Energy Efficiency Award 2011
This international prize is designed to reward excellence in increasing energy effciency in industry and production. The Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) – the German Energy Agency – hereby announces the fifth Energy Effciency Award, as part of the Initiative Energie Effzienz.
The first prize is EUR 15,000, the second EUR 10,000 and the third EUR 5,000.
Entrants
The competition is open to any businesses from industry and production which have successfully implemented energy effciency projects in-house. Cooperative entries from end users and the plant manufacturers, planners or advisers involved in their project are also allowed. Entries from small and medium-sized businesses are particularly welcome. Entries from competition sponsors cannot be accepted.
The project should be economic, sustainable and exemplary. Projects received will be assessed using the following criteria:
- Energy saved
- Economic viability
- Level of innovation
- Transferability to other businesses
- Environmental effects, in particular relevance to climate protection
Read more (download pdf of invitation).
Posted 25 February 2011.
