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WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH ENERGY SERVICES MEDIA & FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (FEMP)
Since 1981, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, has hosted an annual award ceremony to recognize outstanding achievements of federal employees related to energy and water efficiency, distributed ener-gy generation, and fleet management at federal facilities. The Federal En-ergy and Water Management Awards acknowledges, recognizes, and honors an incredible group of individuals that are advancing federal agency missions while achieving energy independence, resilience, and security.

In 2018, FEMP created the first Award Winning Champions Shared Lessons Learned Forum as part of the awards ceremony. This forum provides a plat-form and opportunity for federal agen-cies to share best practices, successes, barriers, recommendations, and lessons learned in an informal setting.
2019 FEDERAL ENERGY & WATER MANAGEMENT AWARDS CEREMONY
On October 29, 2019, FEMP hosted its 39th Award Ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. FEMP Director, Robert Ivester, and Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy Efficiency, Alex Fitzsimmons, recognized 28 individuals and teams across the federal government for their contributions in achieving significant energy and water cost savings for their agencies. Many of the winning projects include on-site renewable energy, energy storage, and combined heat and power technologies—a reflection of the grow-ing importance of energy integration and resilience, which are top DOE priorities.

Color Guard, 2019 Federal Energy and
Water Management Awards Ceremony
(Department of Energy photographer, Donica Payne)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.
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.
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.
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.

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)

Robert Ivester, FEMP Director, presenting awards at the 2019 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards Ceremony.
(Department of Energy photographer, Donica Payne)