Have you introduced innovative, exemplary projects to reduce energy consumption into your business thereby lowering your energy costs? Send in your nomination for Germany's international Energy Efficiency Award by 4 May 2012. The award recognises existing exemplary projects for increasing the energy efficiency of a wide range of energy-using processes in industry and production.

The Energy Efficiency Award 2012

This international prize is designed to reward excellence in increasing energy efficiency in industry and production. As part of the “Initiative EnergieEffizienz” (“Energy Efficiency Campaign”), the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) – the German Energy Agency – hereby announces the sixth Energy Efficiency Award. 

Patron of the competition is Dr Philipp Rösler, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology. Premium Partners are DZ BANK AG, Imtech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and Siemens AG. This call for exemplary projects is intended to motivate more businesses into increasing their energy efficiency.

Businesses from industry and production can nominate themselves for the prize based on the energy efficiency projects they have implemented. A jury composing top-ranking experts from business, science and politics will select the winners from the entries received.

Prizes will be awarded to the winners at the dena Congress, which is to take place on 18th and 19th September 2012 in Berlin.

Publicity benefits for winners
The prize winners are recognised for their sterling work and and become a motivating force in increasing energy efficiency. At the same time, they benefit from dena’s intensive public relations work and be presented as an energy efficiency pioneer. The award may also be used for the winner's own publicity purposes.

EUR 30,000 in prize money
The first prize is EUR 15,000, the second EUR 10,000 and the third EUR 5,000.

Entrants: any business that has made smart investments

Enlarge image (© Colourbox) The competition is open to any business from industry and production that has sucessfully implemented in-house energy efficiency projects. 

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 criteria: economic, sustainable, exemplary
The 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

For more information click on:
www.industrie-energieeffizienz.de/eea2012-en