Green Awards

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA-- Based on its recent analysis of the Building Intelligence Solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Activelogix LLC with the 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement.

WASHINGTON-—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International the 2010 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. BOMA, first recognized with the Partner of the Year Award in 2007, is the only real estate association to receive this honor for four consecutive years. BOMA’s accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2010.

ANN ARBOR, MI-- Enertia, a team of three University of Michigan graduate students with a plan to harness vibrations to power small electronics, won the top prize of $50,000 in the 2009-2010 Clean Energy Prize business plan competition.

HERSHEY, PA -- Pennsylvania American Water has announced the application process is now open for its 2010 Environmental Grant Program to support innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds and community drinking water supplies.

LEHIGH VALLEY, PA--Air Products has been awarded the Rushlight Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Award for its innovative Series 100 Hydrogen Fueling Station technology. The technology, which is helping break down barriers to the development of the hydrogen economy, clearly fit the Award's aims of promoting and celebrating leading environmental technologies in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland.

VIENNA, VA-- Home Properties, Inc. has announced its newly constructed apartment community, The Courts at Huntington Station in Alexandria, Virginia, has been presented a Land Conservation Award by the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.

HERNDON, VA--Volkswagen of America's 2.0-liter four-cylinder TDI® Clean Diesel engine has been selected by Ward's Automotive Group as one of the "10 Best Engines" for 2010. Presented at a special ceremony during last month's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the 16th-annual list represents the only awards program in North America to recognize engine excellence.

BALTIMORE-- Baltimore's Green Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott--blocks from the Inner Harbor--will receive a Special Accomplishment Award from the United States Green Building Council, Maryland Chapter at the group's 5th annual awards ceremony this week.

INDIANAPOLIS--SustainableGrocer.com is pleased to announce that Costco has been selected as the 2009 Sustainable Grocer of the Year.

ST. LOUIS, MO-- Peabody Energy has announced the company has earned dual honors from the Indiana Society of Mining and Reclamation. Peabody's Francisco Surface Mine in Gibson County, IN, earned the 2009 Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award for exceptional environmental achievements.