Summaries of the 2004 Climate Protection Award

Winner's Accomplishments

### **CORPORATE & GOVERNMENTAL AWARDS**

**Interface, Inc.**

Interface's quest to move toward sustainability and the introduction of
100 percent climate neutral products have turned the company into a
leader in climate protection. Interface has publicly committed to reduce
nonrenewable energy use per unit of production by 15 percent and to have
10 percent of its total energy supplied by renewable energy by 2005.
Through energy efficiency and renewable energy, the company has reduced
its CO~2~ emissions by 46 percent (absolute basis) in manufacturing
operations since 1996. The Interface manufacturing process is
responsible for only ten percent of the lifecycle emissions from its
carpets, but Interface offers customers the opportunity to offset the
lifetime climate impacts with its Cool Carpet^TM^ Option, certified by
the Climate Neutral Network.

# Turbocor

The Turbocor compressor delivers 30% plus better overall fuel efficiency
in the important mid-sized AC market. The "Oil-Free" design utilizing
magnetic bearings and an onboard computer provides the very highest
degree of documented sustainability. The compressor minimizes the use of
natural resources with a one fifth the weight and only 2 amps startup
power compared to 500 to 600 amps for traditional compressor technology.
Low start-up power allows customers to better use wind and other
renewable and distributed power options---further reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and improving local air quality. This 21^st^ century
breakthrough technology is good both for business [and]{.underline} the
environment.

**China Certification Center for Energy Conservation Products (CECP)**

CECP was established in 1998 to serve as China's authoritative agency
for voluntary certification and labeling of energy-efficient products.
In its first five years, CECP has issued 21 product labels and
commissioned the first household survey of standby energy use. They
ensure integration of the best global labeling principles by working
with international organizations such as the International Energy
Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation. CECP plans to aid China's federal government with
energy efficiency procurement. It is estimated that by 2014, product
labeling will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 27 million tons
of CO2 equivalent.

**New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)**

NYSERDA is a leader in the development of energy programs that
simultaneously promote economic development and environmental
protection. In the last five years, its New York Energy \$mart^SM^
program has successfully invested over \$315 million in energy services,
market transformation, technical assistance, low-income energy
affordability and energy research and development. This investment led
to annual emissions reductions of 820,000 tons of CO~2~, with annual
co-benefits of more than 980 Giga-watt hours of electricity savings and
energy bill reductions of \$140 million. It also created or retained
4,500 jobs and led to reductions of 1,000 tons of nitrous oxides and
1,600 tons of sulfur dioxide. The New York Energy \$mart^SM^ Keep Cool
Bounty Program paid a \$75 bounty to more than 160,000 consumers who
replaced their old, inefficient, room air conditioner with an ENERGY
STARair conditioner.

# City of San Diego, California

The goal of the Sustainable Community Program is to "create a City
worthy of affection for many generations to come." Success is measured
in two ways: 1) through a series of City Council-approved indicators;
and 2) through implementation of a Climate Protection Action Plan.
Highlights are energy efficiency and renewable energy, alternative
vehicles and fuels, Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and public
outreach and education. Between 1994 and 2001, energy efficiency
measures have avoided approximately 174,000 tons of carbon dioxide with
the goal to reduce greenhouse gases 15% below 1990 levels by 2010.
Sustainability indicators measure the progress of City programs and the
collective impact of individuals. These indicators have been
incorporated into the City's General Plan, which is a broad framework
for how the City will develop over the next 20 years.

# City and County of San Francisco, California

San Francisco will achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
20 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2012 through investments
financed by the landmark \$100 million bond initiative passed by voters
in 2001 to finance solar panels, energy efficiency upgrades and wind
turbines for public facilities. The bonds are fully repaid from energy
savings alone with climate and air quality improvements at no additional
cost. Some of this bond money has been used to support a pilot
electricity generation project that uses energy from tides. In 18
months, the City's Power Savers program has helped small businesses
achieve annual energy savings of 24 million kilowatt hours---enough to
power 12,000 homes. Furthermore, San Francisco has reduced landfill
methane emissions by diverting 52 percent of their solid waste and is
working to achieve zero waste by 2020 through a network of waste
prevention, reuse and recycling programs.

# European Commission Fluorinated Gas Team

The European Commission Mobile Air Conditioning Fluorinated Gas Team of
Matti Vainio, Damien Meadows and Phil Callaghan collaborated with
regulators, industry, and non-governmental organizations around the
world in crafting a proposal for the phaseout of HFC-134a in motor
vehicle air conditioning that balances the daunting technical challenges
against the environmental imperative. The proposed regulation provides
incentives for early reduction in HFC-134a emissions and for the first
introduction of alternative technology. It also allows necessary time
for the development, testing, and selection of both carbon dioxide and
HFC-152a systems and incorporates regulatory flexibility of trading with
quotas during the phase-out of HFC-134a, exemptions, and fees. This
elegant regulation was possible because the EC openly shared its goals
and solicited the advice of global technical experts on technical and
logistical feasibility and on what incentives would be most effective in
securing early action.

### **INDIVIDUAL AWARDS**

# Mayor David B. Cohen of Newton, Massachusetts

Mayor Cohen is one of the most outspoken climate protection leaders in
the Northeast. He led Newton to join the Cities for Climate Protection
Campaign in 1999 and to establish the Newton Sunergy Committee in 2000.
The following year, he revitalized the Newton Citizens Commission on
Energy and commissioned the Newton Energy Action Plan with a target of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by seven percent below 1998 levels by
2010. Under his leadership, the city updated all traffic lights with
light emitting diodes (LEDs) in 1999, became a major wind power
purchaser, hosted the Race to Stop Global Warming and performed
electricity retrofits on over 30 city buildings and schools. In 2003,
Mayor Cohen restructured city government by creating a director of
environmental affairs position, a sustainability committee and a solar
energy coordinator.

**Harry Kauffman, HK Energy Consulting Inc.**

For the past 14 years, Harry Kauffman was the executive director for
energy and fire policy management at Johnson & Johnson, where he helped
build the company reputation as a leader in energy and greenhouse gas
management. Johnson & Johnson was among the first U.S. companies to set
an absolute corporate-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal, to
become charter--partners with EPA voluntary programs, and to purchase
green power and install solar photovoltaic cells at its manufacturing
facilities. Mr. Kauffman has been a featured speaker and corporate
advocate of climate protection leadership. He will now apply his
successful environmental philosophy and approach to other companies
through his new energy consulting firm.

**Julia Martinez, Instituto Nacional de Ecología**

For more than 10 years Ms. Martinez has been manager and technical
expert in the Mexican government for national studies on the subject of
climate change. Under her collaboration, Mexico was the first non-Annex
1 Party to submit an academic national action plan with specific
measures to mitigate climate change under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) Second National Communication. She
also co-coordinated publication of "Mexico´s Advances with Regard to
Climate Change 2001-2002." Ms. Martinez also led Mexico to establish a
National greenhouse gas inventory and reporting system that complies
with the requirements for Annex 1 Parties. Her insight, dedication,
integrity and effectiveness are evident in her leadership of the
Integrated Environmental Strategies Program in Mexico. Since early 2002,
she has helped built its capacity to strategically develop studies that
could support sound policy measures that reduce local air pollution and
greenhouse gases in the Mexico City Metropolitan area. She has also been
a member of the Consultative Group of Experts on Non- Annex I
Communications to the UNFCCC since 1999.

### **ASSOCIATION & TEAM AWARDS**

# Electrical Inverter Air Conditioning System Team

Denso Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries
Corporation developed the electrical inverter air conditioning system
that provides cooling for the new Toyota Prius during 'idle stop' when
the engine shuts down to save fuel and reduce emissions. It is estimated
that up to 19% (in summer conditions) of total fuel use and emissions
occur when vehicles are stopped. Drivers of other hybrid vehicles often
defeat idle stop in order to run conventional air conditioners while
stopped in traffic. The Denso integrated electric motor air conditioning
system achieves a 40 percent size reduction, a 53 percent mass
reduction, and a 25 percent reduction in refrigerant leakage over
traditional compressors. The electrical inverter air conditioning system
is an essential technology for the market expansion of hybrid and fuel
cell vehicles and can be applied to conventional vehicles with idle
stop.

**SF~6~ Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry and
The International Magnesium Association**

In 1999, the U.S. magnesium industry, International Magnesium
Association, and EPA launched a voluntary partnership to better
understand and reduce emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF~6~), a very
potent greenhouse gas that has been used in the magnesium industry for
more than 25 years. The Partnership has reduced SF~6~ emissions
intensity by more than 40 percent from 1999 to 2002 through promotion of
technically feasible and economically attractive actions. By optimizing
equipment designs and operation and improving SF~6~ gas management
practices, the industry reaps both economic and environmental benefits.
In February 2003, the partnership and the International Magnesium
Association added their support to President Bush\'s Climate VISION
initiative by announcing their commitment to eliminate SF~6~ emissions
by year-end 2010. Partners include Acme Die Casting, Advanced Magnesium
Alloys Corporation, Chicago White Metal Casting, Consolidated Foundries,
CONTECH Metal Forge Division of SPX Corporation, Del Mar Die Casting,
Diversified Diemakers, Hyatt Die Cast & Engineering, Lunt Manufacturing,
Meridian Magnesium Aluminum Corporation, Magnesium Products of America,
Northern Diecast, Product Technologies, Spartan Light Metal Products,
Twin City Die Castings, and US Magnesium.