Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) introduced the Better Practice and Better Project awards to honor exceptional energy-efficiency solutions.
Charter Steel, Saint-Gobain, Johnson Controls, United Technologies, Nissan, and Harley-Davidson each received the Better Practice Award, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in implementing and promoting the practices, principles, and procedures of energy management in industry. The Better Project Award, which highlights achievements in implementing energy-efficiency projects at individual facilities, went to C.F. Martin & Company, Eastman Chemical Company, Ingersoll Rand, the Narragansett Bay Commission, and the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority.