Bremen partnership award 2004

Solar Laundrette, Ecological Textiles and Renewable Energy for Farmers: India, Ukraine, Canada, USA, Great Britain, Brazil and Germany among the seven finalists for the 2004 international ‘bremen partnership award’

Last February, the 2004 international ‘bremen partnership award’ kicked off with 168 applications from around the world. Today a shortlist of seven finalists has been drawn up. Just one of them will be handed over
the award by the patron Professor Dr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on 23rd September 2004 at the City Hall in Bremen, Germany.

Right up to the deadline, the international expert committee debated the merits of each project via the online application platform iDelphi©, considering ecological, economical and social criteria. In the last few hours of the third evaluation phase there was a frenetic transfer of data between all continents and the server in Bremen. At the end of the day, a clear decision for seven exceptionally promising projects emerged. On 23rd September 2004, a prominent international jury with members from the fields of politics, science and industry will announce
the winner.

The finalists include a technology transfer centre for sustainable development from Kerala, India; a network for local environmental sustainability from Nikolaev, Ukraine, in cooperation with Great Britain which supports other communities in introducing environmental management systems. Another finalist is Messrs. E+Co. from Bloomfield, USA, which sets up renewable energy systems in rural areas in Brazil in order to encourage sustainability for farmers. A solar-powered laundrette from Toronto, Canada was also able to qualify as a finalist as well as an “eco-village” from Beddington, Great Britain which creates all its electricity from sun and wind power.

One of the two German finalists is Messrs. Otto GmbH & Co. KG who, in cooperation with the Öko-Institut in Freiburg, produces and distributes environmentally-friendly textiles for the mass market. The second German
project, Messrs. Waterman GmbH has qualified in cooperation with the Humboldt University in Berlin. The company hopes to win the award presenting their latest development, the dip stick®, a self-regulating
drip irrigation device for the home garden as well as for large scale use in agriculture.

The 2004 international Bremen Partnership Award is aimed at projects
that include cooperation between at least one business partner and a
partner from science, politics, local authorities or non-governmental
organizations. The award was initiated by the Senator for Construction,
Environment and Transport, the Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbH and the RKW
Bremen e.V. which also coordinates the ‘partnerschaft umwelt
unternehmen’, an environment network for companies and government
authorities.
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Bremen partnership award 2002

The bremen partnership award is unique as it focuses on partnerships between businesses and municipalities and also its sole reliance on an internet-based application and evaluation procedure. The award, sponsored by the bremen-initiative and its network of partners, attracted more than 140 applications by business-municipality partnership projects. All the submissions were evaluated and rated, by international experts and jury, on a scale of 1-5 for the General and Specific Criteria.

The following list contains finalists and winners in their respective categories. The projects are listed in the following order:

Project title (short version)
· Municipal partner
· Business partner
· Country

Category 1 - Efficiency of natural resources

Winner: Global Nirmithi Net - Building Centre Project for Sustainable Human Settlement
·Trivandrum Municipal Corporation, Kerala State
· Global Nirmithi Net - Building Centre (RPL Ltd. Punalur)
· India

Finalist: solarCity
· City of Linz
· WAG-Wohnungsanlagen Ges.n.b.H.
· Austria

Finalist: Ökoprofit
· City of Graz, Umweltamt
· Cleaner Production Centre Austria
· Austria

Finalist: Ökodrive - From the frying pan into the tank
· Environmental Dept., Graz
· Südsteirische Energie- und Eiweißerzeugungsgenossenschaft (SEEG)
· Austria

Finalist: ÖKOPROFIT Ramnicu Valcea 2000
· Municipality of Ramnicu Valcea
· S.C. Bere Alutus S.A.
· Romania

Category 2 - Global responsibilities through local action

Winner: Dublin Corporation Civic Offices CHP
· Dublin Corporation
· Temple Bar Properties Ltd.
· Ireland

Finalist: Groene Diensten Centrum Stad en Ommeland
· City Council of Amsterdam
· Hallmark Waterland Foundation
· Netherlands

Finalist: Land Reclamation Program
· City of Greater Sudbury Inco Ltd.
· Ontario Division
· Canada

Finalist: Green Network - The Green, Dynamic Region
· Regional Development Dept., Vejle County
· Green Network company members
· Denmark

Category 3 - Towards social equity and respect for diversity

Winner: Deepalaya - A School for Slum Children
· Slum and JJ Dept., Municipal Corporation of Delhi
· Anangpur Building Centre (ABC)
· India

Finalist: Urban Castello - opening axis - joining people
· Ayuntamiento de Castellón de la Plana
· Hipermercado Alcampo, S.A. de Castellón
· Spain

Finalist: International Business Park (IBP) Training and Employment
· British Airports Authority
· Eastleigh Borough Council
· UK

Finalist: LAKIYA - Negev Weaving Project
· Batrooni - Elementary School
· Sidreh
· Israel

Category 4 - Participation, education and awareness raising

Winner: Building a Clean Environment and an Equitable Society
· Town Council of Celle Ligure
· Consorzio Promotur Soc. coop.
· Italy

Finalist: Sustainable Model District Freiburg-Vauban
· City of Freiburg, Bauverwaltungsamt
· Forum Vauban Association
· Germany

Finalist: Midrand EcoCity Project
· Midrand Metropolitan Council
· Midrand EcoCity Trust
· South Africa

Finalist: Eco-Efficiency Centre Burnside - the industrial park as an ecosystem
· Halifax Regional Municipality
· Nova Scotia Power Inc.
· Canada

Finalist: Participation and Citizen Involvement in Naivasha
· Naivasha Municipal Council
· Naivasha Stakeholders Assoc.
· Kenya

Category 5 - Sustaining the natural and built environment

Winner: The Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center (PEEC)
· City of Minneapolis
· The Green Institute & partners
· USA

Finalist: Ecoparque
· Comision Estatal de Servicios Publicos de Tijuana
· Asociacion de Industriales de la Mesa de Otay, A.C.
· Mexico

Finalist: Environment of the Yangtze and Tuojiang Riverside Avenues
· Luzhou Municipal People's Government
· Luzhou Municipal Construction Corporation
· China

Finalist: Missionvale Community Housing Initiative
· Port Elizabeth Municipality
· The Delta Foundation (Delta Corp.)
· South Africa

Finalist: Green Line - Zero Emission Public Transport
· Internal Service Dept., City of Malmö
· Street Train Sweden AB
· Sweden

For further information please contact:

Dr. Rita Kellner-Stoll
Head of Department "Cross-functional Environmental Protection"
at "The Senator for Building and Environment"
Municipal Administration and Federal Ministry
Hanseatenhof 5 - Office Block D - Room 309
D-28195 Bremen - Germany

Phone +49 421 361-9561 (direct line)
Fax +49 421 361-9253

E-mail: kellner-stoll.r@umwelt.bremen.de
URL: http://www.umwelt.bremen.de
http://www.bremen-initiative.de