Past Award Winners by Year

2012 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service: Honorable Bruce Oreck, U.S. Ambassador to Finland and Chair, League of Green Embassies

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• Kroger Co.
  Accepted by David Dillon, Chairman & CEO

• Advantix Systems
  Accepted by Hannah Choi Granade, President
• Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development
  Accepted by Ron Rees, Executive Director, and Tom Reed, Chairman

• Eletrobras
  Accepted by José da Costa Carvalho Neto, Chief Executive Officer

• DIRECTV
  Accepted by Rômulo Pontual, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
   

2011 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Chairman’s Award: Honorable Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations and Environment, U.S. Department of the Navy

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service: Daniel Yergin, Co-Founder and Chairman, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• Briggs & Stratton
  Accepted by Todd Teske, President, Chairman & CEO
• Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute
  Accepted by Morrison Carter, Chairman

• Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics
  Accepted by Louis James, President and CEO

• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
  Accepted by Professor J. Owen Lewis, Chief Executive

• ThinkEco
  Accepted by Jun Shimada, President & CEO

2010 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Chairman’s Award: Honorable Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service: Rick Fedrizzi, Founding Chairman, President & CEO, U.S. Green Building Council

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• U-Haul International Inc.
  Accepted by Edward Shoen, CEO

• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
  Accepted by Thane Maynard, Executive Director

• OPOWER
  Accepted by Alex Laskey, President, and Dan Yates, CEO
   
• Environment Canada
  Accepted by Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment

• Energy Efficiency New Brunswick
  Accepted by Elizabeth Weir, President and CEO

• Danfoss
  Accepted by Robert Wilkins, President, Danfoss North America

2009 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Chairman’s Award: Honorable Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, United States Department of Energy

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service: Honorable Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  Accepted by Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary, Public & Indian Housing

• Aquarium of the Pacific
  Accepted by Dr. Jerry Schubel, President & CEO

• Warren County Public School System, KY
  Accepted by Tim Murley, Interim Superintendent

• The National Housing Commission (CONAVI) and the National Fund for Housing (INFONAVIT), Mexico
  Accepted by Evangelina Hirata-Nagasako, Deputy General Director &Victor Borras-Setien, General Director

• 3M Company
  Accepted by George Buckley, Chairman, President & CEO

2008 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Chairman’s Award: Philips Electronics, accepted by Kaj den Daas, Chairman and CEO, Philips Lighting North America

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service: Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• United Technologies Corporation
  Accepted by George David, Chairman

• Rinnai Corporation
  Accepted by Hiroyasu Naito, President, Rinnai Corporation

• York County School Division
  Accepted by Eric Williams, Ed.D., Division Superintendent

• Embraco
  Accepted by Ernesto Heinzelmann, President and CEO

• Jupiter Oxygen Corporation
  Accepted by Dietrich Gross, President and CEO

2007 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Chairman’s Award: Jones Lang La Salle, accepted by Colin Dyer, Chief Executive Officer

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service: Western Governors’ Association, accepted by Honorable Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado

Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. John H. Gibbons

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• The Home Depot
  Accepted by Ron Jarvis, Vice President for Environmental Innovation

• Orion Energy Systems
  Accepted by Neal Verfuerth, President and CEO

• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
  Accepted by James Kerr, North Carolina Utilities Commissioner and NARUC President

• International Energy Agency
  Accepted by Nabou Tanaka, Executive Director

2006 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

Chairman's Award: Lee Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., accepted by Linda Dillman, Executive Vice President of Risk Management, Benefits, & Sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service:  Matthew Driscoll, Mayor, City of Syracuse

Star of Energy Efficiency Awards:

• The Dow Chemical Company
  Accepted by Andrew Liveris, President, CEO, and Chairman

• Power Integrations, Inc.
  Accepted by Balu Balakrishnan, President and CEO

• The National Affordable Housing Network
  Accepted by Barbara Miller, Executive Director

• The Trust Fund for Electric Energy Saving (FIDE)

 2005 and Prior Star of Energy Efficiency Award Winners

• 3M Company
• Amory Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Andersen Corporation
• Arthur Rosenfeld, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of EERE, U.S. Department of Energy
• Bank of America
• Bernard Jamet, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Bonneville Power Administration
• Burlington Electric Department
• CertainTeed Corporation
• Charles R. Immbrecht, former Chairman, California Energy Commission
• Consumer Union/Consumer Report
• Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
• David K. Garman, Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
• Dean Langford, President, OSRAM SYLVANIA
• Denis Hayes, Chairman, Earth Day Network
• Energy Star Program
• Energy Star Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Frito Lay, Inc.
• Governor George E. Pataki, State of New York
• Governor Tommy G. Thompson, State of Wisconsin
• Habitat for Humanity
• Hector Ibarra, Middle School Science Teacher, Iowa
• Honorable David E. Skaggs, U.S. House of Representatives
• Honorable Edward Markey, U.S. House of Representatives
• Honorable Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senate
• Honorable Mark O. Hatfield, U.S. Senate
• Honorable Philip R. Sharp, U.S. House of Representatives
• Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, U.S. Senate
• Howard Geller, Former Executive Director, ACEEE
• IBM Corporation
• John W. Rowe, Chairman, President & CEO, Unicom
• Johnson Controls
• Marriott International
• Maurice R. Strong, former Secretary General, UN Earth Summit
• Michael Peevey, President California Public Utilities Commission
• North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
• Owens Corning
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• R.E. Ted Turner, Vice Chairman, Time Warner
• Ross Pillari, President, BP America & William Keese, California PUC
• Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• Southern California Edison
• The City of Austin, Texas
• The Durst Organization
• The ESCo Industry
• Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
• Toyota
• Ultra Light Steel Auto Body - Advanced Vehicle Concepts
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of the Navy
• Whirlpool Corporation