CALSTART BLUE SKY AWARD
WINNERS 2014
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The CALSTART Blue Sky Award is presented to companies, organizations or
individuals selected for making outstanding contributions to clean air, climate change,
and the clean transportation technologies industry. The Blue Sky Award recognizes
leadership and innovation in sustainable transportation technologies and solutions.
Blue Sky Award winners for 2014 are:
California State Senator Ricardo Lara
California State Senator Ricardo Lara is honored for his leadership defending and
implementing California’s landmark climate and clean air policies. His leadership in
California State Senator Fran Pavley
2014 on Senate Bill 1204 in particular was extremely important. This bill creates the
California Senator Fran Pavley is honored for her ongoing leadership on California
California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology
climate, clean air, and clean transportation policy issues. In particular, this award
Program, which will leverage AB 32 cap and trade revenues to clean up heavy duty
recognizes Senator Pavley for her work in incentive programs to support the transition
vehicles in California. These investments are needed to accelerate the pace of
to a cleaner transportation sector. Senator Pavley played a key role in securing
innovation and change, particularly in disadvantaged communities such as freight
passage of Assembly Bill 8 in 2013, extending California’s suite of clean transportation
corridors and ports. Similarly, his work in the FY14-15 budget process to secure
incentive programs through 2023. This was a major victory for clean air and clean
funding for clean vehicle programs at the Air Resources Board is already paying off as
transportation. Additionally, Senator Pavley’s work on Senate Bill 1204 in 2014 helped
CARB is moving forward with a suite of much-needed investments for cleaner cars,
create a state investment program focused on cleaner technologies for heavy duty
trucks, and buses.
vehicles such as trucks, buses, and off-road equipment. Targeted investments in
cleaner heavy duty technologies are vitally needed in order for California to meet
clean air and climate goals.
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California Assemblyman Henry T. Perea
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General Motors
California Assemblyman Henry T. Perea is honored for his leadership with Senator
General Motors is honored for its clean transportation leadership for being the first
Fran Pavley on the passage of Assembly Bill 8. This critically needed legislation
automobile manufacturer to offer a full suite of plug-in vehicles to the market. Its
extends California’s suite of clean transportation incentive programs through 2023.
marketplace leadership and commitment to clean vehicle technology has moved
The programs extended by AB 8 provide incentives to develop and deploy the next
these vehicles from being just a concept on a drawing board to a reality on the road
generation of clean vehicles and fuels in California. Additionally, AB 8 extended
today. As a leading-edge clean vehicle technology developer and vehicle maker
programs aimed at accelerating fleet turnover and retiring the highest-polluting
GM continues to push the limits of the marketplace uses of clean fuel vehicles from
vehicles and equipment. AB 8 is an important piece of California’s overall strategy to
the introduction of the EV1 to ELR, Spark EV, the Volt and myriad other alternative
meet health-based clean air standards as well as AB 32 climate goals. The emission
fuel vehicles. Without this dedication, the clean vehicle industry would have never
reduction and job creation benefits of AB 8 investments will be felt around the state.
expanded to where it is now, nor have the tremendous promise for future success.
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Caterpillar Inc
Caterpillar Inc is honored for the development and successful commercialization of
its Off-Road Large Size Hydraulic Hybrid Excavator. Since it was awarded California
Frito-Lay
Energy Commission funding in early 2012, this machine has succeeded beyond all
expectations. It is now in full production and is being sold in California and
Frito-Lay has an award-winning, large-scale commitment to alternative fuel, which
worldwide. The environmental benefits of the Hydraulic Hybrid Excavator equal the
has been demonstrated through investments in their own Compressed Natural Gas
economic benefits. By capturing and re-using energy that would normally have
(CNG) and Electric Vehicle fleet, as well as with partners. Frito-Lay continues to
been lost during earthmoving operations, the 336E H reduces fuel consumption,
grow its CNG fleet, bringing the total number of its CNG tractors to 333 by the end of
which directly equates to lower CO2 emissions—approximately 66 tons per machine
2014. Once deployed, the CNG tractors will make up 30 percent of Frito-Lay’s fleet
annually. This is up to 45 percent less than standard machines. The hydraulic hybrid
and will be located at 50 percent of production locations. In addition, Frito-Lay has
technology and many of the components developed are directly transferable to
the largest commercial fleet of all-electric trucks in the country to deliver your
other sizes and types of off-road equipment. Caterpillar has produced a
favorite snacks to stores. These efforts contribute to reducing the use of key major
sophisticated machine that not only provides significant environmental benefits but
resources and the company’s environmental footprint, with the overall goal of:
also increases productivity and allows operators to recoup their investments in as
reducing water use by 75 percent; greenhouse gases by 50 percent; electricity by
little as one year. This economic benefit is shared by operators, construction-project
45 percent; and diesel fuel by 50 percent -- all by 2020.
funders, and the general public.
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