Solutions that help you save the so-called “vampire” energy consumption, or which propose an ecological alternative to using your personal car in major cities; projects demonstrating how to ensure the energy independence of a locality with the help from “green” energy, but also how to stop food waste or how to educate and stimulate the children’s concern for environmental protection – these are just some of the 15 projects and initiatives nominated by the jury of the E.ON Energy Globe Award Romania to enter the final of this year’s competition.
They were selected from a total of over 160 energy efficiency and environmental protection projects registered on the energyglobe.ro platform by the deadline of June 16th.
The list of projects and ideas remaining in the race for the E.ON Energy Globe Award Romania 2017 is as follows:
Companies category
- “The I’Velo Urban Automated Bike-sharing System” – The Bucharest Green Revolution Association
- “Termorek – Heat Recuperator” – SC Enesco Industrial SRL Iasi
- “Save Energy” – SC W3 Marketing Technology SRL Constanta
Do it yourself category
- “TCP / IP Fuzzy Temperature Controller” – Ştefan Petru Iulian, Braşov
- “ECOstume” – Maria-Gabriela Nicolaescu, Bucharest
- “The heat pump, the future at your home” – Ciprian Macsim, Hunari, Iasi County
Ideas category
- “Rebuilding Romania” – The Bucharest Frends Development Association
- “Intelligent Software for optimizing the energy rehabilitation of buildings” – Faculty of Energetics – Polytechnical University of Bucharest
- “Tummy” – Tummy – Stop Food Waste SRL Piatra Neamt
Youth category
- “Wildlife Romania” – Wild Watch Association, Timisoara
- “The City of the Future” – “Prichindel” Kindergarten with extended program, Suceava
- “Green Bee” – The Bucharest Green Revolution Association
Municipalities category
- “Hydrogen bus project fueled by municipal waste” – Tresoil Biofuels SRL Bucharest
- “EmPower your building and community efficiency, towards nZEB and low carbon emissions” – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and Cluj-Napoca City Hall
- “Micro-hydropower on the Moldova River” – Roman City Hall, Neamt County
The 15 nominated projects were severed following a careful review process by an independent jury. The tie breaking was based on evaluation criteria, each with its own percentages, which take into account the attractiveness of the project, its degree of innovation, the potential for replication of that initiative and the energy efficiency component.
After reviewing each project, the jury members drew up a short list of the three best projects in each of the five categories, and then they will choose those that would win those categories. Also, the role of the jury will be to nominate the general winner of the competition, who will represent Romania at the international stage of the Energy Globe Award next year. The award ceremony will take place at a Gala organized in October in Bucharest.
An absolute novelty of this year’s competition is the introduction of online voting, an option by which the visitors of the energyglobe.ro portal can vote for the favorite project, which will receive the “Popularity Award”. This symbolic prize is awarded to the project that will record the highest number of online votes from September 1st to September 30th. The details of the participation conditions and voting mechanism can be found on the competition website as well as on the Facebook page.
About the Energy Globe Award
The Energy Globe Award (EGA), the most important international competition in the field of energy efficiency and environmental protection, with a tradition of nearly two decades, is organized in Romania by E.ON since 2016. At the first edition, more than 150 projects were registered in the E.ON Energy Globe Award, and the Grand Prize was 10.000 Euros. The Energy Globe Award (www.energyglobe.info) was created in 1999 by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann and is currently being organized in about 180 countries, being the world’s most important for solutions in energy saving and environmental protection.
About E.ON Romania
E.ON entered Romania in 2005, when it took over the former state-owned gas and electricity companies. Companies in the E.ON Group structure currently operate a natural gas distribution network over 21.650 km long, respectively an electricity distribution network of over 81.500 kilometers and operates in 20 counties in the middle of North of the country, with about 3,1 million customers. Over the past 11 years, E.ON has invested over 1,4 billion euros in Romania.