Energy Efficiency Award 2012 Honours Pioneering Industrial Companies

BERLIN, September 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

- German Energy Agency awards international prize to three innovative projects

To honour exemplary energy-efficiency projects in industry and production, Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) - the German Energy Agency - has awarded the Energy Efficiency Award 2012 to three pioneering companies. The first prize goes to HARTING, a manufacturer of connection technology, who is recognised for their holistic corporate strategy to systematically reduce their energy consumption. The second prize is awarded to the retail company famila-Handelsmarkt Kiel for the construction of an energy-efficient shopping centre. The supplier of measurement instrumentation Endress+Hauser Conducta received the third prize for the consistent energy optimization of their corporate headquarters. The Energy Efficiency Award 2012, with its total prize money of € 30,000, is organised by dena as part of its Initiative EnergieEffizienz campaign with the kind support of the premium partners DZ BANK AG, Imtech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and Siemens AG. The competition is held under the patronage of German Federal Minister of Economics Dr Philipp Rösler.

"Energy efficiency should become an integral part of any corporate strategy - for ecological and economic reasons. This year's winners show how it's done. Thanks to their systematic approach these companies have significantly reduced their energy costs and CO₂ emissions. This way they have substantially improved their competitiveness," commented Stephan Kohler, dena's Chief Executive.

Since 2007 dena has been giving the Energy Efficiency Award to recognize exemplary energy-efficiency projects in industry and trade. dena's Initative EnergieEffizienz campaign is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

Note to editors: Further information on the winning projects and images for editorial use can be found at http://www.stromeffizienz.de/presse.

Media contact:

Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - German Energy Agency, Juliane Kammer, Tel: +49-30-72-61-65-652, E-Mail: kammer@dena.de