Presentation of the Energy Efficiency Award 2022

Source: Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) , November 15 2022

The German Energy Agency (dena) yesterday awarded the Energy Efficiency Award (EEA) for the 16th time in a row, this year under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck. Outstanding technological successes and ambitious approaches to the transformation of the energy system were awarded. The prize is endowed with a total of 30,000 euros.

Since 2007, dena has been awarding innovative and creative companies that increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases with their projects and concepts. At yesterday's award ceremony at the dena Energy Transition Congress in Berlin, Dr. Patrick Graichen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), Dr. Philipp Tilleßen, Director of Product Management at KfW, and Andreas Kuhlmann, Chairman of dena's Executive Board, presented the five winners with their prizes.

These five companies received the Energy Efficiency Award 2022

The participating companies had applied in four different categories. In the category "Think big! Complex Energy Transition Projects," two prizes were awarded: One to small and medium-sized companies, the other to a large company. The winners in the "Concepts for a climate-neutral future" category were selected by the public in a pitch. The winners in the respective categories are:

Think Big! Complex energy transition projects

• The BSH Hausgeräte GmbH at the Dillingen an der Donau site for innovations in core metal processing processes to reduce natural gas and electricity consumption

• The building services company Josef Küpper Söhne GmbH for the holistic self-energy supply using hydrogen

From clever to digital! The range of energy efficiency

• The Daimler Truck AG for the energetic optimization of a cupola furnace and ventilation systems

To achieve more together! Energy services as an enabler of the energy transition

• The AGO GmbH Energie + Anlagen, GEA Refrigeration Germany GmbH and Stadtwerke Neuburg a. d. Donau for the development and use of a high-temperature heat pump with natural refrigerants

Concepts for a climate-neutral future! Ambitious climate protection targets, holistic transformation approaches and climate-friendly products

• The SCHOTT AG for the central component of the Group's strategy to become climate-neutral by 2030 and the development of climate-neutral smelting technologies

Further information Around the Energy Efficiency Award 2022 can be found here.