Ashden
| Name: | Ashden |
| Description: |
Founded in 2001 as the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, Ashden champions and rewards life-changing ideas, from solar lighting in rural Bangladesh, to smokeless stoves in Eritrea, to low-carbon buildings in the UK. We believe passionately in supporting people who are changing the face of energy to cut CO2, protect the environment and improve people’s lives. The Awards have rewarded and supported more than 100 winning organisations and helped them expand and replicate at the same time as advocating these exemplars of a sustainable future to a wide and influential audience. Through our independent research and our portfolio of winners, we have collected a vast amount of useful information for practitioners, finance institutions and government officials. One of our most valuable assents is the array of on the ground example of successful projects in the local sustainable energy sector. |
| Focus and activities: |
Award scheme for local renewable energy projects in developing countries and the UK. Award winners are in all areas of renewable energy and energy efficienct. Examples include efficienct stoves, biogas, solar home systems, hydro schemes and treadle pumps. Award winners recieve prize money, media and PR activities including short documentary and business support. |
| Contact: | |
| Address: |
Allington House, 150 Victoria Street SW1E 5AE London United Kingdom |
| Website: | http://www.ashden.org |
| Email: | info@ashden.org |
| Phone: | +44 2074100330 |
| Affiliation: | |
| Type of organisation: | Non-governmental organisation |
| Partner category: | NGO |