Awards and Grants

Recipient of $500,000 California Air Resources Board Grant, towards research and development of Enviro Board Mill, May, 2001.

Selected to the 2000 Global 100 Best Practices List? sponsored by the United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS Habitat).

Recipient of Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment, June, 2000.

Recipient of a U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NASDA Grant for entry into the Philippines market, November 2000.

Recipient of European Union Grant for Transfer of Technology from the Production of Panels from Natural Raw Material,? (Project Code 96-TEX), December, 1997.

Recipient of US-AEP-NASDA Environmental Technology Fund Grant, September, 2000.

Presentations and Exhibits

Panelist and exhibitor at California Rice Straw Expos, July, 2002 and July, 2004 Sacramento, CA

Featured Technology showcased by The White House Interagency Environmental Technology Office (IETO) was part of the White House's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December, 2001.

Featured Technology showcased by the U.S. Department of Commerce at the Worldbex 2000 World Building & Construction Exposition, Manila, Philippines.

Featured Technology showcased at The National Marketplace for the Environment, Anaheim, California, May, 1999.

Featured presentation: Enviro Board: An Innovative Fiberboard Technology? at The United Nations Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT), in Vienna, Austria, November, 1999.

Published Reports

The United Nations Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT), Report of the Regional Workshop on HOUSING and ENVIRONMENT? and The Role of the Private Sector in Housing Supply and Environment Friendly Construction Practices,? November, 2000.

American Agri-Fiber Industry Continues to Evolve, Mature,? Panel World, November 2000,

News Articles

Strong as Straw,? Sacramento Bee (national AP coverage), December 10, 2003

Leftover Straw May Fix Noise Problems, L.A. Daily News, November 17, 2002

Rice Straw Could Be Cheap, Quick Sound Wall Solution,? Whittier Daily News, November 17, 2002

Rice Straw To Work?, Appeal-Democrat, October 10, 1999

Turning Rice Straw into Fiberboard,? Enterprise-Record, January 1999

Accommodation Letters

Kevin Palmer, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Solutions

United Nations Best Practices Award

Robert D. Fletcher, Chief Planning & Technical Support Division, California Air Resources Board

Fran Pavley, Assemblymember 41st District, California State Assembly

Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California State Department of Education