ESCI KSP

2017 Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) Best Practices Awards Program

Winners Announcement

This year, we are glad to have 197 cases from 21 APEC economies participated in the 2017 ESCI Best Practices Awards Program. The 25 finalists come from 11 economies were undergoing the stress and strain of tough semi-final competition to become the last 10 winners.

Winner Pie

The below winning team should receive an invitation email from ESCI management team to attend the Awards Ceremony and Presentation (associated with the 53rd meeting of APEC Energy Working Group, EWG53) in Singapore. Please contact info@esci-ksp.org and d32375@tier.org.tw if you haven’t received it yet.

 

Pillar

Rank

Project Name

Economy

Smart Transport

Gold

Smart Park ICT Re-engineering Initiative

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Chinese Taipei

Silver

California Electromobility Roadmaps

United States

Smart Buildings

 

Gold

Smart City Shioashiya “Solar-Shima”

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Japan

Silver

Energy Conservation Virtue at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Thailand

Smart Grids

 

Gold

Entergy New Orleans “SmartView” AMI Pilot

United States

Silver

Penghu Dongjiyu Microgrid Small Power Supply System

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Chinese Taipei

Smart Jobs and Consumers

Gold

BCA Back to School Programme:
Getting student alumni to be involved in greening of schools

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Singapore

Silver

Applied Leadership Program for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Mexico

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Mexico

Low Carbon Model Towns

 

Gold

Solar Powered City – Tainan Reaches for the Sun​

Case Sharing in Award Ceremony

Chinese Taipei

Silver

Songdo, Korea

Korea

 


Qualifier Announcement

The qualifiers were informed by email, and if you haven’t received the notification, please do not hesitate to contact Janet Song (d32375@tier.org.tw) for further detail. The self-assessment statement is expected to be sent to info@esci-ksp.org and d32375@tier.org.tw by 03 Feb 2017.

The projects are ordered by Economy (A to Z).

Pillar

Project Name

Economy

Smart Transport

Smart Park ICT Re-engineering Initiative

Chinese Taipei

Namyangju, Korea – Smart Transportation Network

Korea

Avista Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Pilot

United States

California Electromobility Roadmaps

United States

Ho Chi Minh City Green Transport Development

Vietnam

Smart Buildings

 

Smart City Shioashiya “Solar-Shima”

Japan

Building Sector Energy Efficiency Project

Malaysia

Low Energy Office (LEO)

Malaysia

Piloting a New Paradigm for Continuous Commissioning of Chiller Plant

Singapore

Energy Conservation Virtue at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University

Thailand

Smart Grids

 

Penghu Dongjiyu Microgrid Small Power Supply System

Chinese Taipei

Smart Grid Station of Korea Electric Power Corporation

Korea

PEA Smart Grid Project in Pattaya

Thailand

Entergy New Orleans “SmartView” AMI Pilot

United States

Ta’u Island Microgrid

United States

Smart Jobs and Consumers

Energy Education Treasure Chest

Chinese Taipei

Guantian agriculture wastes reused and energy recycled training program
– Biochar of water caltrop shells

Chinese Taipei

Applied Leadership Program for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency in Mexico

Mexico

BCA Back to School Programme: Getting student alumni to be involved in greening of schools

Singapore

Solar Training Network

United States

Low Carbon Model Towns

 

Guangzhou Knowledge City

China

Great Tainan – The Solar City

Chinese Taipei

Songdo, Korea

Korea

Skolkovo

Russia

Binh Duong New City

Vietnam


Eligibility

The Awards will be open to both the public and private sectors who have submitted cases on the ESCI-KSP website (https://esci-ksp.org/). Below are two kinds of cases that are eligible for the program:

  • New cases (submitted after 31 July 2015) which are being proposed, current undertaken or accomplished.
  • Previously-submitted cases (submitted before 31 July 2015) which are renewed with new scope of projects, progress, achievement, and etc. after 31 July 2015.

All the above cases must be submitted electronically via ESCI-KSP by 15 December 2016.

 

Criteria

The Awards will be made in four main pillars—Smart Transport, Smart Buildings, Smart Grids, Smart Jobs and Consumers, and one cross-cutting examples of Low Carbon Model Towns of ESCI. Judging will consider the cases’ articulation of and compatibility with its goals, its implementation and outcomes.

Time Table Information

12 MAY 2016

Competition Announcement (on EWG51)

22 AUG 2016

  • Release Administrative Circular
  • Call for nominations of Juries

31 OCT 2016

Jury Committee Established

15 DEC 2016

Cases Submission Deadline

No entries will be considered after 15 DEC 2016.

09 JAN 2017

Qualifier Announcement

For each category, 5 cases will be selected by the Jury to proceed to the next phase.

03 FEB 2017

Self-assessment Statement Submission

Cases making the finals will be required to submit self-assessment statements by 03 FEB 2017.

3 MAR 2017

Winner Announcement

2 winners (Gold & Silver) will be chosen for each category

24 APR 2017

Awards Ceremony and Presentation
(associated with 53rd meeting of APEC Energy Working Group, EWG53 in Singapore)