the temperature of their server farms by five degrees."

"According to Dell, air being pumped into a datacentre can typically be as cold as 19 degrees centigrade, despite the fact that systems will remain reliable as long as the temperature is lower than 25 degrees centigrade."

Esser pointed to a recent datacentre rollout that Dell contributed to, where the temperature was kept at 19 degrees, resulting in a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratio for the datacentre of 1.8. This means that for every watt used to power the servers, 1.8 entered the datacentres. However, when the temperature was raised to 23 degrees the energy efficiency of the facility improved significantly, resulting in a PUE of 1.3.

" ... Google has recently presented papers that shows that disk drives do not fail more often at temperatures of 75 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, while BT is on record as saying "all modern systems will operate effectively and reliably between five and 40 degrees Celsius"."

One caveat ... "... if you have a cooling system failure and the datacentre is already pretty warm, you end up with a critical issue far more quickly, ... "

Thin Photovoltaic Foil

Silicon Genesis produces a thin solar-cell foil, at a thickness of 20um. The monocrystalline silicon foils are a flexible and free-standing material. ...
... "The 20um solar-cell foil combines the advantages of the low poly utilization of thin-film PV with the high efficiency potential of mono c-Si PV. This sets the stage for dramatic reductions in overall production costs, leading to reduced $/W. It is anticipated that the 20um foil will extend the reach of conventional silicon PV absorber technology well into the future. This mono c-Si foil is the result of continuous development of recently demonstrated pilot line production of full size wafers with thicknesses of 150um and 50um. These pilot capabilities are now being used for development of high volume manufacturing equipment. The availability of 20um mono c-Si foils will allow PV cell manufacturers to explore new applications and formats with cost effective production. The kerf-free nature of the PolyMax system enables savings of material and the development of a new category using thinner mono c-Si wafers and foils. "
 5. Top Ten U.S. Cities with Most Green Technologies

For those fond of top ten lists and energy efficiency, the EPA has just released its list of the US cities with the most commercial buildings earning Energy Star ratings in 2008. EPA is quick to point out that the number of building qualifying for this rating have increased 130% from 2007, and these buildings both use 35% less energy than average buildings and emit 35% less CO2. So without anymore more hesitation, here they are:

1. Los Angeles
2. San Francisco
3. Houston
4. Washington DC
5. Dallas-Fort Worth
6. Chicago
7. Denver
8. Minneapolis-St Paul
9. Atlanta
10. Seattle

In order for a building to qualify for an energy star rating, it must score in the top 25% using EPA's National Energy Performance Rating System. For a complete list of Energy Star rated buildings:

 
6. The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008
 

Green technology was hot in 2008. Barack Obama won the presidential election promising green jobs to Rust Belt workers. Investors poured $5 billion into the sector just through the first nine months of the year. And even Texas oilmen like T. Boone Pickens started pushing alternative energy as a replacement for fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas.

But there's trouble on the horizon. The economy is hovering somewhere between catatonic and hebephrenic, and funding for the big plans that green tech companies laid in 2008 might be a lot harder to come by in 2009. Recessions haven't always been the best times for environmentally friendly technologies as consumers and corporations cut discretionary spending on ethical premiums.

Still, green technology and its attendant infrastructure are probably the best bet to drag the American economy out of the doldrums. So, with the optimism endemic to the Silicon Valley region, we present you with the Top 10 Green Tech Breakthroughs of 2008, alternatively titled, The Great Green Hope.

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10. THE ISLAND OF THE SOLAR

With money flowing like milk and honey in the land of solar technology, all sorts of schemers and dreamers came streaming into the area. One Swiss researcher, Thomas Hinderling, wants to build solar islands several miles across that he claims can produce hundreds of megawatts of relatively inexpensive power. Though most clean tech advocates question the workability of the scheme, earlier this year, Hinderling's company Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique received $5 million from the Ras al Khaimah emirate of the United Arab Emirates to start construction on a prototype facility, shown above, in that country. (Image: Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique)

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9. NEW MATERIALS CAGE CARBON

Carbon capture and sequestration has a seductively simple appeal: We generate carbon dioxide emissions by burning geology — coal and oil — so to fix the problem, we should simply capture it and inject it back into the ground.

It turns out, however, that it's not quite so simple. Aside from finding the right kind of empty spaces in the earth's crust and the risks that the CO2 might leak, the biggest problem with the scheme is finding a material that could selectively snatch the molecule out of the hot mess of gases going up the flues of fossil fuel plants.

That's where two classes of special cage-like molecules come into play, ZIFs and amines. This year, Omar Yaghi, a chemist at UCLA, announced a slough of new CO2-capturing ZIFs and Chris Jones, a chemical engineer at Georgia Tech, reported that he'd made a new amine that seems particularly well-suited to working under real-world condition. Both materials could eventually make capturing CO2 easier -- and therefore, more cost effective.

Perhaps better still, Yaghi's lab's technique also defined a new process for quickly creating new ZIFs with the properties that scientists — and coal-plant operators — want. Some of their crystals are shown in the image above. (Image: Omar Yaghi and Rahul Banerjee/UCLA)

8. GREEN TECH LEGISLATION GETS REAL

On the federal and state levels, several historic actions put the teeth into green tech bills passed over the last few years. A review committee of the EPA effectively froze coal plant construction, a boon to alternative energy (though earlier this month the EPA ignored the committee's ruling and it is unclear how the issue will be settled). In California, the state unveiled and approved its plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, which could be a model for a nationwide system. Combined with the green-energy tax credits in the $700-billion bailout bill, the government did more for green tech in 2008 than in whole decades in the past. 

7. THE CATALYST THAT COULD ENABLE SOLAR

In July, MIT chemist Daniel Nocera announced that he'd created a catalyst that could drop the cost of extracting the hydrogen and oxygen from water.

Combined with cheap photovoltaic solar panels (like Nanosolar's), the system could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from sunlight. In the process, the scientists may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence: Reducing the on-again, off-again nature of many renewable power sources.

"You've made your house into a fuel station," Daniel Nocera, a chemistry professor at MIT told Wired.com. "I've gotten rid of all the goddamn grids."

The catalyst enables the electrolysis system to function efficiently at room temperature and at ordinary pressure. Like a reverse fuel cell, it splits water into oxygen and hydrogen. By recombining the molecules with a standard fuel cell, the O2 and H2 could then be used to generate energy on demand.

6. PICKENS PLAN PUSHES POWER PLAYS INTO AMERICAN MAINSTREAM

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens might be a lot of things, but environmentalist he is not. That's why his support for a nationwide network of wind farms generated so much excitement. While his solution for transportation, natural gas vehicles, may not pan out, his Pickens Plan is the most visible alternative energy plan out there and it began to channel support from outside coastal cities for finding new sources of energy.

Of course, no one said Pickens is stupid. If his plan was adopted and major investments in transmission infrastructure were made, his wind energy investments would stand to benefit.

5. SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS RETURN TO THE DESERTS

When most people think of harnessing the sun's power, they imagine a solar photovoltatic panel, which directly converts light from the sun into electricity. But an older technology emerged as a leading city-scale power technology in 2008: solar thermal. Companies like Ausra, BrightSource, eSolar, Solel, and a host of others are using sunlight-reflecting mirrors to turn liquids into steam, which can drive a turbine in the same way that coal-fired power plants make electricity. 

Two companies, BrightSource and Ausra, debuted their pilot plants. They mark the first serious solar thermal experimentation in the United States since the 1980s. BrightSource's Israeli demo plant is shown above. (Image: BrightSource)

4. OBAMA PICKS A GREEN TECH EXPERT TO HEAD DOE

President-elect Barack Obama ran on the promise of green jobs and an economic stimulus package that would provide support for scientific innovation. Then, Obama picked Steven Chu, a Nobel-prize winning physicist, to head the Department of Energy. Chu had been focused on turning Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory into an alternative-energy powerhouse. The green tech community rejoiced that one of their own would be in the White House.

That's because green tech is going to need some help. With the world economy falling into recession, the price of oil has dropped, even though there are serious concerns about the long-term oil supply. When energy prices drop, clean tech investments don't seem quite as attractive, and the renascent industry could be in trouble. It's happened before, after all.

Back in the '70s, geopolitical events sent the price of oil soaring, which, as it tends to, created a boom in green tech. But the early 1980s saw the worst recession since the Depression. Sound familiar? In the poor economic climate, focus and funds were shifted away from green tech. The last nail in the coffin was the election of Ronald Reagan, who immediately pulled off the solar panels Jimmy Carter had placed on the White House. The green tech industry collapsed.

History has given U.S. alternative energy research a second chance and environmental advocates hope that a different president will lead to a very different result. (Image: DOE)

3. SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION GETS BIG, GIGA(WATT)BIG

Every clean tech advocate's dream is a power-generating technology that could compete head-to-head with coal, the cheapest fossil fuel, on price alone. Nanosolar, one of a new generation of companies building solar panels out of cheap plastics, could be the first company to get there. Early this year, the company officially opened its one-gigawatt production facility, which is many times the size of most previous solar facilities.

Nanosolar, in other words, has found a process that can scale: it works as well in production as it does in the lab. That's the main reason that the company has picked up half-a-billion dollars in funding from investors like MDV's Erik Straser.

"[It's the] first time in industry a single tool with a 1GW throughput," Straser wrote in an e-mail. "It's a key part of how the company is achieving grid parity with coal."

2. PROJECT BETTER PLACE FINDS HOMES
Green technologies are dime a dozen, but a business model that could allow an entirely new, green infrastructure to be built is a rare thing.

Doing just that is the centerpiece of Sun Microsystems' SAP veteran Shai Agassi's vision for Project Better Place, a scheme that would distribute charging and swappable battery stations throughout smallish geographies like Israel, Hawaii and San Francisco. So far, there's very little steel in the ground, but in early December, the company's first charging location opened in Tel Aviv, Israel. Agassi's plan is one of several projects — like new biofuels rail terminals — that could create fundamentally new energy ecosystems.

Some of these systems, however, are actually throwbacks to earlier eras. As Peter Shulman, a historian of technology at Case Western Reserve University, likes to remind his students: in the early 20th century, before the Model T, one-third of all cars were electric.                                                                

1. CALERA'S GREEN CEMENT DEMO PLANT OPENS

produced each year, reversing the carbon-balance of the world's cement would be a solution that'

Cement? With all the whiz bang technologies in green technology, cement seems like an odd pick for our top clean technology of the year. But here's the reason: making cement — and many other materials — takes a lot of heat and that heat comes from fossil fuels.

Calera's technology, like that of many green chemistry companies, works more like Jell-O setting. By employing catalysis instead of heat, it reduces the energy cost per ton of cement. And in this process, CO2 is an input, not an output. So, instead of producing a ton of carbon dioxide per ton of cement made — as is the case with old-school Portland cement — half a ton of carbon dioxide can be sequestered.

With more than 2.3 billion tons of cement s the scale of the world's climate change problem.

7. What is a Netbook?

Last time, while describing the Lenovo IdeaPad S10, I offered my opinion that Netbook computers will drastically change the computing scene. A quick look at the best selling computers at Amazon.com shows many Netbooks (as of October 15, 2008 the top three computers were all Netbooks). In writing a follow-up posting, I realized that an introduction to Netbooks might be needed. So, here I try to explain just what Netbooks are and how they differ from the millions of laptop computers that existed previously.

A Netbook is a new type of laptop computer, defined by size, price, horsepower, and operating system. They are small, cheap, under-powered, and run either an old or unfamiliar operating system.

Netbooks run either Windows XP Home edition or Linux (not only is Linux unfamiliar to many, but the versions of Linux on Netbooks are not the mainstream popular distributions). They do not run XP Professional, Vista, or OS X. Microsoft arbitrarily restricts Netbooks from running the Professional Edition of Windows XP. Likewise, Apple arbitrarily restricts OS X to Apple hardware and it has never played in the low-end realm that Netbooks occupy.* Vista requires too much horsepower to run well on a Netbook. HP has been the only company to offer Vista on a Netbook. The price, however, was so high that it's debatable whether such a machine qualifies as a Netbook.

Update: On October 24, 2008 CNET's Ina Fried reported that Microsoft has plans to make Windows 7, the upcoming version of Windows that will replace Vista, available on Netbooks.

Size-wise, Netbooks have 9- or 10-inch screens, weigh from 2 to 3 pounds, and sport keyboards sized from 80 percent to 95 percent of normal.

Price-wise, Netbooks start at about (all prices are rounded off and approximate) $330 for a Linux-based model and $350 for an XP-based machine. The high end of the Netbook price range is debatable. To me, anything over $500 isn't a Netbook. Still, many companies are marketing computers they refer to as Netbooks for more than that. When HP first released their Mini-Notes, prices ran from $500 to $1,200.
Update: As of October 15, 2008 prices at HP's website range from $400 to $780.

Despite a huge proliferation of Netbook models, these specs seem to be standard:

  • Screen resolution 1024x600
  • Intel Atom CPU running at 1.6-GHz
  • Wi-Fi B and G
  • Ethernet at 100Mbps
  • A slot for a flash RAM memory card
  • External VGA output jack
  • Integrated graphics
  • Two or three USB ports
  • Built-in camera
  • Headphone and microphone jacks

5. What is IVF – In Vitro Fertilization?

 

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In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside of the womb, in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium. The fertilised egg (zygote) is then transferred to the patient's uterus with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy. The first test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in 1978.

Oocyte with surrounding granulosa cells

"Naked" Egg
Main article: In vitro

The term in vitro, from the Latin root meaning within the glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is used to refer to any biological procedure that is performed outside the organism it would normally be occurring in, to distinguish it from an in vivo procedure, where the tissue remains inside the living organism within which it is normally found. A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF, test tube babies, refers to the tube-shaped containers of glass or plastic resin, called test tubes, that are commonly used in chemistry labs and biology labs. However, in vitro fertilisation is usually performed in the shallower containers called Petri dishes. (Petri-dishes may also be made of plastic resins.) However, the IVF method of Autologous Endometrial Coculture is actually performed on organic material, but is yet called in vitro. This is used when parents are having infertility problems or they want to have multiple births.

9. List down Nadya Suleman’s octuplet babies, their names, gender, birth weight in birth order.

Taxpayers may be covering octuplet mom’s bills

Hospital where 33-year-old gave birth asking state to reimburse its costs

LOS ANGELES - A big share of the financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman’s 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California’s taxpayers, compounding the public furor in a state already billions of dollars in the red.

Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six other children with the help of $490 a month in food stamps, plus Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters. The public aid will almost certainly be increased with the new additions to her family.

Also, the hospital where the octuplets are expected to spend seven to 12 weeks has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, for care of the premature babies, according to the Los Angeles Times. The cost has not been disclosed

10. What are the services of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines?

The .gov.ph domain is being managed by the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), a research and development agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). To subscribe for a .gov.ph domain, please access the .gov.ph Domain Registry Site (http://dns.gov.ph). Instructions and requirements to subscribe for a .gov.ph domain is posted on said site.

The Philippine eLib is a collaborative project of the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), University of the Philippines (UP), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

The eTRC-elibrary is an internet-based computerized system tool to promote entrepreneurship by providing access to a wide range of technology, business and livelihood information as well as other vital requirements in establishing a business.

With the current thrust of TRC leadership to make it a centerpiece program, TRC has engaged in the enhancement of the eTRC to modify its components and to make it more user-friendly and easy to use. With the enhancements, anybody can access TRC's technology multimedia clips, in addition to the full text of its business and technology print materials using its Prepaid System facility.

In cooperation with private business partners and entities, standard training sessions are conducted, both at the center’s training facility and those of the clients.

science.ph. is more than just a story of information service initiative. It is a story of passion and commitment to public service. We are offering this site to our clients: the scientists, the researchers, the entrepreneurs, the academe, the industry – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION INSTITUTE of the Department of Science and Technology is proud to present the first online access to S & T information resources in the Philippines.

he DOST Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines (ScINET-PHIL) is a consortium of libraries and information centers of the 20 agencies under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It aims to organize and coordinate the information sourcing and sharing in the DOST system. Its general objective is to promote and improve the flow and use of science and technology (S&T) information through resource sharing and networking.

Tests, Analyses and Calibration Information System (TACIS) is an E-Government project funded by the Commision on Information and Communication Technology (CICT). It is an integrated information system that aims to enhance the operational capability of the DOST's testing, analysis and calibration services. It will provide interactive services to immediately address the queries and concerns of the clients through the Internet on a 24/7 basis. It will also facilitate the processing of information to expedite the generation of test reports and calibration services.

 

11. What are the Agencies of DOST

Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI)
333
  Link   Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)
115
  Link   Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI)
125
  Link   Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI)
120
  Link   Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
121
  Link   Science Education Institute (SEI)
136
  Link   Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
127
  Link   Science and Technology Information Institute (STII)
119
  Link   Technology Application and Promotion Institute(TAPI)
114
  Link   Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD)
101
  Link   Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)
117
  Link   Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD)
119

 12. Five Sectoral Planning Councils of DOST(Brief Function and Description)

DOST has five sectoral planning councils responsible for: formulating policies, plans, programs, projects and strategies for S&T development; for programming and allocating funds; for monitoring of research and development projects; and for generating external funds.

 

Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD)

The PCAMRD is the sectoral council of the Department Of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked in the formulation of strategies, policies, plans, programs and projects for science and technology development; Programming and allocation of the government's internal and external funds for Research and Development; Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Development projects; and Generation of external funds.

 

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD)

PCARRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It serves as the main arm of DOST in planning, evaluating, monitoring, and coordinating the national research and development (R&D) programs in agriculture, forestry, environment, and natural resources sectors.

 

Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD)

PCHRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The lead council that creates and sustains an enabling environment for health research in the country.

 

Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD)

The PCIERD is one of the sectoral planning councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It is mandated to serve as the central agency in the planning, monitoring and promotion of scientific and technological research for applications in the industry, energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors.

 

Philippine Council for Advanced and Science Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD)

PCASTRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked to develop, integrate and coordinate the national research systems for advanced science and technology (S&T) and related fields.

 

13. Seven Research and Development institutes of DOST (Brief Function and Description)

Nuclear Trainings 1. Application Form for Training Courses 2. Application Form for On-the-Job (OJT) Trainings and Thesis Advisorship 3. Agreement Form for OJT Trainings 4. Memorandum of Agreement for Thesis Advisorship   Analytical Services 1. Application Form for Radiometric and Chemical Analysis   Irradiation Services 1. Application Form for the Use of Cobalt-60 Facilities   PNRI License Application 1. Application for Radioactive Material License - RADIOIMMUNOASSAY 2. Application for Radioactive Material License - SELL/TRANSFER/DISPENSE/COMPOUND 3. Application for Radioactive Material License - TELETHERAPY 4. Application for Radioactive Material License - USE OF SEALED SOURCES IN INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY 5. Application for Radioactive Material License - BRACHYTHERAPY 6. Application for Radioactive Material License - RESEARCH 7. Application for Radioactive Material License - RESEARCH (OPEN AND SEALED SOURCES) 8. Application for Radioactive Material License - MEDICAL USE OF RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS   IAEA Application Forms 1. Application for Training Courses 2. Application for Scientific Visits 3. Application for Fellowships (On-the-job) 4. Application for Meetings / Workshops 5. Application for Meetings/Workshops and National Consultants   Procurement Bid Forms 1. Checklist of Eligibility Requirements/Application Form for Office Supplies and Materials, Furniture & Equipment 2. Checklist of Eligibility Requirements/Application Form for Civil Works 3. Summary of Completed Contracts/Purchase Orders & On-going Contracts for Office Supplies and Materials, Furniture & Equipment (Annexes A & B) 4. Summary of Completed Contracts for Civil Works (Annex A). 5. Summary of On-Going Contracts (including contracts awarded but not yet started) for Civil Works (Annex B) 6. Details of Completed Contracts Similar to the Contract to be Bid for Civil Works (Annex B1) 7. Details of On-going Contracts for Civil Works (Annex C1) 8. List of Equipments Owned/Leased for the Project for Civil Works (Annex C) 9. List of Prospective Key Personnel for the Project for Civil Works (Annex D) 10. Statement of NFCC Computation for Civil Works (Annex E) 11. Statement of NFCC Computation for Supplies and Materials, Furniture & Equipment (Annex C)   Radiation Protection Services 1. Film Badge/TLD Service Application Form 2. Thermoluminescent Dosimeter Agreement Form 3. Application for Radiation Protection Services 4. Radwaste Disposal Form 5. Survey Meter Contract of Lease 6. Filmbadge Manual 7. Thermoluminescent Dosimeter Manual 8. Procedure for Applying for Film Badge Services 9. Guidelines for the Acceptance of Low - Level Radioactive Waste   Emergency/Incident Notification Services 1. Incident Notification Form 2. Alerted Emergency Responders Form

14. Seven Service Institutes of DOST (Brief Function and Description)

 

The "Observatorio"

The Philippine Meteorological Service began more than a century ago. Prior to 1865, Francisco Colina, a young Jesuit scholastic, professor of mathematics and physics at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila started a systematic observation of the weather. But it was only at the beginning of 1865 that a systematic recording of the observations made from a few primitive instruments two or three times a day was begun. From the hourly observations made by Colina of a strong typhoon later in the year, another Jesuit scholastic, Jaime Nonell, wrote a brief treatise which was subsequently printed by the Diario de Manila. This piece attracted the attention of businessmen, merchants and mariners in Manila and recognized the implications of such an effort. They requested the Jesuit superior, Fr. Juan Vidal, that the Jesuits undertake regular observations for the public so that the latter may be forewarned of the approach of typhoons. Meeting some reluctance from Colina and Nonell because of the primitive instrumentation available, the businessmen offered to finance the procurement of the proper instruments from Europe. The Jesuit superior had no other choice except to accede to these repeated requests and finally made arrangements for the acquisition of a recently invented instrument by another Jesuit, Fr. Angelo Seechi of the Vatican Observatory in Rome called the Universal Meteorograph.

The Weather Bureau

Rev. Jose Algue succeeded Father Faura in 1897 and saw the institution through the Philippine Revolution and the Fil-American War. As a consequence, he was witness to and participant in the reorganization of the Observatorio into the Weather Bureau on 22 May 1901 as provided for by Act No. 131 of the Philippine Commission. There was hardly any change instituted except in name. Its technical departments were maintained as divisions and the Bureau was placed under administrative control of the Department of Interior

The PAGASA

On the eve of Presidential Proclamation 1081, better known as the declaration of Martial Law, Congress passed an act abolishing the Weather Bureau and in its stead, establishing the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Its signing into law by the President was aborted by Proclamation 1081.

However, on 8 December 1972, cognizant of the tremendous impact of the meteorological and allied services on national development, President Ferdinand E. Marcos, issued Presidential Decree No. 78 establishing the PAGASA. The decree closely followed the tenor of the original Act. The PAGASA was entrusted with "providing environmental protection and utilizing scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to ensure the safety, well-being, and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress." It transferred administrative control of the agency from the Department of Commerce and Industry to the Department of National Defense.

International Linkages

While PAGASA concentrates on its contributions to the country's socioeconomic development program, it also attends to its international commitments.

As a member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized Agency of the United Nations, it is committed to the enhancement of the quality of life of all men of all nations through joint and cooperative efforts with the other members. The world is its own laboratory and no nation, however advanced and sophisticated, can be independent of another in striving for this goal.

PAGASA and the Future

Late in 1976, PAGASA drew up its perspective development plan. It realized that for it to be an effective instrument in nation building and ultimately in the enhancement of the quality of life of the people, it must be completely responsive to the changing needs of the times.

Considering the scope and breadth of the effects of meteorology and the allied sciences on man, PAGASA has pledged its resources to the attainment of identified national goals and will direct its efforts towards national priorities such as natural disaster prediction, moderation and control,; food self-sufficiency; natural resources development; energy; transportation; industry; housing and health.

15. Two Advisory Bodies of DOST (Brief Function and Description)

 

Two bodies pursue mandated functions of assistance, recognition, advisory and establishment of international linkages. These are:

National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)

To recognize outstanding achievements in science and technology as well as provide meaningful incentives to those engaged in scientific and technological researches

National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)

NRCP is mandated in promotion and support of fundamental or basic research for the continuing improvement of the research capability of individual or group scientists; foster linkages with local and international scientific organizations for enhanced cooperation in the development and sharing of scientific information; provide advice on problems and issues of national interest; and promotion of scientific and technological culture to all sectors of society.

18.Who is the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology?

ST Secretary Alabastro Warmly Received in Sanchez Mira
Tuesday, 10 March 2009

DOST Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro (center, in yellow) is flanked by Sanchez Mira Vice-Mayor Benjamin Oraceo (far left), Mayor Napoleon Sacramed (2nd to the left), DOST Assistant Secretary and Acting Undersecretary for Regional Operations Carol M. Yorobe, and Cagayan State University chief executive officer Aurelio Caldez (far right).


DOST Secretary Estrella Alabastro was warmly received in Cagayan State University (CSU) in Sanchez Mira by no less than the Honorable Napoleon Sacramed, mayor of the municipality, Vice-Mayor Benjamin Oroceo, and CSU chief executive officer Aurelio Caldez, PhD for her visit and ocular inspection of SET-UP project sites in Region 2.