Winners in 2006
Category | Country/region | Organisation | Award-winning work |
---|---|---|---|
Food | India | VK-Nardep | Adding value to the residue from biogas plants |
Food | India | Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) | Compact digester for producing biogas from food waste |
Food | Cambodia | Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités(GERES) | Commercialisation of efficient charcoal stoves in Cambodia |
Enterprise | India | International Development Enterprises, India (IDEI) | Treadle pumps for improved agricultural productivity |
Light | Bangladesh | Rahimafrooz Batteries Ltd | Local production of components for solar home systems |
Light | Bangladesh | Grameen Shakti | Promotion and microfinance of solar home systems for rural households in Bangladesh |
Light | Sri Lanka | SEEDS | Micro-finance provides solar lighting to homes in rural Sri Lanka |
Health and Welfare | China | Shaanxi Mothers | Fuel, compost and sanitation from biogas in rural China |
Health and Welfare | Mexico | Grupo Interdisciplinario de TecnologĂa Rural Apropiada (GIRA) | Clean and efficient cookstoves bringing health benefits in rural Mexico |
Special Africa Award | Tanzania | Mwanza Rural Housing Programme (MRHP) | Using agricultural residues to fire high-quality bricks for low-cost housing |
Special Africa Award | Southern Africa | Aprovecho Research Centre | Commercialisation of Rocket Stoves for institutional cooking in Southern Africa |
Renewable Electricity | UK | Good Energy | Home Generation: rewarding local renewable electricity generators |
Renewable Electricity | UK | Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) | Solar villages in Huddersfield |
Renewable Heat | UK | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) | District heating from local tree waste |
Renewable Heat | UK | BioRegional Development Group | 'TreeStations': establishing a local supply of wood-chip from waste |
Energy Efficiency | UK | Gloucestershire Warm and Well | Widespread improvements in energy efficiency and comfort |
Energy Efficiency | UK | Energy Audit Company (EAC) | Cavity wall insulation for all |
Schools | UK | Eastchurch Primary School | Good energy housekeeping |
Schools | UK | Cassop Primary School | Sustainable energy in schools |
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