Woodcraft Folk were crowned National Champion of UK CEED’s National Energy Efficiency Awards 2008. The awards sponsored, by EDF Energy, culminated in a prestigious Awards ceremony held on 2nd December 2008 at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. The ceremony showcased the innovative energy efficiency work of 43 shortlisted projects across the Award’s 10 categories.
The Woodcraft Folk won a hat-trick of awards on the night. As well as the National Champion award, they also won the Education and Awareness Raising category, whilst their nomination George Brooke took the new Young Carbon Champion award. The judges praised the organisation for “a truly wonderful example of young people taking the environmental lead – a very inspiring and a very worthy overall winner”.
In her keynote address at the ceremony, Minister Joan Ruddock MP congratulated the finalists for being at the forefront of efforts to address climate change. She also praised them for demonstrating innovative and diverse ways to demonstrate the business and organisational benefits arising from greater energy efficiency.
The Awards, sponsored by EDF Energy, with category sponsorship from Dyson Airblade and the Independent newspaper as media partner, received 180 high quality entries illustrating a broad range of good energy efficiency practice by public, voluntary and private sector organisations.
Click on link below for more details of the 2008 National Energy Efficiency Awards.
Website Link: http://www.energyawards.co.uk/
