On Friday, June 9th Environmental Leader (EL) announced the winners of the 2017 Products and Projects Awards. These innovative and inspiring products and projects are reviewed in an EL report (see link at the bottom of the page).
These companies are shining examples of corporate efforts that add business value in a wide range of areas including efficiency, renewable energy, waste reduction, heat capture, packaging, agriculture, and building retrofits.
These products and projects were assessed by a highly respected (and critical) judging panel, led by Peter Bussey,
research analyst with LNS Research. The Awards set an extremely high bar to qualify for an award. Selections were based on the products’ capability, efficiency, ease-of-use, functionality, features, and benefits. Most importantly, assessments are done with a focus on performance.
Products
- 3E Company
3ESC Supply Chain
Solutions - Adobe
Adobe Sign - Banyan Water
Banyan Water Central - Ecometrica
The Ecometrica Platform - Enablon
The Enablon Value-Driven Platform - GAC EnvironHull Ltd
HullWiper - Gensuite LLC
Gensuite Sustainability
and Energy Management - GridPoint
GridPoint Smart Building Solution - Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand Next
Generation R-Series Air Compressors - Johnson & Johnson
Acuvue Oasys 1-Day - Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Advanced Gasification Bioenergy System - Samsung Electronics America
Samsung Refrigerators – Alternative Refrigerant Application - Stericycle Environmental Solutions
Pharmaceutical Consumer Takeback Suite - Sterilis Medical
Sterilis Device - Terrapure
Waste Volume Reduction Services - Thinkstep Compliance Ltd.
BOMcheck Substances
Declarations Web
Database - Thinkstep
GaBi Software and Data
Suite - Toxnot
Toxnot - Urjanet Inc.
Urjanet Utility Data Service - Xeros
The Xeros Commercial Laundry System for
Firefighters’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Judges Choice for Top Product: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Advanced Gasification Bioenergy System
Projects
- 3M
3M Brookings Water
Reduction - Aries Clean Energy
Lebanon’s Gasification
Plant is Blending
Waste and Generating
Sustainable Power - Banyan Water
Banyan Water and Lincoln
Centre, a Water-Saving
Partnership - Caesars Entertainment
Central Plant Retro-
Commissioning and
Optimization Project - Cox Enterprises
Golden Isles Conservation
Center - Dell
Dell Ocean Plastics
Packaging - Disney
Disney Smart Packaging
Initiative - The Dow Chemical
Company
Hefty Energy Bag Program - EcoEnergy
Reducing Energy
Consumption for Home
Depot - Electronic Recyclers
International
e-cycleNYC - Fetzer Vineyards
Regenerating Winery
Wastewater with the Help
of Worms and Microbes - Fuel Cell System
Manufacturing, LLC
Fuel Cell System
Manufacturing - General Motors
General Motors’ Do
Your Part Water Bottle
Recycling Initiative - KB Home
2016 Greenbuild KB Home
ProjeKt - Panasonic
Peña Station NEXT
Solar+Storage Microgrid - Resolute Forest Products
Mission Accomplished for
Toundra Greenhouse - Samsung Electronics
America
Climate Superstars
Challenge – Samsung
Builds Energy and
Environmental Education
and Awareness for Torch
Club Members of the
Boys and Girls Clubs of
America - Schneider Electric
Shedd Aquarium: Building
Analytics In and Out of
Water - SIP Certified
SIP Certified - Sphera Solutions
Santee Cooper Integrated
EMIS - Timberland
Timberland X Thread:
Delivering Good with
Every Fiber
Judges Choice for Top Product: General Motors
General Motors’ Do
Your Part Water Bottle
Recycling Initiative
Here are comments from the judges about some of the entrants:
Aries Clean Energy: “This could be a wonderful model for the rest of the world. They are using systems thinking to reduce waste, produce renewable energy, capture heat that normally would be wasted, and also producing biochar, which has great agricultural benefits.”
EcoEnergy: “This project delivered significant business value for Home Depot. It goes beyond traditional energy management by taking an enterprise view of managing the operational performance of electromechanical assets across the network.”
Dow: “The project addresses a problem we have today: what to do with certain types of plastic packaging materials that can’t be recycled like other types of plastic. The initiative is impressive and well-executed.”
Schneider Electric: “The application of building analytics demonstrates the opportunity to retrofit historical buildings with state-of-the-art systems that can deliver energy and financial results. The experience in one of the largest indoor aquariums in the world could be replicated by peers.”
For more information click here to download the special report: 2017 Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards (PDF).
