2004 Cleantech Awards recipients

Cleantech Leader of the Year Award – 2004
Alternative Investment Market (AIM), London Stock Exchange

In 2004, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange emerged as a leading market for growing global companies. In 2004 alone, AIM accounted for 65 percent of all IPOs in Western Europe, attracting more than 110 international companies from 13 different countries. AIM continues to coalesce institutional and brokerage interest in cleantech companies, facilitating the raising of capital for companies, exits for venture investors and liquidity in the market. AIM has emerged as the most successful growth market in the world, listing more than 2,800 companies.

Cleantech Emerging Enterprise of the Year – 2004
Comverge, Inc.
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Lest anyone think the 2007 IPO of Comverge was an overnight success story, the company was our recipient of an emerging enterprise award in 2004. Comverge provides solutions to peak energy challenges through patented demand response technologies. It provides end-to-end energy intelligence for electric utilities, including load management, automatic meter reading and real-time grid management programs. Today, the company has more than 500 utility clients and over 4.5 million devices installed across North America.

Cleantech Pioneer Award Winners – 2004
Michael J. Brown, Executive Chairman of the Board for Chrysalix Energy and The National Energy Renewable Laboratory of Canada
http://www.chrysalix.com

Brown was the co-founder of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital in 2001 and previously was the co-founder President of Ventures West Capital Ltd., one of Canada's largest private sources of capital for early-stage technology companies. Brown has been directly involved as a co-founder and director in several companies in the fuel cell and energy technology space, notably as the first venture investor in Ballard Power Systems, Inc. in 1987. Previously in his career, Brown was the founder and director of Fuel Cells Canada, a director of Sustainable Development Technology Canada and Managing Director of the Canada/China Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Coalition.

George S. Reichenbach, Managing Director, Chairman and co-founder, Braemar Energy Ventures
http://www.braemarenergy.com

Prior to joining Braemar Energy Ventures as Managing Director, Dr. Reichenbach worked as a partner at Advent International, a venture capital firm with $4.5 billion under management, where he was in charge of the industrial sector group. While at Advent, he was responsible for the firm's investments in power technology and related areas. Reichenbach was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also served on various committees for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. National Energy Renewable Laboratory.