SO4(1) Awards and Recognition of Environmental, Social and Ethical Performance
| Award/ Recognition Citation/ Category | From | Recipient | For |
| 2008 | |||
| Lotus Merit Award for: Interactive – Best Online Advertising Campaign, Merit, 2007 | Lotus Awards | DDB (Ad Agency) / BC Hydro | For the Power Smart "Make a difference today" campaign |
| Lotus Award for: Interactive – Best Online Advertising Single for Power Smart light bulb ads, 2007 | Lotus Awards | DDB / BC Hydro | The annual Lotus Awards is a competitive advertising awards show that celebrates creative excellence in British Columbia. |
| Grenier d'or, certificat d'excellence, February, 2008 | Recognition from Quebec | DDB / BC Hydro | For BC Hydro's 2007 Corporate Holiday Card online |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Synergy Innovation Award | NSERC | The University of British Columbia, Advanced Fiber Technologies (AFT) Inc, BC Hydro Power Smart, and Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership | For a new energy-saving design for the rotors used to separate impurities from wood pulp. |
| Lighting Redesign Award | The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America – B.C. Section | Roy Hughes – Power Smart Engineering | Energy Conservation leadership for the energy efficent outdoor relighting of the B.C. Legislator building in Victoria |
| (PVOT) Priory Vote of Thanks | St John's Ambulance – (Signator is from the office of The Govenor General) | BC Hydro | For the efforts made by BC Hydro to raise awareness of "What to do in the event of an Emergency". Co-ordinated distribution of the St.John's Ambulance Emergency Preparedeness Kits to B.C. retailers and television broadcasts to all British Columbians. |
| Resources Quality Award | Accenture | Accenture / ABSU / BCH | BC Hydro Northstar Upgrade ("Next Generation" CCS Project) – the SAP Upgrade project that was completed last year (which we sponsored, funded and oversaw from a client perspective) received a global internal Accenture award (only one in North America to receive an award) for excellence. |
| New York Festivals Innovative Awards Finalist Certificate | Guerrilla Marketing: Outdoor | BC Hydro | Trees / Reindeer / Ornament |
| Marketing Awards Bronze | Public Service Integrated Campaign | BC Hydro | 2007 LED Lights Campaign |
| IAA Responsibility Awards Bronze | Print Social Responsibility | BC Hydro | Reindeer |
| Clio Awards Finalist | Print Campaign | BC Hydro | Treehouse / Outhouse / Mud Hut |
| 2007 | |||
| Pinnacles | Bronze – Inventive Media | BC Hydro | Trees, Reindeer, Ornament |
| Marketing Awards | Silver – Public Service Outdoor Campaign | BC Hydro | Reindeer, Trees, Ornament |
| Lotus Awards | Lotus – Best Outdoor Single | BC Hydro | Reindeer |
| Lotus Awards | Merit – Best Direct Mail Single or Campaign | BC Hydro | Fireworks |
| Lotus Awards | Merit – Best Newspaper Campaign | BC Hydro | Couch / Hippie Van / Unicorn |
| Lotus Awards | Merit – Best Non-Traditional / Guerrilla | BC Hydro | Trees |
| Lotus Awards | Merit – Best Out of Home Campaign | BC Hydro | Couch / Hippie Van / Unicorn |
| Extra Awards | Bronze Local Campaign | BC Hydro | Couch, Hippie Van, Unicorn |
| Extra Awards | Bronze Local Single | BC Hydro | Hippie Van |
| Extra Awards | Bronze Local Single | BC Hydro | Unicorn |
| Extra Awards | Certificate of Excellence Local Single | BC Hydro | Couch |
| Applied Arts | Billboard, Single | BC Hydro | Reindeer |
| Applied Arts | Out-of-Home, Series | BC Hydro | Trees, Reindeer, Ornament |
| Applied Arts | Out-of-Home, Series | BC Hydro | Couch, Hippie Van, Unicorn |
| 2007 Innovative Management Award | The Institute of Public Administration of Canada | Spatial Asset Management | |
| 2006 Geospatial Technology Project of the Year Award | Utility Automation & Engineering T&D Magazine | Spatial Asset Management | Deployment of BC Hydro's Spatial Asset Management (SAM) and the award was formally presented at the DistruTECH conference in San Diego in February 2007. |
| BC Public Sector Information Technology Awards 2006 | BC Public Sector | SLIM (Street Light Information Management) was the running up in the category of innovation. | |
| Silver Award in the category of Public Service Campaign – Print/Outdoor | Marketing Magazine | Power Smart | Seasonal LED Reindeer human powered billboard. |
| Environmental Conservation & Responsibility (ECR) Environmental Stewardship Award | Canadian Electricity Association | Generation Resource Management | Water Use Planning |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | MMBU – Logistics Process | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | MMBU – Main Distribution Centre | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | MMBU – Lower Mainland | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety - Bronze | BC Safety Council | MMBU – Southern Region | Injury-free performance |
| 2007 Employer of the Year Award | UBC Engineering Co-op Program | BC Hydro | |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Gold | BC Safety Council | LMT Cable | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | Prince George & Peace Transmission | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | Metro Coastal Transmission | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | North Coast Transmission | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | Prince George Vegetation | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | Surrey Vehicle Garage | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | MMBU – MDC | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | Fort St. John Distribution /Fort Nelson | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Northern Interior Distribution (Office of the Area Manager) | Injury-free performance – over 300,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety - Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Salmon Arm / Revelstoke Distribution | Injury-free performance – over 400,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | Central Area Substations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Northwest Substations Maintenance | Injury-free performance – over 600,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Prince George P&C/T/C | Injury-free performance – over 500,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Gold | BC Safety Council | Kamloops Substations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Safety Services | Injury-free performance – over 700,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Gold | BC Safety Council | South Coastal Metering | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | Sechelt Operations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Squamish Operations | Injury-free performance – over 300,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | North Shore Operations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | Coquitlam Operations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | FVW Operations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | Nanaimo Distribution | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Gold | BC Safety Council | FVW Substations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Arnott Substation | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | NV Stations – North Shore Coastal | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | Horne Payne / Meridian Stations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | Victoria Stations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Bronze | BC Safety Council | FVE CP&I | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Lower Mainland Process Centre | Injury-free performance – over 700,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Gold | BC Safety Council | Northern Customer Projects & Installations | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Honours | BC Safety Council | Thompson/Shuswap Process Centre | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Honours | BC Safety Council | SVI CP&I Process Centre | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Gold | BC Safety Council | NI Generation Maintenance | Injury-free performance |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Annual Bar | BC Safety Council | Regional Distribution Engineering | Injury-free performance – over 600,000 hours |
| Award of Distinction for Safety – Silver | BC Safety Council | Transmission Engineering | Injury-free performance |
| Advertising Competition (Finalist) | 2007 New York Festival International Awards | Power Smart | 2006 Lighting Rebate Program, encouraging British Columbians to replace their incandescent lights with ENERGY STAR labelled products |
| ENERGY STAR Award | Natural Resources Canada (Office of Energy Efficiency) | Power Smart | Sustained excellence |
| Canadian Awards for Training Excellence 2006 | Canadian Society of Training and Development | BC Hydro's partnership with Knightsbridge | BC Hydro's Leading for Results development program |
Last Modified: Jul 17, 2008
