National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Awards and Honors

Department of Energy and Other Agency Awards

Bureau of Land Management

• 2003 — Bureau of Land Management Award — Doug Dahle — To recognize his efforts on behalf of Wind Energy in the Bureau of Land Management

Department of Commerce

• Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
  • 2007 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy — Nancy Carlisle and Otto VanGeet
  • 2003 Energy and Water Management Award — "Sustainable NREL Program" — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • 2002 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management — Karen Thomas
  • 2001 Energy and Water Management Award — "Energy Efficiency at Zion National Park Visitor Center" — Ron Judkoff and Paul Torcellini of NREL; James Crockett, Larry Kilborn, and Patrick Shea of the National Park Service

Department of Energy (DOE) Awards

• 2008 Pollution Prevention Star Award — Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design — Science and Technology Facility
• 2008 Presidential Award — Leadership in Federal Energy Management — Nancy Carlisle and Otto VanGeet
• 2008 Department of Energy Award — Greensburg Kansas Project — Lynn Billman, Mary Colvin Werner, and Team
• 2008 SciDAC Electronic Visualization Competition, Second Place — Cel7A Animation — Mike Crowley
• 2007 Pollution Prevention Star Honorable Mention – Science and Technology Facility
• 2007 Outstanding Innovations Award – David Ginley
• 2006 Pollution Prevention Star Award – Science and Technology Facility
• 2005 Outstanding Technology Acceptance Award — Larry Flowers
• 2005 Outstanding Research Achievement Award — Brian Parsons
• 2004 Secretary's Gold Award — Richard Truly
• 2004 DOE Pollution Prevention Best-In-Class Awards
  • "Sustainable NREL Program" — For adopting a New Buildings Design Policy to exceed the Federal Model Energy Code by at least 30% and attain at a minimum a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver rating.
  • Sustainable NREL Program" — For its voluntary recycling program, which recycled 236,128 pounds of materials in fiscal year 2003.
  • "Sustainable NREL Program" — For boosting representation on the NREL Web site in the areas of building energy use, computer power management and recycling; and for promoting sustainability through education and community dialogue such as the June 2003 Stakeholder Technology Forum.
• 2003 Federal Planning Division Award — Los Alamos National Lab Sustainable Guide Development Team — Sheila Hayter, Sara Farrar-Nagy, Otto Van Geet. To recognize the plan, project, program or building design that best exemplifies, demonstrates and promotes sustainable environmental, economic, and social concepts.
• 2001 Energy@23 Awards
  • Advanced Airfoils for Turbines
  • Variable Conductance Insulation Catalytic Converter
• 2001 Bright Light Awards
  • UNI-Solar Triple-Junction Amorphous-Silicon Solar-Electric Module Roof Shingles
• Department of Energy's Office of Power Technologies (OPT)
  • 2002 Research Partnership Award — Thin Film Photovoltaic Partnership Program & Wind Energy Research Partnership. This award recognizes outstanding research partnerships between the National Laboratories and companies or universities that have resulted in OPT technology advances having national energy significance.
  • 2002 Young Investigator Award — Dr. Yanfa Yan and Dr. Tihu Wang. This award recognizes outstanding individuals at the outset of their independent research careers at DOE's National Laboratories.
  • 2000 President's Early Career Scientist & Engineering Award — Maria Ghirardi

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• 2009 Federal Electronics Challenge, Gold Award — Henri Hubenka and Team
• 2008 Federal Electronics Challenge, Silver Award — Henri Hubenka and Team
• 2006 Climate Protection Award — National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL)
• 2005 Green Power Pioneer Award - Blair Swezey
• 2002 EPA Climate Leaders Program Partner — The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• 2002 Labs for the 21st Century — Nancy Carlisle and Otto Van Geet — Dedicated to the pursuit of sustainability, high performance and low energy Labs that will minimize overall environmental impacts, protect occupant safety, optimize whole building efficiency on a life-cycle basis, establish goals, track performance and share results for continuous improvement.

Other

• City of Greensburg, Kansas
  • 2009 Outstanding Partner Award — National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Colorado Governor's Office
  • 2008 Governor's Excellence in Renewable Energy Award – Chuck Kutscher
• Department of Public Health and Environment
  • 2008 Colorado Environmental Leadership Program Gold Leader – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Jefferson County, CO
  • 2006 Design Excellence - Commissioner's Award – Science and Technology Facility
  • 2002 Jefferson Economic Council Genesis Award – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
  • 2008 Chairman's Award – Dan Arvizu
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command
  • 2000 Federal Energy and Water Small Group Award – Ed McKenna