Sustainia Award

• Sustainia Award

Sustainia Award is an annual international award given to a solution, technology or project with a significant potential to help build a more sustainable future. From our list of 100 sustainable solutions, Sustainia100, an award committee led by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reviews and selects a winner to be announced at the grand Sustainia Award Ceremony in Copenhagen every fall. Sustainia invites everyone to have their say, review the solutions and cast votes for the most inspiring solution. The solution with most votes will receive Sustainia Community Award. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to take part in the voting.    

Azuri Technologies Sustainia Award Winner

British Azuri Technologies won Sustainia Award 2012 for their Indigo solar solution tailored to the developing world. The technology allows off-grid residents to install small solar panels in their homes paid for with scratch-cards. The pay-as-you-go business model has a great potential for supplying low-income families throughout the developing world with clean, low-cost electricity. More than 6,000 families in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and South Sudan have already adopted the Azuri solution. Website Facebook

Chicago Lakeside Community Award Winner

Community Award winner 2012 was a city development project truly designed for the citizens. The plans for new Chicago neighborhood Lakeside offers easy access to public transportation; compact neighborhoods; and integrated clean energy technology with the latest innovation in water and solid waste management. Once implemented, the neighborhood will use district heating and cooling powered by the sun, wind and biomass. Though the solution has site-specific characteristics, the “DNA” of the solutions is fully transferable to other cities.

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