Environment Prize (German Environment Foundation)

The Bundesstiftung Umwelt Environment Prize (German environment prize) is a prize awarded in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Worth 500000 €

Euro

The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

it is the most valuable in Europe from an environmental foundation.

The Bundesstiftung Umwelt foundation is based in Osnabrück

Osnabrück

Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...

, the prize has been awarded since 1993.

Winners

Year	Winner	Reason (in English/German)
1993	Foron Hausgeräte GmbH	Works on the first worldwide refrigerator Refrigerator A refrigerator is a common household appliance that consists of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump that transfers heat from the inside of the fridge to its external environment so that the inside of the fridge is cooled to a temperature below the ambient temperature of the room... s without FCKW Haloalkane The haloalkanes are a group of chemical compounds derived from alkanes containing one or more halogens. They are a subset of the general class of halocarbons, although the distinction is not often made. Haloalkanes are widely used commercially and, consequently, are known under many chemical and... and FKW Haloalkane The haloalkanes are a group of chemical compounds derived from alkanes containing one or more halogens. They are a subset of the general class of halocarbons, although the distinction is not often made. Haloalkanes are widely used commercially and, consequently, are known under many chemical and...
1993	Wolfgang Haber	Popularisation of environmental issues
1994	Paul Crutzen and Frank Arnold Frank Arnold Frank Arnold is a former men's basketball coach who coached at Brigham Young University from 1975–1983 and at the University of Hawaii from 1985-1987.-Career:...	Works on ozone depletion Ozone depletion Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth's stratosphere , and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth's polar regions. The latter phenomenon...
	Verein Ökospeicher and the city of Wulkow	Environmentally-friendly works in non urban regions
	Umweltinitiativen der Wirtschaft in Ostwestfalen	Umsetzung higher environment standards
1995	Georg Winter Georg Winter Georg Winter is a German businessman, environmentalist and an advocate for sustainable business management.-Life and work:...	Environmentally-friendly management
1995	Klaus Günther	Environmentally-friendly management
1996	Maciej Nowicki Maciej Nowicki Maciej Nowicki - Polish politician, manager, scientist. Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Poland in the cabinet of Donald Tusk .-Career:...	Founder of the Polish Environment Foundation
1996	Wilkhahn Wilkening & Hahne GmbH & Co. Wilkhahn Wilkhahn , based in Bad Münder, near Hannover, is a German manufacturer of office furniture. The brand is well known for its range of ergonomic office chairs and tables. Founded in 1907 by Friedrich Hahne and Christen Wilkening...	ikone in environment controlling
1997	Michael Otto Michael Otto Michael Otto , is the head of German Otto Group, the world's largest mail order company, with US$24 billion in sales in fiscal year 2003...	Umweltmanagementsystem by Otto GmbH Otto GmbH The Otto group, or Otto , is the world's largest mail order company, operating in more than 20 countries. The family of executive board chairman Michael Otto owns the majority of the company. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany...
	Bernhard Ulrich	Stoff- and Energieflüsse in forests
	Integral Energietechnik GmbH	Work on Environmentally-friendly Refrigerant Refrigerant A refrigerant is a substance used in a heat cycle usually including, for enhanced efficiency, a reversible phase change from a liquid to a gas. Traditionally, fluorocarbons, especially chlorofluorocarbons, were used as refrigerants, but they are being phased out because of their ozone depletion... s
1998	Workgroup Klimaforschung by Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie	Global and regional climate modelling
1998	Georg Salvamoser	Works in Photovoltaics Photovoltaics Photovoltaics is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic power generation employs solar panels composed of a number of solar cells containing a photovoltaic material...
1999	Klaus Steilmann	Oecology in textiles and clothing
1999	Wilhelm Barthlott Wilhelm Barthlott Wilhelm Barthlott is German botanist and the head of the Nees-Institute for Biodiversity of Plants and director of the Botanical Gardens of the University of Bonn.- External links :*...	Lotus effect Lotus effect The lotus effect refers to the very high water repellence exhibited by the leaves of the lotus flower .... by Surface
2000	Franz Daschner	Environment- and Stoffstrommanagement in Hospital Hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays.... s
2000	Aloys Wobben	Work on Wind turbine Wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or... s
2001	Hermann Auernhammer	Work on Precision Farming
	Franz Ehrnsperger, Neumarkter Lammsbräu	Work on oecology management concepts for breweries Brewery A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
	Wolfgang Feist	Work on Passivhaus concepts
2002	Peter Lüth	Biological pest control Biological pest control Biological control of pests in agriculture is a method of controlling pests that relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms... using microorganisms
2002	Klaus Töpfer Klaus Töpfer Klaus Töpfer is a German politician and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme ....	International engagement on environmental issues
2003	Claus Mattheck	Work on Bionik
2003	Hermann Josef Schulte	Work on Environmentally-friendly exhaust gas technology for Automotive engineering
2004	Alfred Heinrich Jung	Work on a new Gasket Gasket thumb\|sright\|250px\|Some seals and gaskets1. [[o-ring]]2. fiber [[Washer \|washer]]3. paper gaskets4. [[cylinder head]] [[head gasket\|gasket]]... principle for the chemistry industry
	Garabed Antranikian	Pioneer of white biotechnology
	Hannelore Schmidt	Life Work
2005	Berndt Heydemann	Nieklitz
	Joachim Luther Joachim Luther Joachim Luther was originally a professor of nuclear physics at the University of Oldenburg in the 1970s, who later became interested in renewable energy sources like solar power and wind power. In 1993, Luther became head of the renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg,...	Use of Solar energy
	Heinz Sielmann Heinz Sielmann Heinz Sielmann was a world renowned wildlife photographer, zoologist and documentary filmmaker....	Life Work
2006	Hans Georg Huber	Technology transfer for water cleaning in developing countries
2006	Ernst-Detlef Schulze	Work on Global warming Global warming Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
2007	Beate Weber	Engagement for environment and climate
	Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt was a German jurist, philosopher, political theorist, and professor of law.Schmitt published several essays, influential in the 20th century and beyond, on the mentalities that surround the effective wielding of political power... and Jürgen Köhler Jürgen Köhler Jürgen Köhler is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He finished sixth in the C-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*... (both Konvekta AG)	Work on Environmentally-friendly refrigerants
	Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber is the founding Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change. He is also providing advice to the President of the European Union Commission, José Manuel Barroso....	Work on climate
2008	Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker is a German scientist and politician.He is son of the physicist Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and nephew of the former German President Richard von Weizsäcker....	Environmental politician and counsellor for UNO
2008	Holger Zinke	Work on Biocatalysis Biocatalysis Biocatalysis is the use of natural catalysts, such as protein enzymes, to perform chemical transformations on organic compounds. Both enzymes that have been more or less isolated and enzymes still residing inside living cells are employed for this task.... by ground organisms

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