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6th Annual Flex Your Power Awards Winners Honored on December 15th, 2008

This year's award winners have saved more than $227 million, 1.5 billion kilowatt hours, 122 billion gallons of water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1.3 billion pounds.

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Award Winners

Flex Your Power Award winners will be:

  • Recognized at Flex Your Power's annual awards ceremony
  • Highlighted in Flex Your Power's online media placements
  • Showcased on Flex Your Power's website
  • Featured in Flex Your Power's e-Newswire and Power Plug Blog
  • Considered for inclusion in Flex Your Power's best practices guides, which showcase leaders in energy efficiency and conservation

Award Categories

  1. Energy Efficiency – Efforts to reduce total energy (electricity and/or natural gas) consumption through the installation of energy-efficient equipment, lighting and/or appliances or through the completion of energy-efficient building retrofits or new construction projects.

  2. Media and Education - Educational efforts or media coverage that has positively impacted energy efficiency and/or demand response activities.
  3. Innovative Products and/or Services - Developing and/or widely offering new and effective products or services that promote energy efficiency and/or demand response.

  4. Peak Demand Response – Efforts to reduce “peak” power consumption by shedding or shifting electricity demand.

  5. Water Conservation/Efficiency – Efforts to conserve water through conservation, water recycling and other efforts. Conserving water also conserves energy as 19% of California's electricity goes to pumping, moving and treating water.

Project Type

Applications will be compared based on project type (if applicable).

  • Commercial Building: Large, Small
  • Industrial/Manufacturing Facility: Large, Small
  • Restaurant/Food Service/Hospitality
  • Architect/Builder/Contractor
  • Institutional (School, University, Hospital)
  • Governmental (Local, Regional, State, Federal, Military)
  • Agricultural/Water
  • Other

Qualifying Activities and Selection Criteria

The selection committee will consider factors such as:

  • Energy savings (i.e., electricity, natural gas)
  • Water savings (e.g., pumping and treating water is California's single largest user of electricity)
  • Environmental benefits (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions reduction)
  • Ongoing commitment, comprehensiveness and effectiveness
  • Innovation and/or unique approach (e.g., design and building management solutions, use of new technology, strategy or financing)
  • Cost savings

Award Eligibility

  • Previous award winners may reapply each year under different categories and in the same category every third year.
  • Programs funded by Public Goods Charge money are NOT eligible, although the clients that participate in these programs are.
  • At least a portion of each applicant's measures or programs must have occurred in 2007 or 2008.
  • Investor-owned and municipal utilities may apply only for efforts undertaken in their own facilities.

Selection Committee

  • Award applications will be reviewed, and winners selected, by a committee of leaders and experts from the public and private sectors.

How to Apply

  • To be considered for an award, all applicants must submit a completed online application and a narrative that summarizes each project or activity.
  • In addition to the application and 750 word narrative, you may upload up to five pages of support material. Such material may include graphic presentations, brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, testimonials, or other project materials.
  • Faxed or mailed applications and materials will not be accepted.

Submission Deadline

All applications in their entirety as well as supporting materials must be received (submitted online) no later than Friday, October 17, 2008. (Extended by one week).

Questions

  • For application or eligibility questions, please review the Frequently Asked Questions page or send an email to info@fypower.org.
  • For trouble with online submissions and file uploads, please email info@fypower.org.