Awards
Each year, the Texas Energy Summit recognizes individuals, organizations, and companies that have demonstrated outstanding and/or unique contributions to clean air through energy efficiency and renewable energy actions or programs.
Nominations are invited from the public for recognition of leading efforts that contributed to improving the impact of buildings and development on cleaner air and environmental quality for Texas and especially its urban regions.
Nominations for 2025 Submissions Coming Soon!
Awarded at the Texas Energy Summit
Gregg Cooke Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership
2023: John Hall
2021: Robert Bullard
2020: Elizabeth Love
2019: Marilu Hastings
2018: Cyrus Reed
Outstanding Commercial Enterprise
2023: Texas PACE Authority
2021: HEB
2020: Tesla
2019: Occidental Petroleum Company
2018: CenterPoint SCORE Program (with CLEAResult)
Special Awards
2023: Outstanding School District, Dickinson ISD
2023: Outstanding Government Project, The Hon. Will McAdams and ADER Task Force
2021: Outstanding School District, San Antonio ISD
2021: Outstanding Media Project, KUT
2029: Outstanding School District, Judson ISD and Everman ISD
2019: Outstanding School District Energy Manager, Danny Helm, Arlington ISD
2018: Outstanding Sustainable K-12 School, Alvin ISD
Clean Energy Champion
2023: Pat Wood
2021: Alison Silverstein
2020: Jim Marston
Lifetime Achievement Award
2023: Becky Klein
2021: Bahman Yazdani
2020: The Honorable Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner
2019: W. Dan Turner
2018: Glen Rhoden
Clean Air Champion
2021: Lon Burnam
2020: Bakeyah Nelson
2019: Jim Brown
2018: Gerald Kettler
Outstanding Government Organization
2019: Houston Airport System and North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCoG)
2018: State Energy Conservation Office
Energy Systems Laboratory Partner of the Year
2023: City of Houston
2020: DFW Consulting
2019: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
2018: Command Commissioning
Outstanding Government Official
2023: The Honorable Jose Menendez, Texas State Representatives
2021: The Hon. Drew Darby, Texas State Representatives
2020: The Honorable Erin Zwiener, Texas State Representative
2019: The Hon. Cecil Bell, State Representative
2018: The Hon. Sylvester Turner, Mayor, Houston
Outstanding Non-Profit Organization
2023: PowerHouse Texas
2021: Coalition for Environment Equity and Resilience (CEER)
2019: One Breath Partnership (Air Alliance Houston, EDF, Public Citizen, Environment Texas, Environmental Integrity Project, Rice University)
2018: Texas Energy Managers Association
*The Awards Committee reserves the right to make modifications in award categories appropriate to recognizing each year’s outstanding achievements;may recognize achievements in any, all or none of the categories; and may designate additional categories for special recognition.*
