FEDERAL
2020 AWARD NOMINATIONS For more information on the 2020 Criteria Guidelines for the 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards competition visit FEMP’s Energy and Water Management Awards website. Nominations must be submitted to FEMP by May 8th, 2020, via FEMP’s Awards Nomination Portal.
Awards are given to federal agencies and federal employees. Private sector companies cannot receive these awards, with the exception of individuals a federal agency wishes to recognize as part of the federal team. Any nominations developed by private sector partners on behalf of federal sites need to be approved and vetted by the federal agency project leads.
FEMP ANTICIPATES PRESENTING 2020 AWARDS IN 5 CATEGORIES
Project Awards for individuals or teams that are exemplary in their implementation of energy and water efficiency, resilience, and technology achievements; distributed energy; cyber security; and/or vehicle fleet management projects.
Program Awards for individuals or teams that implement and institutionalize effective management, policy, and strategy in areas including energy and water-efficient technology and/or process improvements, resilience, distributed energy, cyber security and/or fleet management. Alex Fitzsimmons, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, presenting awards at the 2019 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards Ceremony. (Department of Energy photographer, Donica Payne)
Contracting Awards for individuals or teams instrumental in supporting the award of energy performance contracts and/or making notable efforts to enhance procurement practices.
Career Exceptional Service Awards to individuals in recognition of extraordinary service to the federal government over their careers (e.g. 15 or more years).
FEMP Director’s Award to an individual, organization, or team for leadership, benefits through collaboration with FEMP, and/or a replicable model for success that can be transferred across the federal government. This award is given at the discretion of the FEMP Director.
Robert Ivester, FEMP Director, presenting awards at the 2019 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards Ceremony. (Department of Energy photographer, Donica Payne)
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