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Ringing the BELL for Energy Leaders
Posted by johnsoncontrols on July 12, 2009 10:51 PM
By Sandra Buettner, Johnson Controls
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
When John Quincy Adams – America’s sixth President – expressed that thought, steam locomotives and horse-drawn streetcars were among our major modes of transportation. Many of our homes and businesses were still lit by whale oil lamps. And “energy efficiency” was a concept that would mean very little to anyone for another 150 years.
Today, however, Adams’ words perfectly describe the kind of person (or persons) Johnson Controls hopes to honor again this year with a Building Efficiency Lifetime Leadership – or BELL – award.
Presented annually during our Green Tie Affair at the Greenbuild Conference, the BELL award recognizes outstanding and long-term individual leadership in pursuing, promoting and implementing energy efficiency and/or renewable energy initiatives. Award recipients are selected for their contributions to:
- Energy efficiency in buildings
- Energy policy development and/or advocacy
- Energy efficiency product development and/or deployment
- Renewable energy initiatives
- Leadership in energy efficiency communications
Last year’s winner was Paul von Paumgartten, longtime director of energy and environmental affairs here at Johnson Controls. For many, many years, Paul has been a tireless advocate for creating the tools, developing the standards and crafting the strategies to convince more and more organizations to integrate sustainability into their operations. Paul was a founding member of the USGBC and helped in the development of the first LEED rating system. He was a most deserving recipient of the first BELL award.
We’ll present the BELL again on November 11th at our Green Tie Affair at Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix. Nominations are open to anyone, but the deadline is fast-approaching: August 31, 2009.
You can review and download the nomination form and criteria here. Nominations can be e-mailed or faxed to me at the e-mail address or fax number on the nomination form.
Recipients are selected by a Johnson Controls Awards Committee, made up of well-known leaders in energy efficiency and renewable energy from both inside and outside the company.
Another famous person – the late Peter Drucker, a well-known management expert and author – said, “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
It will be a privilege to again this year present BELL awards to people whose commitment and contributions to energy efficiency and renewable energy epitomize both the letter and spirit of those words.
Efficiency Now. It’s never been more important.
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