On March 20 – 21, 2014, more than 120 Energy Efficiency & Total Plant Asset Management Professionals from all over Europe met at the we.CONECT – ener.CON EUROPE 2014 in order to discuss current and future challenges and opportunities with regards regard to energy efficiency, management and technology. The annual ener.CON 2014 Award ceremony took place on the eve of the first conference day on the March, 20 in the Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin. The European prize is given for unique energy-efficient projects and innovations in the asset intensive industry.

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Winner of the ener.CON EUROPE Award 2014
ArcelorMittal won the we.CONECT - ENER.CON EUROPE 2014 Award for best
energy efficient and innovative project
Berlin, 24
th
March 2014.
On March 20 – 21, 2014, more than 120 Energy Efficiency & Total Plant Asset Management Professionals from
all over Europe met at the we.CONECT – ener.CON EUROPE 2014 in order to discuss current and future
challenges and opportunities with regards regard to energy efficiency, management and technology. The annual
ener.CON 2014 Award ceremony took place on the eve of the first conference day on the March, 20 in the
Leonardo Royal Hotel Berlin. The European prize is given for unique energy-efficient projects and innovations in
the asset intensive industry.
An independent jury composed of Michael Becker (Director Pfizer Global Engineering, Pfizer Inc.), Malte Homann
(Global Energy Excellence Manager, Bayer Material Science AG) and Ulrika Wising (Business Development
Manager, DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability), has chosen the best ener.CON EUROPE project out of 15
submissions.
The winner of the ener.CON EUROPE Award 2014 is ArcelorMittal and its project Energize, ArcelorMittal FCE
overall energy efficiency program. Having started in 2012 in the ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe segment, the
projects aim is to substantially reduce the energy consumption of Flat Carbon Europe mills by 2016. This is
achieved through consumption optimization for both purchased and generated energies by identifying losses and
levers for improvements in all production and transversal processes.
Veronica Chiper, the pilot of ArcelorMittal FCE's Energize project, received the prize and thanked the entire
ArcelorMittal team for their hard work.
Malte Homann, chairman of the
ener.CON EUROPE 2014
The ener.CON EUROPE 2014 AWARD Band performing during the award-
ceremony
Stefanie Nawrocki, Veronica Chiper,
Helge Swars, Malte Homann
Veronica Chiper speaking on behalf of
ArcelorMittal
Veronica Chiper and Helge Swars

2. The second place went to Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd. for its Sustainable Filling Stations project in Italy
and Sweden. The aim of the Q8 Z.E.R.O. Project in Italy and the OKQ8 Haggvik in Sweden was to optimize the
emissions generated by advanced engineering practices, the utilization of renewable energy and forest plantation,
whereby Sweden’s Sustainable Filling Station is one of a kind with respect to its emphasis on the sustainable
development triple bottom line definition.
PRAYON S.A., worldwide key-player in phosphate-based products and production received the third place for
their project: Steam Network Optimization through a People-Minded Project, along with ERAMET Group, world
leader for alloying metals, scoring with their energy savings program that had started in 2006 and ended in 2012.
In winning the ener.con AWARD 2014, the selected project has not only received a certificate and respective
trophy, but also enabled the donation of a 2000,00 € cheque on the company’s behalf to a corresponding charity
project, as organized by we.CONECT.
The prize money of 2000€ will be donated to TSURO, an initiative supported by Weltfriedensdienst to help the
local communities of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, develop sustainable agricultural behaviors. The farmer
organization and its 5000 members aim at assisting the country, which suffers from food scarcity as well as
overexploitation of natural resources, such as water and soil.
The ener.CON EUROPE 2014 event offered more than 20 Case Studies, World Cafés and interactive sessions.
Discussions and presentations on topics like technical feasibility, technical developments & solutions, energy
efficiency planning, design, total asset management in total plant asset management for energy conscious
organizations has surpassed the expectations of more than 120 attendees.
After the conference is before the conference
With more than 30 speakers and 120 attendees from all over the world, the ener.CON EUROPE 2014 was again
the biggest networking platform for energy efficiency & total plant asset management professionals in Europe.
The we.CONECT team is already preparing the 4
th
ener.CON Europe 2015, which will take place in Berlin from
March 19 – 20, 2015. Next year, the ener.CON Award will once again be attributed to outstanding projects.
Further information about the ener.CON Europe, registration and application for the ener.CON Award please
contact Peter Haack, Head of Marketing.
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More Information:
Peter Haack
Head of Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0)30 52 10 70 3 - 42
Email: peter.haack@we-conect.com
Mauro Calo receiving the award for the
second place for Kuwait Petroleum
Malte Homann, warming up the crowd
with a few words
Bernard Flament (PRAYON S.A.) and
Jean-Philippe Letellier (ERAMET Group)
receiving the third place