This year, five winners were selected in the Best Overall category for their outstanding efforts to save energy and protect the environment.

California Academy of Sciences

Now the largest public LEED platinum building in the world, the California Academy of Sciences continues to lead in energy efficiency and sustainability education.

Mothers’ Club Family Learning Center

Retrofitting their facility to be 52% more energy efficient and saving over 120,000 gallons of water annually, the Mothers’ Club continues to provide low-income mothers and their children with no-cost learning programs.

Santa Clara Valley Water District

Using education, as well as incentives such as rebates and free water-saving devices, the Santa Clara Valley Water District saved over 19.5 billion gallons of water and cut their GHG emissions by over 700 million pounds.

Sustainable Spaces

Performing retrofits to save homeowners an average of 40% on their energy bills, Sustainable Spaces saved California over 745,000 kWh in 2008 alone.

University of California Irvine

UC Irvine has reduced its electrical demand by up to 68%, saved nearly 4 million gallons of water annually and saved 3.7 million kWh of electricity last fiscal year.