dena Energy Efficiency Award 2011: Start of the Entry Phase

International Prize for Energy Efficiency Under the Patronage of German Federal Minister of Economics Rainer Bruderle

BERLIN, February 15, 2011 - Businesses from industry and production who have put exemplary projects
for increasing energy efficiency in their own operations into practice have
until 15 July 2011 to enter the international dena Energy Efficiency Award.
The Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - is
announcing the award with total prize money of EUR 30,000 as part of its
"Initiative EnergieEffizienz" campaign in cooperation with the Premium
Partners DZ BANK AG, Imtech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and Siemens AG. Patron
of the competition is Rainer Bruderle, Federal Minister of Economics
Businesses can find all necessary details about entering at
www.industrie-energieeffizienz.de.

Stephan Kohler, Chief Executive Officer of dena: "Globally, businesses
have recognised the opportunities offered by energy-efficient technology. The
dena Energy Efficiency Award is intended to encourage innovative businesses
to select the energy efficiency solution which has the best possible effect
on climate protection and their bottom line and not simply to stick with
conventional standards."

The competition is international in scope and open to businesses of any
size from any sector. It is precisely small and medium-sized businesses which
can also achieve significant cost benefits from energy efficiency and
strengthen their own competitiveness. This is why the competition is intended
to provide a platform for just such businesses.

The condition for entry is that the projects have been successfully put
into practice to increase energy efficiency. The submitted projects will be
assessed and prizes awarded by a jury of top-ranking experts from politics,
business, science and the media. The first prize in the dena Energy
Efficiency Award 2011 is EUR 15,000, the second EUR 10,000 and the third EUR
5,000. Prizes will be awarded during the dena Energy Efficiency Congress in
November 2011.

In 2010, a total of four companies won a dena Energy Efficiency Award:
Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG received a prize for the energy optimisation of
a production plant. SMA Solar Technologies AG was recognised for its
energy-efficient CO2-neutral new build inverter plant. The remaining prizes
went to two foreign companies: Saigon TanTec Ltd. received the dena Energy
Efficiency Award for building an efficient leather factory in Vietnam. The
Brazilian company Alunorte - Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A. was awarded a
recognition prize for the energy optimisation of a metallurgical production
process.

The Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - is
the centre of expertise for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources
and intelligent energy systems. Initiative EnergieEffizienz is a dena
campaign and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

The following companies are supporting the Energy Efficiency Award 2011
as Premium Partners: DZ BANK AG is part of the Genossenschaftliche
FinanzGruppe Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken which brings together some 1,200
co-operative banks. Within the FinanzGruppe, DZ BANK acts as the central
institution and commercial bank for the co-operative banks with their 12,000
branches across Germany.

Imtech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG is a leading supplier of building
technology. The Imtech Deutschland Gruppe is part of the pan-European Imtech
N.V. group with some 25,000 staff.

Siemens AG is a world-leader in electronics and electrical engineering.
The group is active in the industry, energy and health sectors and has some
405,000 staff worldwide.

Media contact:

Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena), Gunnar Will, Chausseestrasse 128a,
10115 Berlin, Germany

Tel: +49(0)30-72-61-65-723, Fax: +49(0)30-72-61-65-699, E-mail:
will@dena.de, Internet: www.dena.de

Media contact: Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena), Gunnar Will, Chausseestrasse 128a,
10115 Berlin, Germany; Tel: +49(0)30-72-61-65-723, Fax: +49(0)30-72-61-65-699, E-mail:
will at dena.de