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Peter Rumsey Wins BOLD Innovator Award
On 10, Oct 2016 | In PEI Blog | By Molly
Brandon Tinianov of View presents the BOLD award to Peter Rumsey at Greenbuild.
Point Energy Innovations founder and CEO Peter Rumsey received a BOLD Innovator Award at the US Green Building Council’s 2016 International conference in Los Angeles.
The Innovator Award recognizes an individual who pioneered unique and creative programs or initiatives with the goal of increasing tenant engagement, satisfaction, and retention, according to the award’s founding partners, Aquicore, Comfy, Enlighted and View.
A team of expert judges from all corners of the industry selected the award winners in four different categories from 100 nominations. The judges recognized Peter for his long history of innovation in systems design that has helped dozens of office buildings data centers and labs reach net zero energy and, in particular, the award honors his recent work on the “Hyperchair,” an office chair that allows the person sitting in it to adjust the temperature of the chair.
When Rocky Mountain Institute settled into its new Basalt, CO Office at the beginning of 2016, Peter’s first major installation of the Hyperchair was keeping each individual staff member comfortable in a building without a central heating system. While avoiding the two biggest, and often simultaneous, complaints in buildings, “I’m too cold!” and “I’m too hot!”, the chairs provide a tiny extra boost of heat (or cooling), fine-tuned to personal needs, for a fraction of the environmental cost of central heating.
To learn more about the BOLD Awards and learn about the other incredible nominees and award winners, visit the BOLD Awards website.
