Watt d'Or

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The Watt d'Or is an award for exceptional performance in the energy sector in Switzerland. The prize is awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy .

background

The Watt d'Or was launched by the Federal Office of Energy in 2006 and has been awarded annually at the beginning of January since then. The prize is not endowed , which is why there are no winners or prize money for any of the awarded projects, organizations or people.

With the award, the SFOE honors innovative projects and concepts that help shape Switzerland's energy future. Specifically, projects are to be awarded that permanently increase the share of renewable energies and curb the increase in total energy consumption. In 2020 the event took place for the thirteenth time, in 2017 there was no award ceremony.

aims

With the award, the Federal Office is pursuing the goal of drawing attention to projects that are exemplary in terms of Swiss energy policy .

  • The award-winning projects, organizations and people should be made known to the public.
  • The winners serve as "best practice" and thus as an orientation for future projects.
  • The courage to innovate should be encouraged.
  • There are future trends identified and the objectives of the Swiss energy policy are common.

criteria

In order to be awarded, the projects must:

  1. have been realized in the previous year's period,
  2. have an innovative character and show noticeable progress compared to the previous state of the art,
  3. offer a clear energy benefit with regard to the goals of Swiss energy policy and society, and
  4. be comprehensible for the general public.

Categories

The Watt d'Or is awarded in four categories (as of 2018):

  1. Energy technologies
  2. Renewable energy
  3. Energy efficient mobility
  4. Building and space

The Federal Office of Energy awards a special prize for excellent services that cannot be clearly categorized. For example in 2018 in the field of energy efficiency. Until 2014 there was also the category Society.

jury

The SFOE appoints an expert jury for each category. In 2019 the jury consists of:

winner

year Energy technologies Renewable energy Energy efficient mobility Building and space special price society
2020 ZHAW-IEFE , Schmid Hutter AG Winterthur and Meyer Orchideen AG Regio Energie Solothurn Two prizes:
Viktor Meili AG
Designwerk Products AG		 ETH Zurich - -
2019 DEPsys SA and IBB Energie AG dhp technology AG and IBC Energie Wasser Chur BLS AG and University of Basel Habitat Foundation and ADEV Energy Cooperative Special Transition Award : Empa , Eawag and dransfeldarchitekten ag -
2018 EKZ and Schréder Swiss SA Paul Scherrer Institute and Energy 360 ° ABB , Carrosserie HESS AG , tpg , Services Industriels de Genève (SIG), OPI Dietrich Schwarz Architects AG SIG and energo -
2017 - - - - - -
2016 Elektroplan Buchs & Grossen AG and ElektroLink AG Designergy SA SBB AG Swisscom AG and Ernst Basler + Partner Coop Group / Migros Groupe E
2015 SUPSI Swisscom AG Zurich University of Applied Sciences and RZintegral AG Carrosserie HESS AG and IDSC Swiss Foundation for Social Tourism (SSST) , civic community Saas-Fee and Steinmann and Schmid Architects Lucerne University of Applied Sciences hotelleriesuisse Graubünden and Gustav Lorenz
2014 Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG glass2energy sa ETH Zurich e4plus AG - Swiss Textile Care Association VTS
2013 Joulia SA Rieter AG - PostBus Switzerland Credit Suisse / Green Datacenter AG SIG
2012 Rade de Genève Biomass Center Spiez System-Alpenluft AG Romantik Hotel Muottas Muragl Energy pioneer Walter Schmid City of St. Gallen
2011 Sustainable vegetable production with waste heat from waste incineration plants Dr. Bertrand Piccard Belenos Clean Power AG Stücki IWB Powerbox Solar Impulse SIG
2010 Gasverbund Mittelland AG SwissFarmerPower Inwil AG ETH Zurich Viridén + Partner AG - Gordola (TI)
2009 Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (AG) and Vienna University of Technology Rhônéole SA Biketec AG (today's name: FLYER AG) Allreal Generalunternehmung AG Ernst Schweizer AG St. Gallen Rhine Valley Association
2008 Tegra Wood & Energy AG Tegra Wood & Energy AG Eurobus Group and Carrosserie Hess AG Viridén + Partner AG / Conrad Lutz Architecte Sàrl Josef Jenni Energy City Coldrerio (TI)
2007 EAWAG Forum Chriesbach Elektra Baselland (EBL) Association “To protect the Alpine region from transit traffic” / ETH Zurich Renggli AG / Department of Construction and Environment of the Canton of Glarus - Cudrefin02 Foundation / Energy City of Lausanne

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office of Energy: [{ https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/de/home/das-bfe/watt-d-or.html Watt d'Or] accessed on February 21, 2018
  2. ↑ Criteria and categories website of the SFOE, accessed on February 21, 2018
  3. ↑ Swisspower: Press release (January 11, 2018)
  4. ↑ Jury members Watt d'Or website of the SFOE, accessed on February 21, 2018
  5. ↑ Winner of the Watt d'Or , SFOE website, accessed on January 9, 2020
  6. ↑ Federal Office of Energy awards the Swiss Watt d'Or 2020 Energy Prize , press release, accessed on January 9, 2020
  7. ↑ The Swiss Federal Office of Energy is awarding the Watt d'Or Swiss Energy Prize for the twelfth time , press release, accessed on January 11, 2019
  8. ↑ EKZ receives price for traffic-monitoring light in Urdorf , view online from January 11, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2018
  9. ↑ Watt d'Or for more efficient biogas methods from Aargau SRF online from January 11, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2018
  10. ↑ Ten years of Watt d'Or lignum online from January 7, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2018
  11. ↑ The water vortex power plant is now called «Dr. Bertrand Piccard » , Haustechnik from September 28, 2010, accessed on February 21, 2018