Award 2006

We received 6 applications for the 2006 Towards Class A Award: Braşov (RO), Bristol (UK), Colomiers (FR), Lausanne (CH), Lille (FR) and Verona (IT).

The “TCA” Awards 2006 ceremony was held during the 3rd BISE Forum in Riga on the 26th October. Every year about 100 participants from New Member States, Candidate Countries, Western Balkan Countries and Ukraine gather to exchange experiences and develop joint strategies to promote sustainable energy and energy efficiency.

Patrick Lambert, Director of the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA), together with jury president Cllr Alison Hay (CEMR) handed over the prizes to the winner cities of Bristol (UK), Brasov (Romania) and Lille (France) for their exemplary municipal communication strategies contributing to the Display® European climate campaign. The Swiss city of Lausanne received the “special jury prize” from the international jury.

** The expert jury was constituted of:
 Sophie Attali, Sowatt
 Hugues Belin, European Information Service
 Zdravko Genchev, EnEffect
 Kurt Emil Eriksen, EuroACE
 Nicolas Frizon de Lamotte, Unitar
 Cllr Alison Hay, Argyll and Bute Council
 Livia Tirone, ACE (Architects’ Council of Europe)

Press release (en)

The 2006 award was sponsored by the private sector with contributions from: