At the Community Energy Innovation Summit held on June 25 in Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the final winning teams in the IMPACT Phase of the Collegiate Track of the CEI prize.
Through their submissions and in-person pitches, the three winning teams showed outstanding impacts on their local communities, strong ties to their community partners, and tremendous leadership by the teams' student leaders. The teams' community partners were awarded a total of $100,000 for the IMPACT phase, bringing the total prize money awarded to $235,000 across the collegiate competition.
The following teams were named winners of the IMPACT Phase in the Collegiate Track:
- Greener CASA, The University of Texas at Tyler
- Awarded $45,000 for their community partner, the Monarca Initiative
- Creating an academia-community partnership to bring free energy audits to disadvantaged communities to promote energy efficiency.
- Georgia Tech Zero Energy Collaborations (GTZEC), Georgia Institute of Technology
- Awarded $30,000 for their community partner, the Westside Future Fund and Lifecycle Building Center
- Designing and building sustainable net-zero homes to address energy challenges, develop a green workforce, and train the next generation of sustainability professionals in Westside Atlanta.
- GreenSynergy, The University of Texas at Tyler
- Awarded $25,000 for their community partner, Houston Community College
- Integrating clean energy into education, and using solar panels, fuel cells, and other technologies to foster learning and sustainability.
Read what the the U.S. Department of Energy wrote about the winners here.
