OLACDE is launching the first edition of this award to honor the best energy projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE) Energy Excellence Award aims to publicly recognize the efforts of institutions, organizations, communities, and companies in OLACDE member countries for their achievements in the rational utilization and protection of energy resources. The goal is to promote and highlight activities that lead to improvements in sustainable development, energy efficiency, and decarbonization processes both locally and regionally. Projects from institutions, organizations, communities, and companies can participate to encourage and promote the replicability of these initiatives at both national and international levels. This award allows applicants to showcase advancements in decarbonization, renewable energy, and energy efficiency with the aim of rational utilization and protection of energy resources. This contributes to enhancing the quality of life for people, reducing business costs, improving or providing access to energy resources for those who have not yet accessed them, and decreasing carbon emissions from the energy sector to the environment. Categories for Application:- Energy Efficiency Category: Energy efficiency projects include those implemented with or without cost, ranging from the installation of new high-efficiency equipment to more efficient operation of existing equipment, improved preventive and corrective maintenance of facilities, better management practices, among others.
- Decarbonization Category: Decarbonization projects include those implemented with or without cost, covering the installation of new equipment, more efficient operation of existing equipment, improved management practices, among others, which result in a reduction of CO2 equivalent emissions in the production process.
- Renewable Energy Category: Renewable energy projects include non-conventional sources such as wind energy, photovoltaic solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass, biogas, and the energy recovery from urban or similar waste.
