2008 Innovative Star Award Nominees

Our Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards recognize organizations/companies, learning institutions, state offices, and government programs for their efforts to promote energy efficiency domestically and/or overseas. New this year, Innovative Star nominees recognize an emerging technology or service that has the potential to transform a sector of the energy efficiency market but which, given the early stage of the innovation, has yet to generate proven savings. The nominees for 2008 were:

• AirAdvice
• Axis Technologies
• CENTRIA
• Datamatrix Infotech
• Demand Side Tech
• EcoHVAC
• ESMO Technology Pte. Ltd.
• Ferreira
• IBM
• Independant HCM
• Jupiter Oxygen Corp
• Lennox Industries Inc
• Local Power Inc
• Mohawk Innovative Tech
• NSTAR Electric & Gas Corp
• Pacific Northwest National Lab
• Philips Electronics
• PPG Industries
• Regal Beloit
• Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
• Scuderi Group
• Site Controls
• Smithsonian Institution National Museum
• Sun Microsystems Inc.
• Trip Convergence
• U. S. Geological Survey
• Wisconsin Public Power