{"id":114879,"date":"2024-09-19T09:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T09:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/?p=114879"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:33:01","slug":"green-economy-award-nrw-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/news-2024\/green-economy-award-nrw-2024-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Economy Award of North Rhine-Westphalia 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_size=&#8221;bigtext&#8221; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;173855&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Medium length headline<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_size=&#8221;&#8221; desktop_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;158696&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Environmental Economy Award.NRW 2024.NRW 2024 verliehen[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;418410&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;114905&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;412453&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;114886&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;344497&#8243;][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;small&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;115131&#8243;]\u00a9 Susanne Schmidt-Domin\u00e9[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;165141&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>The winners have been announced!<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;548357&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"lead\">On 16 September, 2024, the Environmental Economy Award was presented for the third time. The award recognizes companies that combine environmental and climate protection with economic success in an impressive way. In 2024 companies in the green economy in North Rhine-Westphalia once again had the chance to win a total of \u20ac60,000 in prize money. Here you can find out which companies impressed the jury with their innovative business models in 2024.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">First place and \u20ac30,000 in prize money went to <strong>ClayTec GmbH &amp; Co. KG<\/strong> from Viersen.<br \/>\nClayTec has been producing building materials such as mortar and drywall panels from clay for 40 years: a raw material that is available in large quantities in Germany and is a suitable substitute for less environmentally friendly materials such as gypsum and limestone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\"><strong>Voltfang GmbH<\/strong> from Aachen was delighted to be awarded second place and \u20ac20,000 in prize money.<br \/>\nThe innovative Aachen-based company Voltfang has developed a battery storage system from second-life batteries that helps small and medium-sized companies and industry to reduce their ecological footprint and save costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\"><strong>HDB Recycling GmbH<\/strong> from H\u00fcnxe came third in the Environmental Business Award.NRW 2024, which is awarded with \u20ac10,000.<br \/>\nWhere to put mixed mineral waste? HDB Recycling GmbH from H\u00fcnxe has come up with an innovative solution. With its wet processing plant for recycled aggregates in North Rhine Westphalia, the company processes mineral waste into high-quality secondary construction materials for building construction and civil engineering.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row news-text-wrap\">\n<div class=\"col-12 mb-5\">\n<p>The Environmental Business Award is intended for innovative companies in the green economy that contribute to the further expansion of North Rhine-Westphalia&#8217;s pioneering role in the environmental economy.<br \/>\n<strong>Further information on the Environmental Economy Award.NRW<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umweltwirtschaftspreis.nrw\/nominierte\">Environmental Economy Award.NRW 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners come from Viersen, Aachen and H\u00fcnxe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":114906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114879"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115722,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114879\/revisions\/115722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inzin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}