Presented by the California Center for Sustainable Energy, these prestigious awards recognize the most outstanding projects, programs and applications in creating integrated approaches to energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean transportation and water efficiency during 2011.
We encourage you to nominate your clients, employer, yourself or any community business, organization or agency.
Award Categories:
- Outstanding Homeowner
- Outstanding Innovation in a Building Project
- Large Commercial
- Small Commercial
- Government or Nonprofit
- Outstanding Organization
- Sustainable Community Leadership
- San Diego Region
- California Statewide
- Sustainable Transportation
The 7th Annual Energy All-Star Award winners were:
 Community Leadership - Urban Corps of San Diego County
In keeping with its conservation mission, the Urban Corps of San Diego has created a green campus in the Midway area that incorporates many sustainable and energy-efficient features. There are skylights and large windows to capture natural daylight, automated lighting controls, a 23- kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and other energy- and water-saving systems.
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Outstanding Organization - City of San Diego Public Utilities Department
The City of San Diego Public Utilities Department is a leader in the use and production of renewable energy and is achieving operational efficiencies through energy management and conservation and by using green technologies. This past year, the department has increased biogas production for energy use at the Miramar Landfill, initiated fuel cell energy projects and started testing of various wind generation systems. An 800- kilowatt solar photovoltaic system was installed at the Otay Water Treatment Plant.
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 Outstanding Nonprofit or Government Building Project - San Diego County Operations Center
The San Diego County Operations Center, constructed during 2010 in Kearny Mesa, consolidated nine county departments into two office buildings with LEED Gold certification and EnergyStar qualification. Among the many sustainable features are a 385- kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, high efficiency lighting and abundant windows for daylighting, energy-efficient HVAC systems as well as many automated energy management systems.
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 Outstanding Commercial Building Project - Autumn Terrace, San Marcos
Autumn Terrace is a mixed use, affordable housing project with 103 residential units and about 7,500 square feet of commercial space in San Marcos that was designed and planned around the principles of sustainable development and recently received LEED for Homes Platinum Certification as well as Energy Star qualification. Among the features are EnergyStar appliances throughout the project, low-energy street lights, heat-reducing windows, a solar photovoltaic system, low-water use fixtures and many other green technologies.
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 Outstanding Homeowner - Richard and Allison Williams, Encinitas
Richard and Allison Williams of Encinitas transformed their 18-year-old residence into a showplace for sustainable home design practices, becoming the first in San Diego to receive both LEED for Home Platinum and the Green PointRated certification. Integrating multiple sustainable strategies, they incorporated energy-efficient technologies, renewable energy and water-efficient systems in their home. Features include a 2.14- kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, a passive solar water heater, energy-saving CFL and LED lighting and high efficiency plumbing fixtures.
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 Sustainable Transportation - Terramoto Transportation
Terramoto is the only executive-class transportation service in San Diego that offers only hybrid vehicles, primarily for airport service, but also for any transportation needs. Among the green initiatives Terramoto supports are being carbon negative by offsetting its emissions by having a tree planted for each trip it provides and using a marketing strategy that promotes clean transportation and the benefits of low-emission vehicles. During 2010, Terramoto Transportation achieved an estimated greenhouse gas emissions savings equivalent to 381 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
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