May 18, 2007—The Carbon Trust recently announced its Carbon Trust/Daily Telegraph Innovation Awards 2007. Created to showcase the best in UK low carbon innovation, the awards recognize both private and public sector bodies that are pioneering innovative technologies and new ideas that help reduce carbon emissions.
Suffolk-based Adnams Brewery was chosen as the overall winner for embracing energy efficiency across its operations, from the building of a low carbon distribution center to the development of new energy-efficient manufacturing processes. The brewer has further reduced its carbon footprint by creating a new beer bottle—the lightest on the market, says Carbon Trust.
The 2007 winners are:
- Individual and small businesses award—Oxensis for its simultaneous temperature and pressure sensors, which will help improve the energy efficiency of cars, planes, and power stations;
- Energy efficiency: private sector award—Adnams for its all-encompassing approach to reducing carbon emissions, from a green distribution center to a new, lighter, lower-carbon beer bottle;
- Energy efficiency: public sector award—Aberdeen City Council for developing a climate change action plan. It is reportedly already ahead of this emissions reduction plan with the implementation of a range of measures including the use of more energy-efficient technologies and measures in procurement, design, and construction;
- Larger companies award—Wright Group for its development of practical hybrid buses, some of which have been in operation in London since early 2006; and
- Academic institutions—London South Bank University for its revolutionary cooling system at Victoria station that uses one of the capital’s natural resources—rising underground water. Using this system reportedly reduces the need for energy-intensive cooling systems.
For more information on the awards or this year’s awardees, visit Carbon Trust.
