In April Environmental Leader announced the winners of their 2015 Product & Project Awards. These Awards recognize and honor companies making the biggest difference in the field of energy, environmental and sustainability management. These original and successful projects and products achieve EL’s high standards in terms of contribution to energy and environmental efforts, innovation, efficiency and reliability, and contribution to the bottom line. These companies are among those that are making the biggest difference in the field.
The report at the bottom of this page showcases award winners with the aim of helping other companies to make informed decisions about what products to purchase or what sorts of initiatives to implement.
“I’m amazed at the depth and breadth of submissions we have seen this year,” he said. “They run the gamut from the highly granular (e.g. addressing very specific emissions sources) to the high-level (e.g. helping companies automate overall sustainability and environmental compliance requirements). Many of the submissions related to thoughtful and creative products and services… [One] thing is clear: the quality, focus and comprehensiveness of sustainability solutions is accelerating year over year,” said judging coordinator, Paul Leavoy of LNS Research.
“[It is] amazing and also encouraging to see how far businesses across the spectrum have come in terms of developing unique, progressive, and innovative products, service, projects, and solutions.” He added, “Businesses continue to emphasize the role of sustainability and environmental responsibility across their products and projects and to innovate accordingly, and this is a trend we expect will only expand throughout 2016 and into the next decade. I look forward to seeing what the future brings.”
Panel of Judges
- Paul Leavoy, Research Analyst, LNS Research
- Dave Meyer Senior Consultant, EORM
- David Dornfeld Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Will C. Hall Family Professor of Engineering , University of California, Berkeley
- Dennis Salazar President & Co-founder, Salazar Packaging
- Frank O’Brien-Bernini Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, Owens Corning
- Gary Lawrence Chief Sustainability Officer & VP, AECOM Technology Corp.
- Graham Russell Founder & Principal, TruPointAdvisors
- Harun Asad Commercial Marketing & Business Development Manager, ConEdison Solutions
- Hugh M. Share (Bert) Global Director-Beer & Better World , Anheuser-Busch InBev
- John Hazlett Manager — Water Footprinting Services, Williams Creek Consulting
- Justin Grau Senior Engineer, ConAgra Foods
- Mark Rhodes VP of Sustainability, CH & Pharma, GlaxoSmithKline plc
- Namita Vikas Senior President & Country Head, Responsible Banking, YES BANK
- Ned Ertel President & CEO, RegScan
- Nick Smith Global Head of Textile Coatings Business, Bayer MaterialScience
- Robert B. Pojasek, PhD Principal Analyst, Verdantix
The following companies presented in alphabetical order were awarded Top Product & Project of the Year Awards
Top Product of the Year Award Winners
Armstrong Ceiling Recycling Service Program
Assa Abloy EcoFlex Electrified Mortise Locks and EcoPower Power Supply System
Big Ass Fans Haiku with SenseME
BOMcheck Substances Declarations and Conflict Minerals Web Database
Caterpillar Cat HYDO Advanced Hydraulic Oil and Cat Proprietary Fluid Filters
Ciena 8700 Packetwave Platform
CODA Energy Core
CRedit360 Sustainability Software
Ecolab 3DTRASAR CIP
Enablon 7.5: The New Enablon Platform
EnergyCAP Software
Environ Environmental Compliance 4 Products
eTemp
FridgeWize Q-Blade
Green Charge Networks GreenStation Intelligent Energy Storage
GridPoint Energy Management System
JLL Green + Productive Workplace
Johnson & Johnson HARMONIC FOCUS+ Shears
KB Home Double ZeroHouse 2.0
NexRev DrivePak HVAC Efficiency Retrofit
Retroficiency Building Efficiency Intelligence Platform
Safety-Kleen EcoPower Re-Refined Oil
Spansion MB39C811 PMIC
Staples Canada and Terracycle Zero Waste Box
Steelcase THINK
Sustainable Minds Transparency Report Program
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas Enviromax
Verisae vx Sustain
Xeros Commercial Laundry System
Xerox Merge Parking Management System
Xerox Print Awareness Tool
Top Project of the Year Award Winners
Bridgestone Tire Plant Achieves Global First for Resource Conservation in Manufacturing
Chicken of the Sea Comprehensive Waste Reduction Initiative
CODA Energy Benicia City Hall’s EV Charging Stations
Digital Lumens Dartmouth University Leverone Field House
Efficiency Matters at Arby’s
Enlighted University Lighting Sensor Platform Installation
General Motors Chevrolet Clean Energy Campaign
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Airborne Kitchen Grease Recovery Program
Jackson Family Wines Reduces Water Consumption with Custom Barrel Wash Recycling System
Provision Coalition Online Sustainability Portal
Schneider Electric Denison University FW Olin Science Hall HVAC and Digital Controls Renovation
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