The 16th Energy Globe World Awards held in conference centre of the Milad Tower rising over Tehran’s roofs was a successful event and is subjected as world’s most prestigious award for sustainability. Mrs. Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President Iran, referred in her speech to the importance of such awards for outstanding environmental projects and their implementation. This event is the starting signal for intensified efforts concerning sustainability in Iran which is underlined by an expansion program for Renewables and energy efficiency.

Vice President Mrs. Masoumeh Ebtekar

And Maneka Gandhi emphasized that a sustainable change in our world can’t be achieved by talks or laws but only by taking action as showed by the Energy Globe submissions.

With the lifetime mission to safeguard the future of the planet and the right of future generations everywhere to live healthy and fulfilling lives should be a human right for everyone”, Wolfgang Neumann founded ENERGY GLOBE. The objective of the ENERGY GLOBE Award is to present successful sustainable projects to a global audience and to demonstrate that for many environmental problems feasible solutions already exist.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and presenter Prof. Munasinghe said: It is necessary that poor and rich countries take each other’s hand in order to exchange experiences and support each other.

The Energy Globe World Award was a celebration for the environment, a venue for successful environment protection and a global departure into the century of sustainability.

3 nominees respectively from all 5 continents competed in the 5 categories Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Youth. The nominees have been chosen from around 2,000 submissions from 177 countries. The 1st prize in each category is endowed with 10.000 Euro.

Hamid Chitchian, minister of energy and host of the Energy Globe World Award 2015, announced Energy Globe as an invaluable event: “If we want to save prosperity of society due to increasing population and globalization, we have to find renewable and sustainable ways.”

Here is a sneak peak into the event:

Categorised winners of these prestigious awards were:

Applicant: Ecovative Design LLC
Project: Mushrooms instead of styrofoam

A program from Ethiopia which makes arid soil fertile again won in the category Earth

Country: United States

Applicant:ecoduna produktions- GmbH
Project: Unique in the World: Energy from Algae

A lighting project from the Philippines which lightens up the huts of the poorest by means of water bottles and bleach prevailed in the category Fire.

Country: Austria

Applicant: FMD Design Studio
Project: K2 ECO TANK

A project from Tehran implementing a holistic wastewater treatment plant for the 12 million city as well as a project from Tanzania in which water is sterilized and cleaned with do-it-yourself ceramic filters to become drinking water for thousands of people.

Country: United Kingdom

Winner Applicant: Solar Projects Foundation for Nicaraguan Women

Project: “Solar Women” for Central America