Six ‘Star of Energy Efficiency’ Award Winners to Receive Honors at October Gala
You may not always be able to see or feel energy efficiency in action, but once a year the Alliance awards those who have made tangible improvements in the field. This year we will honor six deserving award winners on Oct. 4, 2011, at the Evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards Dinner, a black-tie affair held in Washington, D.C.
The 2011 Star of Energy Efficiency award recipients range from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author to an engine parts manufacturer, but all have one thing in common: They have demonstrated a significant commitment to the advancement of energy efficiency.
And the winners are…
The esteemed Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service was awarded to author, energy efficiency advocate, and CNBC’s Global Energy Expert Daniel Yergin. Yergin, who founded IHS Cambridge Energy Associates, received a Pulitzer Prize for The Prize, his book on oil, and recently wrote The Quest, crediting efficiency as our most important near- and medium-term new energy resource.
In the “Galaxy” award category, for companies with more than $150 million in annual revenue, Briggs & Stratton stood out for having reduced its overall energy consumption by 37 million kilowatt-hours.
Among those entities earning less than $150 million in annual revenue, in the “Super Nova” category, the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) was recognized for a major political achievement: leading negotiations to raise the federal minimum efficiency standards for most major home appliances.
Other big winners are Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics (SEEL), which delivered thousands of megawatt hours in savings by implementing energy efficiency programs in residences, and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, which helped give energy efficiency upgrades to more than 100,000 homes in the span of two years, with a 98.5% rate of recommendation. SEEL and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland were awarded the “Andromeda” and “I-Star” (International) awards, respectively, for their contributions in the field of energy efficiency.
In technology, ThinkEco’s product – the “modlet” – scored high praise for being the first intelligent outlet that automatically eliminates plug-load waste energy and lets consumers know real-time energy use.
The six winners competed against 75 strong energy efficiency advocates and will receive their awards at the 19th Evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards Dinner this fall. For more information on the event, visit www.ase.org/dinner.
