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European Solar Prize 2009 EUROSOLAR European Solar Prize 2009 Laureates of the European Solar Prize 2009 Created by EUROSOLAR in 1994 the European Solar Prize has since rewarded towns, companies, individuals, architects and also organisations for outstanding service rendered to renewable energy utilization and applications every year. The recipients are celebrated for exemplary contributions, excellence, innovation, initiative and commitment. This year’s European Solar Prize is awarded in the following subject categories: Cities, municipalities and municipal utilities • Morbach / Germany • Geovest S.r.l. / Italy Industrial and commercial companies or farmers • KWB – Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH / Austria Owners or users of installations utilizing renewable energy • grab architekten ag / Switzerland Local or regional associations promoting renewable energy projects • Terra Foundation / Spain • DAÇE – East Mediterranean Environmental Association / Turkey Media • “Here Comes the Sun” – Rob van Hattum / Netherlands One-world cooperation • Solartaxi / Switzerland • INFORSE-Europe / Denmark Special achievement prize for outstanding individual commitment • Claude Turmes / Luxembourg • Dr Wolfhart Dürrschmidt / Germany A judging panel made up of experienced experts has chosen the winners from nearly 100 applications. Its members are: Philippe Bovet, France; Gallus Cadonau, Switzerland; Wolfgang Hein, Austria; Rosa Hemmers, Germany; Wanda Kleihues van Tol, architect; Henri Kox, Luxembourg; Dr Preben Maegaard, Denmark; Dr Wolfgang Palz, WCRE; Dr Josep Puig, Spain; Francesca Sartogo, Italy; Dr Hermann Scheer, MdB; Milan Smrz, Czech Republic; Dr Ingrid Wagner, Austria; Olaf Weber, KfW Bankengruppe; Prof Dr Tanay Sidki Uyar, Turkey; Irm Pontenagel, Germany EUROPEAN SOLAR PRIZE 2009 Morbach / Germany Cities, municipalities or municipal utilities around the world who come to see its energy produc - tion landscape every year. An information centre and The Morbach way of going an “energy educational trail” are currently under con - energy self-sufficient struction. Morbach’s public buildings such as the school and the town hall are equipped with photovoltaic systems The community of Morbach has defined its mission too. A cadastral map to identify and analyse the roof - statement as follows: To be energy self-sufficient on top potential for solar energy use is in progress. The the basis of renewable energy by the year 2020 and planning for a local heat supply network to be fed by to cut CO 2 emissions by over 50 per cent as against a large wood-fired power plant and managed by a the year 2000. community-owned company has also taken definite shape. Together with partners in science and economy it has developed the concept and created the „Energy Land - The town’s consistent approach to involve local play - scape of Morbach“ on a former US munitions site. ers from different disciplines in the planning and rea - 14 wind turbines of 2 MW each, a field of 10,000 m² lisation of the variety of measures is exemplary. The photovoltaic plant and a biogas factory generate more unique “Energy Landscape of Morbach“ has achieved electricity there than the 11,000 community residents ecological and economic success and shows how require. The waste heat from the biogas factory, local communities can have a part in acting on cli - which is operated on renewable raw materials from mate change. the region, is used for drying woodchips, which then are transformed into pel - lets in a largely carbon Contact: neutral process. Morbach community Bahnhofstr. 19 The community of Mor - 54497 Morbach bach has succeeded in Germany attracting several thou - www.morbach.de sand visitors from all 3 EUROPEAN SOLAR PRIZE 2009 Geovest S.r.l. / Italy Cities, municipalities or municipal services citizens in financing and installing solar thermal de - vices and photovoltaic systems. It enables the resi - Cross-community projects in dents and companies in the 11 communities to install the field of renewable energy those systems at favourable prices. Two more projects have been started in order to in - crease energy efficiency. On the one hand, the plumb- Geovest S.r.l is a municipality-owned company with ing and heating systems of public buildings have been corporate headquarters in the Emilia-Romagna re - examined and replaced as necessary. On the other gion in northern Italy between the provinces of Bo - hand, a programme has been introduced to improve logna and Modena. Established at the end of 2002 as energy efficiency of public lighting. a community project by 11 communities, Geovest's main activity is urban waste management. The company takes action against climate change on a local level, involving as many stakeholders as poss- Recently, Geovest has expanded its scope of business ible and thus developing a portfolio of different in - to include providing services for the spread of rene - itiatives. Geovest is a fine example of cross- wable energy use and energy efficiency. The first step community work and exemplary for other municipa - was the installation of 18 photovoltaic systems on the lities as well. roofs of municipality buildings. Altogether, the installed photovol - Contact: taic systems have a Geovest S.r.l. power rating of over 750 Via dell’Oasi, 373 kWp, producing around Località Beni Comunali 850,000 kWh per year. 40014 Crevalcore (Bo) Italy Geovest also backs an www.geovest.it initiative to support the 4 EUROPEAN SOLAR PRIZE 2009 KWB - Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH / Austria Industrial and commercial companies or farmers houses to regional networks for local heat supply. Over 40,000 customers throughout Europe rely on Specialist for pellet, wood chip KWB biomass heating systems, which stand out for and log-wood heating systems their ease of use and excellence in energy efficiency. A total of some 350 employees and numerous part - ners are offered high quality education and training KWB – Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH spe - at the KWB Academy. The energy supply for towns cialises in biomass heating solutions. The Austrian in rural areas and commercial facilities counts among company based in Styria has been a manufacturer of the new priorities in the company’s activity. modern CO2 neutral biomass heating systems since its establishment in 1994. KWB is engaged in inten - We look to KWB as an example to be imitated in as - sive research and development to accelerate the tran - suming ecological, economic and social responsibi - sition to renewable energy in heat supply. In Europe’s lity. Through its progressive ideas, intensive research largest private biomass research centre the KWB spe - and continued efforts to build up the company and to cialists continually work on finding new and efficient advance its products and service KWB has grown to solutions to generate energy from the combustion of become one of the market leaders in the field of bio - solid biomass. mass heating systems. The company’s range of Contact: products includes fully KWB - Kraft und Wärme automatic pellet fired, aus Biomasse GmbH wood chip fired and Industriestraße 235 firewood fired heating 8321 St. Margarethen / systems ranging from 10 Raab to 300 kW. They are Austria built to meet the energy www.kwb.at needs from low energy 5 EUROPEAN SOLAR PRIZE 2009 grab architekten ag / Switzerland Owners or users of installations utilizing renewable energy A 32 kWp photovoltaic system on the roof not only “Kraftwerk B” – produces the electricity to power the entire building a multi-family building itself, but also excess electricity, which is fed into the ‘energy plus’ public grid. A solar thermal system over nearly 150 m² integrates into its south facing façade and supplies all the energy needed for heating and also provides hot water for the building next to it. grab architekten ag is one of the pioneers of sustain- able building in Switzerland. Achieving a high degree Apart from the building’s ideal energy supply, energy of energy efficiency and solar energy utilization at efficiency and a respectful use of natural resources most optimal level is a fundamental quality the firm has been a central focus of the architects’ approach. demands of its work. It is achieved and exemplified The building is equipped with A++ rated energy to perfection in “Kraftwerk B”, a building located in saving appliances and a toilet-flushing rainwater fed the Swiss town of Bennau. The project was done with system. the backing of like-minded real estate company sanjo group. “Kraftwerk B” is a fine example of how full solar energy supply in combination with ecological and In “Kraftwerk B” photovoltaics and solar thermal col - energy efficient building design can easily be realised lectors are integrated directly into the building enve - in multi-family buildings as well. lope. Thanks to its optimal thermal insulation the apartment block produces 10 per cent more energy than it needs and thus is Switzerland’s first Contact: multi-family building grab architekten ag ‘energy plus’. The use of Bahnhofstrasse 1 natural construction and 8852 Altendorf building materials also Switzerland satisfied demanding www.grabarchitekten.ch ecological criteria. 6 EUROPEAN SOLAR PRIZE 2009 Terra Foundation / Spain Local or regional associations promoting renewable energy projects nels can directly and easily be plugged in at home. The electricity thus produced can directly be used in Guerrilla Solar: the house or fed into the public grid, if not needed. Plug in to the sun The Guerrilla Solar campaign’s primary aim is to en - courage the citizens to efficiently use, save and pro - duce energy, since their consistent behaviour and “Small changes are powerful“. The motto adopted by action can effect crucial changes to environmental Terra Foundation indicates both the way and the and energy policies. ”Guerrilla Solar” is intended to means this organisation has chosen to fight against make them realize that besides being users of house - climate change. With small “plug in” photovoltaic pa - hold appliances, which consume energy they can be - nels its initiative “Guerrilla Solar“ enables every sin - come producers of electricity themselves with simple gle citizen to become an environmentally conscious photovoltaic panels.
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