ENERGY GLOBE Winners 2007

11 April 2007
ENERGY GLOBE Winners 2007

For the first time a TV-Show took place at and was broadcast from the European Parliament in Brussels. Reason for this “miracle”: the ENERGY GLOBE Award.

Subsequently this event also emphasized the sustained efforts of the European Parliament to achieve its ambitious goals in regard to energy efficiency and climate change.

732 projects from 96 countries were submitted in the categories Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth. Under the Chairmanship of Maneka Ghandi, an Indian environmentalist and politician, the international Jury awarded the projects.

The 1st prizes:

Category Earth

John Maina from Kenya for implementing solar energy ovens for drying vegetables and fruits. Thus local farmers are able to increase their harvest by 50% without harming the environment.

Category Fire

The UNEP Risoe Center and the Risoe National Laboratory Denmark for launching a four-year plan for establishing over 16000 solar homes in India together with Danish support and local Indian funding.

Category Water

Jerry M. Brownstein for developing a very effective waste water treatment, using a special water filter, made of recycled plastics for gaining drinking water from waste water.

Category Air

Reindert Augustijn for inventing small Biogas plants helping to reduce annual CO2 emissions up to 54000 tons and role models for another 150000 plants.

Category Youth

University of Art/Linz for inventing a new solar passive house in South Africa, which is able to provide an indoor temperature level of 20 degrees independently from outdoor temperature using a natural air condition system.

National Award

National Award went to the host country Belgium for sensitively changing a historical old private house into an energy saving building.

ENERGY GLOBE Founder Wolfgang Neumann: "The awarded projects are excellent role models to the whole world! If we don't blame others and start taking action, all goals to protect the environment are within reach!"

MORE ABOUT WINNERS

The environmentalist is supported by celebrities from all over the world:

Hollywood-star Martin Sheen, film director Emilio Estevez, author and Waris Dirie, pop singer Robin Gibb, star violinist Nigel Kennedy, the Indian environmentalist Maneka Ghandi and the President of the European Parliament Mr. Hans-Gert Poettering.

The award's presentation show is broadcast by the German tv network 3Sat (on TV: Sunday, 15 April, 11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m., moderation: Mrs. Desiré Nosbusch. The gala will be broadcast by international tv stations throughout the world and can be seen by a record number of 3,4 billion tv viewers around the world.

Energy Globe Award - World Award for Sustainability

The Energy Globe Award was initiated in 1999 by the Austrian Mr. Wolfgang Neumann (r.) and is today the world's most prestigious environmental prize honouring each year in the frame work of a television gala projects from all around the world, which contribute to use our resources sustainably or apply renewables.

This year about 700 projects from 96 countries apply for the Award. Apart from the international Energy Globe Award's presentation ceremony, national awards are presented in these countries.

The submitted projects demonstrate impressively that there are many practicable solutions for most of our environmental problems, they need however to be much more promoted.

Ing. Wolfgang Neumann (ENERGY GLOBE founder) (l.), Dr. Paul Rübig (MEP), Maneka Gandhi, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Angelika Niebler (ITRE chairwoman), before press conference.