OIT Times: OIT's Annual Awards: And the Winner is...

December 21, 2000

Expo is an exciting time to recognize and award outstanding contributors who join forces with OIT to increase energy efficiency and productivity for a better tomorrow. This year's Expo will feature the 2nd Annual OIT Partner- and Technology-of-the-Year awards. These award winners will be joined by OIT's first-ever Plant-of-the-Year award winner. Nominated individuals, technologies and plants and OIT's Awards Selection Panel members are listed in tables below.

OIT's Partner-of-the-Year exhibits extraordinary initiative and commitment to advancing the goals of IOF partnerships. He or she promotes and advances energy efficiency as a national goal above and beyond the needs of his/her organization or industry, and engages in innovative approaches to joint public-private partnerships. OIT's Partner-of-the-Year also demonstrates vision in outlook about the potential benefits of industry-government partnerships.

OIT's Technology-of-the-Year will go to an OIT-supported
technology that exhibits exceptional commercialization potential
and significant potential for energy efficiency improvement, economic benefit and/or environmental benefit. The winner will also exhibit considerable actual or potential widespread use in industry.

OITo3 Plant-of-the-Year will be based on documented energy savings from project(s) implemented during the qualification period. Among other factors that enter into the selection process for the new award include:

• the potential for replication of the technology within the plant, company and US manufacturing;
  
• the planto3 history of progressive efforts to reduce energy usage;
  
• its continuous improvement strategy for energy efficiency and related process and technology improvement opportunities;
  
• its project implementation plan, funding commitments, and on-going validation of completed projects.