WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) and the United States Energy Association (USEA) have selected Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan and several current and past Alliance Board members as inductees to their new Energy Efficiency Hall of Fame.
In addition to Callahan, the 23 inaugural inductees also include Alliance Board Co-Chair James E. Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy; Board member Thomas R. Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute; Board Honorary Vice-Chair Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.); and former Board chair Timothy Wirth, president of the U.N. Foundation.
The induction will take place at 6:30 p.m. on June 15 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., as a prelude to the 20th Annual Energy Efficiency Forum.
Inductees were selected for demonstrating ongoing leadership on energy efficiency, making it a significant part of their careers, having an impact beyond their own organizations, attaining recognition in the energy efficiency field, and advancing the mission of the Energy Efficiency Forum: 'To be the premier forum that promotes an energy efficiency ethic through the presentation of national and worldwide views on energy efficiency and the resulting impact on the environment, national security and economic growth.'
'I am tremendously honored to be among the first members of the Energy Efficiency Forum Hall of Fame,' said Callahan. 'I also take great pride in the fact that several current and former members of the Alliance Board are sharing this honor with me.
'Like the Forum itself, the Alliance brings together government, business, and nonprofit leaders who are committed to advancing energy efficiency as the quickest, cheapest, cleanest way to extend our nation's energy supplies and address our nation's energy challenges,' Callahan continued. 'And while our nation has made great strides already in the few decades since the Alliance's 1977 founding, there is still vast potential yet to be unleashed. So the Alliance staff and Board look forward to having a continuing impact on lowering our nation's energy use and shrinking our carbon footprint in the years and decades ahead.'
'This honor is a fitting recognition of Kateri's tireless efforts to make energy efficiency a national priority,' said Rogers of Duke Energy. 'Her passion is to see that energy producers and consumers finally obtain the right incentives to use energy efficiency as a resource to meet future energy demand and to tackle climate change.
