Environmental Energy Globe Awards

Deadline: 22 September 2014
Open to: individuals and companies, clubs, organizations, schools, universities, and public authorities
Award: EUR 10,000

Description

The ENERGY GLOBE Award was founded in 1999 by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is one of today’s most prestigious environmental awards. Goal of the award is to present successful sustainable projects to a broad audience, for many of our environmental problems already have good, feasible solutions. Projects which conserve and protect our resources or that employ renewable energy can participate.

The international ENERGY GLOBE Award distinguishes the best projects in the five categories:

  • Earth (Our planet provides us with everything we need in terms of living, heating, electricity, food and clothing. Therefore, conservational and sustainable treatment of our planet and its resources is the order of the day. Any measures that contribute to this effort can be submitted in this category, including projects on topics such as building materials, buildings, energy plants, and traffic routes);
  • Fire (Projects that involve energy production, the use of renewable fuels, energy distribution and transport, energy utilization, and energy optimization and thereby achieve optimized efficiency and sustainability can be submitted in this category);
  • Water (Conservational utilization of this resource on the part of all people accompanied by innovative technologies can make water available to everyone. Any measures that contribute in this direction can be submitted for an ENERGY GLOBE. This includes projects in areas such as drinking water supply, domestic water, irrigation, protection of waterways, shipping, and avoidance and treatment of waste water.);
  • Air (The element air best symbolizes the unification of the cycles of nature. Any measures that contribute to improving air quality, including the avoidance of CO2 emissions (climate change), can participate in the ENERGY GLOBE. This includes projects involving optimization of combustion processes, reduction of greenhouse gases or emissions, indoor air quality, etc);
  • Youth (Any measures that promote sustainable thinking and action on the part of young people and any actions that young people implement for the benefit of our environment can be submitted for an ENERGY GLOBE in the category Youth.).

Eligibility

Projects can be entered by individuals as well as companies, clubs, organizations, schools, universities, and public authorities. Participation is free of charge for everyoneOnly projects that have already been implemented will be considered for the Energy Globe Award. ‘Implemented’ means that enough progress must have been made for a project to be assessable.

Award

The international ENERGY GLOBE Award distinguishes the best projects in the five categories earth, fire, water, air and youth. The 1st prize in each category is endowed with 10,000 Euro.

Application

Before submitting your application make sure you make sure that you have all required documents and information details ready. Provide a brief summary (approx. 10 to 15 lines) of your project and what your project achieved. Also, please provide no more than half a page of information concerning the following items:

  •  The initial pre-project situation as well as the context of your project or initiative;
  •  A description of your project goals and your reasons for getting involved;
  •  The scope of your project and all activities required for project implementation;
  •  The way in which your project provided innovation;
  •  Your implementation approach and costs;
  •  A description of final results and achievements;
  •  Your project’s replication potential.

It is recommended that you use this word document, where all relevant items are explained in detail. Please submit your project online HERE . You can copy and paste the information from the template to the online form.

In case you have additional questions please use the following contact: contact@energyglobe.info, Mario Horvath, Phone: +43 (0)7617-2090 32

Or visit the Energy Globe Award official website.

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