2025 Better Practice Award Winners
The Better Practice Award recognizes the implementation of practices and procedures more broadly. Click the names below to learn more about each award-winning practice.
Better Buildings
 | Alexandria, VA Reduced energy use by 14%, lowered costs, and improved resilience through city building efficiency program |  | Town of Manchester, CT Leveraged multiple funding streams to upgrade schools, resulting in annual utility savings of $150,000 |
 | Carnival Corporation Achieved $40 million in annual energy cost savings through standardized approach to energy efficiency improvements |  | Marriott International Saved $28 million in costs across 2,200 hotels through comprehensive efficiency improvements scorecard |
 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Data-driven asset management system for equipment upgrades and replacements helped reduce emissions by 19% |  | Mutual Housing California Factory-built housing units will improve efficiency, lower construction costs, and accelerate timelines |
 | Howard Hughes Holdings Implemented real-time energy optimization, resulting in $173,000 in annual energy cost savings |  | Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation Achieved 27% reduction in water use, saving over $770,000 annually in water bills across 33 properties |
 | Link Logistics Landlord-customer partnership program reduces tenants' annual utility costs by $0.16 per square foot |  | The University of Kansas Health System Leveraged utility bill benchmarking for retrocommissioning efforts, yielding up to 42% savings |
 | Loudoun County Public Schools Energy Savings Performance Contract enabled $300 million in school improvements across 100 facilities |
Better Plants
 | Avient Corporation Reduced waste to landfill volume by over 25% since 2023 driven by Annual Incentive Plan |  | Saint-Gobain Corporation Piloted replicable energy management system across four sites to empower employees to support efficiency work |
 | Celanese Corporation Centralized digitalization platform enables $265,000 in annual savings while improving staff efficiency |  | Schneider Electric Standardized Building Management Systems across 50 sites estimated to save more than 1 million kWh of energy |
 | EnerSys $20 million Green Revolving Fund finances efficiency projects and reinvests savings |  | Sherwin-Williams Incentivized auxiliary power unit use across trucking fleet, reducing idle time and saving over $1 million |
 | Frito-Lay Inc Preventative spray nozzle maintenance program to save 400 million gallons of fresh water in five years |  | Sika Corporation Pilot program reduced water use by 54%, saving $93,000 and laying groundwork for future implementations |
 | Nestlé Purina Deployed robotic solution in predictive maintenance program to capture energy savings and improve efficiency |  | Weatherford US, LP Deployed data-driven intelligence dashboards to improve communications and inform decision making |
 | Nissan North America Ultrasonic meters helped reduce compressed air leakage rate by 30% and peak demand by 27% at Tennessee plant |
2025 Better Project Award Winners
The Better Project Award recognizes outstanding accomplishments at individual facilities. Click on the names below to learn more about each award-winning project.
Better Buildings
 | Atlantic Health System Combined heat and power system supplies 70% of hospital electricity, saving up to $4.2 million annually |  | Gundersen by Emplify New 100% electrified clinic features geothermal and solar systems, reducing costs and enhancing patient care |
 | Bard College Geothermal conversion at campus library reduces energy use by 38% and emissions by 64% |  | Hudson Pacific Properties First existing office building to achieve Living Building Challenge certification reduces energy use by 28% |
 | Boston Medical Center Clean Power Prescription program provides 80 homes with energy bill credits through solar array installation |  | IKEA Retail U.S. Electric heat pumps, building automation, and enhanced insulation improve efficiency at two retail stores |
 | Fairfax County, VA Extensive energy retrofit integrating multiple renewables and projected to reduce annual emissions by 36%" |  | Stoneweg Reduced water use by 25% and natural gas use by nearly 18% at multifamily property |
Better Plants
 | Boardman Foods Reduced compressed air demand by 70% through new equipment and automated controls in onion peeling process |  | Intralox Prevented over 600,000 pounds of plastic waste by using recycled materials to create injection molded parts |
 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Chiller plant optimization expected to save $750,000 per year and reduce annual emissions by 2,700 MTCO₂e |  | Niagara Bottling, LLC On- and off-site renewable energy reduces annual emissions by more than 80,000 MTCO₂e |
 | Charter Steel 15 MW solar installation to generate over 27 million kWh annually and reduce emissions by nearly 12,000 MTCO₂e |  | Occidental Chemical Corporation Diverted vented hydrogen displaced natural gas consumption, reducing emissions by 3,200 MTCO₂e in 2024 |
 | The Chemours Company Total organic carbon analyzers drive over $520,000 in annual cost savings at Corpus Christi, TX facility |  | PaperWorks Industries Cut annual city water use by 15 million gallons and energy use by 10,000 MMBtu with water reclamation system |
 | Emerson Building management system cut annual costs by $127,000 and mitigated 9% of site’s emissions footprint |  | Schneider Electric Waste heat recovery to reduce steam consumption by approximately 90% and Scope 1 emissions by 300 tons |
| EnerSys Cut energy costs by $250,000 and emissions by 1,900 MTCO₂e annually through collaborative efficiency program |  | Siemens All-electric paint line eliminated natural gas in painting operation, reducing annual emissions by 80% |
 | General Motors Saved more than 120 million gallons of water annually with reverse osmosis system at Fort Wayne, IN facility | | Sika Corporation Quality control automation reduces plant's energy consumption by 7% while improving production efficiency |
 | Holcim U.S. Water management project enables net-zero freshwater use, laying the groundwork for future applications |  | Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Tri-gen facility enables hydrogen-powered vehicle use via renewable energy, hydrogen, and water generation |
2025 Financial Innovation Award Winners
The Financial Innovation Award recognizes Financial Allies for deploying innovative financing solutions that go beyond standard market practices to increase efficiency. Click on the names below to learn more about the winning solutions.
 | The Community Preservation Corporation - Climate Friendly Homes Fund (CFHF) $250 million initiative to finance efficiency measures across at least 10,000 units of multifamily housing |  | Nuveen Green Capital Financed efficiency upgrades for historic building, projected to save 21,000 MTCO₂e |
| The Community Preservation Corporation - Innovative Stacking Provided $137 million in financing for rehabilitation, renovation, and construction of multifamily properties |  | PACE Equity "CIRRUS Zero Carbon" financed projects to date expected to reduce emissions by nearly 96,000 MTCO2e |
 | Kyotherm Leveraged replicable financing framework to enable energy use reductions without capital expenditures |  | Renew Energy Partners Turnkey financial solution enabled central plant upgrade at New York City hotel with long-term energy savings |
 | Metrus Energy Provided financing to improve efficiency across 56 facilities, saving $15 million in annual energy costs |  | Triple Bottom Line Foundation Enabled solar installations at eight multifamily buildings, covering 100% of residents' energy use |
 | New York Energy Efficiency Corporation $8 million loan for construction of 13.66 MW solar project bridges critical funding gap |
Past Award Winners
See last year's Better Practice, Better Project Award Winners below.