The Energy Institute (EI)'s prestigious annual awards celebrate excellence and innovation in the international energy industry.

The shortlisted nominations for 2011 are...

Communication, sponsored by ReNews

• Camfil (Camfil Farr): ‘Low energy air filters' social media PR campaign

• Life Size Media (on behalf of AFC Energy): ‘Power of the Future’

• Magna Carta: Interactive energy efficiency stand

• McCann Erickson (on behalf of npower): ‘Giving business a voice’

• SuperHomes: ‘SuperHomes’ project

• Transform UK: Green Investment Bank campaign

Community Initiative, sponsored by Nexen

• E.ON UK: ‘Challenge 100’ - turning theory into action to eradicate fuel poverty

• Global Action Plan: E.ON environmental champions in schools

• Nigeria LNG: Bonny Vocational Institute

• Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha: Solar water farming

• Solar Electric Light Fund: Empowering women with solar irrigation

Energy Excellence, sponsored by Ninox Energy

• Ameresco Canada: City of Vancouver and Ameresco Canada - partners to reduce corporate emissions

• BAE Systems: Challenging the machine

• Beech Properties: Green property landlord Beech Properties pioneers the use of renewable energy

• Camfil (Camfil Farr): Corporate energy reduction programme CEASE

• LoHeat Homes: ‘No central heating homes’

• Red Engineering Design: Capgemini Merlin data centre, Swindon

• Wessex Water: Weymouth treatment works refurbishment

Environment, sponsored by E.ON

• AxiCom: Fuel cell black cab

• Bruichladdich Distillery: Whisky waste to distillery power

• Dalkia: Dairy Crest, Davidstow – first UK industrial biomass steam plant

• Ecopetrol: ‘Diáspora’ – a marine transformation alternative

• International Development Enterprise India: Energy efficient small plot irrigation using treadle pump and drip irrigation

• Red Engineering Design: The Red 20/20/20 programme for J Sainsbury

Individual Achievement, sponsored by Expert Alumni

• Eur Ing Robert Diamond CEng CEnv MEI, Ingleton Wood

• Dr Steven Fawkes CEng FEI, Matrix Corporate Capital

• Timothy Hill MEI, History of the Lubricants Industry in Britain

• Professor Tom James MEI, Navitas Resources

• Lee Summers GradEI, Alumet Renewable Technologies

• David Williams, Eco2

Innovation, sponsored by AMEC

• Costain: Costain carbon abatement technology innovation

• Daikin UK: Daikin Altherma flex type heat pump for multiple occupancy buildings

• Norland Managed Services: Energy matters training

• Red Engineering Design: The BladeRoom modular data centre system

• SuperHomes: WHISCERS – whole house in situ carbon and energy reduction solution

• WEMS International: Switch on to wireless energy management and switch off to rising energy costs

Safety, sponsored by Shell

• ABB Consulting: ABB/ExxonMobil asset closure project

• Aker Qserv: Leak metering system

• E.ON UK: Achieving safety through engineering – a cross business approach to process safety

• EDF Energy: Improving outage safety management

• Wincanton: Wincanton petroleum sector – delivering behavioural safety

Technology, sponsored by Energy Technologies Institute

• Acaster Blades: Blade heating servers

• ALE: ‘The Mega Jack’

• Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N): Enhancing community livelihood through improved water mill in Nepal

• FMC Technologies: FMC inline separator products

• Mott MacDonald: Stephentown flywheel energy storage plant

• Reliance Industries: Furnace efficiency improvement

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