Those who have initiatives or ideas in the field of energy efficiency and environmental protection are invited to register on www.energyglobe.ro. The winners of the five categories will receive important prizes awarded by the competition partners.
The deadline for registering projects and ideas in the field of energy efficiency and environmental protection in the E.ON Energy Globe Award 2017 was extended from May 31 to June 16 to allow as many owners of such initiatives to enter the contest.
The competition is open to any natural or legal person in Romania, such as communes, municipalities, trade companies, scientific and research institutions, state organizations, non-governmental organizations, schools or universities.
In order to compete, projects or initiatives must be listed on www.energyglobe.ro. These will be grouped into five categories: Companies, Municipalities, Do it yourself, Youth and Ideas. If projects in different phases are eligible in the first four categories, only those initiatives or ideas not yet implemented will be included in the fifth category.
Winning projects for each category will be rewarded with valuable prizes, promoted, and enjoy a broad public interest. Their selection and evaluation will be carried out by an independent jury of renowned specialists and the awards will be handed at a Gala organized in October in Bucharest. The grand winner will qualify for the international Energy Globe Award.
The institutional partners of this year’s edition of the E.ON Energy Globe Award Romania are the Polytechnic University of Bucharest – the Faculty of Power Engineering, the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. The project is also supported by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Environment.
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 almost two decades, is organized in Romania by E.ON since 2016. At its first edition, more than 150 projects were registered in the E.ON Energy Globe Award competition, and the Grand Prize was 10,000 Euros. Details of the finalists and winners can be found on www.energyglobe.ro, as well as on the Facebook page of the competition. The Energy Globe Award (www.energyglobe.info) was created by the Austrian energy pioneer Wolfgang Neumann in 1999 and is currently being organized in about 180 countries, being the world’s most important energy saving solution 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, an electricity distribution network of over 81,500 kilometers and carry out activities in 20 counties located halfway North of the country, with about 3.1 million customers. In the past 11 years, E.ON has invested over 1.4 billion euros in Romania. Join the E.ON Energy Globe Award Romania 2017 competition until June 16!