Green Business Awards
Whether it’s an annual Energy Star award or other kinds of green business awards, Southern Energy Management is proud and humbled to be recognized for doing things the right way.
B Corporation's "Best For The World" List - 2012
SEM was part of the inaugural group of 18 B Corporations named as "Best for the World" businesses. Each of these businesses earned a score in the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations and, on average, 50% higher than the average score of nearly 2,000 other sustainable businesses that have completed the B Impact Assessment.
Governed by the nonprofit B Lab, the B Impact Assessment is the most rigorous, comprehensive, and comparable independent assessment of overall corporate impact and shows the relative value businesses create for society. It compares nearly 200 individual metrics of corporate impact on workers, consumers, suppliers, community and the environment.
Learn more about how SEM creates positive social and environmental impact at bcorporation.net/southernenergy.
Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award - 2010, 2011, 2012
For six consecutive years, we've won the EPA's Energy Star Partner of the Year award for our work helping builders and developers implement the Energy Star program. Starting in 2010, our designation was upgraded to Sustained Excellence. We're grateful to all of our partners and clients who allow us to work with them in meeting their energy efficiency goals. This Energy Star award is a big deal to us; our team is among only a handful of companies in the nation that have earned this recognition and we're pretty proud of the accomplishment! Check out our team’s short video to see what the award means to us: SEM Celebrates Three Time POY Award
NAHB Research Center "Green Partner of the Year" - 2011
SEM was part of the inaugural class of "Green Partners of the Year" from the NAHB Research Center, the same folks who established the National Green Building Standard. Southern Energy Management is the number one verifier in the United States, accounting for 23 percent of NGBS homes nationwide, based on statistics released in 2011. Its NAHB Research Center-accredited staff performed nearly 300 field verifications in 2011 alone, handling 60 percent of all verifications completed in North Carolina. Click here to read the full release.
CED's "North Carolina Companies to Watch" - 2011
SEM has been named one of 25 growing companies in the state demonstrating high performance, innovation and other qualities "worth watching" by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. "These companies exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit that leads to success in
the marketplace even during challenging economic times," said CED
President Joan Siefert Rose. See the full press release here.
City of Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award - 2011
The highest award that the city gives out at its annual Environmental Awards Program, it recognizes "an individual or organization that has and shown leadership in sustainable development and in doing so recognizes the relationship and continuity of the environment, economics, and equity or social justice aspects of human society." See our press release about the award here.
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award - 2011
SEM took home Business Excellence Award for the "medium business category" as the Durham Chamber honored businesses of all sizes for their outstanding accomplishments. The awards program recognizes "a company program or initiative that made an impact in the community - making Durham stronger."
Green Jobs Award - 2010
In November of 2010, we were named as part of the innaugural class of Green Jobs Award winners. Presented by SJF Institute and Green For All, this award recognizes ten companies from all across the US that have helped strengthen environmental sustainability and create job growth.
City of Raleigh Environmental Market Transformation - 2009
We received this green business award in the spring of 2009 recognizing the impact and change we're creating in local residential and commercial markets.
Triple Bottom Line finalist by Sustainable North Carolina - 2008
We didn't win but came in as a finalist in the 2008 Sustainable North Carolina Awards. Southern Energy was one of three finalists who demonstrated the integration of all three aspects of sustainability - social, environmental and economic.
NC Sustainable Energy Business of the Year - 2006
The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association recognized us for our efforts to grow the industry in 2006.
