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IDEA Award Winners
System of the Year Award
Given annually, the System of The Year Award is the top honor
IDEA can confer on a district energy system. It recognizes an
exemplary district energy system providing high-level
performance and service that further the goals of the district
energy industry. In 2009, in honor of its 100th anniversary,
IDEA will feature all past winners of the award and will not
announce a new winner for 2009. The competition will resume in
2010.
IDEA's
2008 recipient of the System Of The Year Award is
Northwind Phoenix
Below are previous winners:
Norman R. Taylor Award
The
Norman R. Taylor Award is IDEA's tribute to its "person
of the year." The award is the top honor IDEA can confer
on an individual, recognizing that person's lifetime achievements
and contributions to the district heating and cooling industry.
The
award's namesake, Norman R. Taylor, was IDEA's president from
1977 to 1978, a turbulent time for the energy industry. Employed
by Baltimore Gas and Electric for several decades, he retired
in 1980 and became IDEA's (then known as the International
District Heating Association) executive director. Taylor set
up the association's first office in Washington, D.C. and
established the group's ties with the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Energy. He
was known for boldly setting goals, preparing for the future
and treating individuals with genuine kindness. He passed
away in 1986.
IDEA's
2008 recipient of the Norm Taylor Award is David Toombs,
Citizens Thermal Energy.
Past
award winners are the following:
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Anders Rydaker, District
Energy St. Paul
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Robert Thornton, International
District Energy Association
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Joel Greene, Jennings, Strouss
& Salmon
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James Young, Seattle Steam Company
- Ray DuBose, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Monica Westerlund,
Westerlund Communications
- Mark
Spurr, FVB Energy, Inc.
- Richard
Morgan, P.E., Consolidated Edison of New York
- Anthony
Mirabella, The Energy Network
- Richard
L. Mayer, NRG Energy Center San Francisco (then known as
San Francisco Thermal)
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William P. Goodwin, NRG Energy Center Harrisburg (then known
as Harrisburg Steam Works Ltd)
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Michael E. McKay, Princeton University
- Jack
Kattner, Kattner/FVB District Energy
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Tom Casten, then with Trigen Energy Corp.
- Hans
Nyman, District Energy St. Paul
- Jim
Barnes, Central Heat Distribution Co.
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Ken Linwick, NRG Energy Center Minneapolis (then known as
Minneapolis Energy Center)
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Wyndham Clarke, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Carl Avers, Thermal Ventures
- Ishai
Oliker, Joseph Technology Corp.
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John Gray, then with Grace Dearborn Inc.
20/20
Vision Award
In recognition of his long-term
commitment to IDEA and, in particular, the Campus Forum,
Ray DuBose of the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill received the
20/20 Vision Award reflecting his participation in all 20 of
IDEA’s 20 Campus Energy Conferences held through 2007. The award
also recognizes his 20/20 vision for the association. DuBose
chaired the board that implemented IDEA's transition to
self-performing management in 2000.
IDEA
Unsung Hero Award
The Unsung Hero Award
recognizes an IDEA member who has performed above and beyond the
call
of duty on behalf of the industry and the association, without
requiring or seeking recognition for his or her efforts.
The winner for 2008 was Cliff Braddock,
Austin Energy.
District Energy Space Awards
Public Sector Leadership Award IDEA's
Public Sector Leadership Award is given annually to the public
entity or individual deemed by the association to have demonstrated
public leadership in the energy field.
Past
Public Sector Leadership Award recipients include the following:
- Robert D. Brenner, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
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Honorable Harry Reid, Senator (D-Nevada)
- Michael
Wiggin, Government
of Canada
- John
DeVillars, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
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Federico Peña, then U.S. Secretary of Energy
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Katheryn Shields, county executive for Jackson County, Mo.
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Therman Davis, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
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Maureen Ogden, New Jersey Assemblywoman
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R. Gordon Bloomquist, formerly Washington State Energy Office,
now Washington State University Energy Program
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Fred Strnisa, New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority
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Michael Wiggin, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
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Mayor George Latimer, St. Paul, Minn.
- Mayor
Arthur Holland, Trenton, N.J.
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