RUSHLIGHT AWARDS 2009

 
 

Following a very successful inaugural Rushlight Clean Technologies Show, the Rushlight Awards 2009 were celebrated on 28 January 2010 at a Gala Dinner at the newly refurbished Grand Connaught Rooms in London. 

 

 
The leading developers of clean technology in the UK and Ireland celebrated their success in the company of chief scientific advisers to government; senior government officials from DEFRA, the Environment Agency, DECC and BIS; institutes and trade associations; specialist and general media; investors and financiers; advisers and consultants; network representatives, analysts and market commentators; and those who participate in the support, promotion and development of clean technology.

 

The winners of the Rushlight Awards 2009 were:

Overall awards winner:

 

Rushlight Award (overall winner)  BiogenGreenfinch
Group awards winners:
Rushlight Natural Energy Award Daikin Airconditioning UK
Rushlight Clean Energy Award Nexeon
Rushlight Energy Environmental Award Doosan Babcock
Rushlight Water Innovation Award Fostech Ltd
Rushlight Waste Innovation Award BiogenGreenfinch
Rushlight Environmental Management Award Bright Ideas Global

     
     

 

 

The direct entry category winners were:

Rushlight Solar Award TwentyNinety 
Rushlight Ground & Air Source Power Award   Daikin Airconditioning UK
Rushlight Marine Energy Award Aquamarine Power
Rushlight Powered Transport Award Nexeon
Rushlight Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Award Air Products plc 
Rushlight Power Generation & Transmission Award Univ of Bath
Rushlight Fossil Fuels Award RockTron
Rushlight Nuclear Energy Award CIRIA/SDSPUR
Rushlight Energy Minimisation Award Breathing Buildings Ltd
Rushlight Waste Water Award Fostech Ltd
Rushlight Waste Management Award BuilderScrap
Rushlight Waste Composting Award BiogenGreenfinch
Rushlight Waste Recycling Award Point of Sport
Rushlight Land Environment Award Terra Vac UK
Rushlight Water Environment Award Hydro International
Rushlight Noise Abatement Award Brigade Electronics plc
Rushlight Responsible Product or Service Award Bright Ideas Global

 

Full details of the winners and commended entries can be found in the press releases and in the Roll of Honour.  The main awards were presented by Bernie Bulkin, Chair of the Office of Renewable Energy Deployment; Bob Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser for DEFRA; Grant Bourhill, Director of Programme Delivery at the Energy Technologies Institute; Lord O'Neill, Lords Select Committee on Science & Technology; Jeremy Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser for Communities & Local Government and Doug Parr, Chief Scientist for Greenpeace.    

     

The evening included a key note speech by Tony Grayling, Head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the Environment Agency.  In his role as the lead party within the Agency for the adoption of clean technology solutions, he said: "The Rushlight Awards are a fantastic opportunity to celebrate British & Irish environmental innovation. We will need all the innovation and entrepreneurship we can get to tackle the environmental challenges of the 21st century, especially the drive to a sustainable low carbon economy."

 

The evening was rounded off by the wondrous skills of Nick Einhorn, a Gold Star member of The Inner Magic Circle, who had a number of tricks up his sleeve!  This included positioning a brave and unwitting volunteer in Doug Parr on stage on a chair adjacent to a nuclear symbol, much to the delight of the good-natured audience!

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rushlight Awards 2010 will open in the summer.  In the meantime, other Rushlight activities will be posted on http://www.rushlightevents.com/.