EL Announces Best Products and Projects Award Winners

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).