The 15th Annual NOVA Awards Banquet was held April 24, 2003 at the Ford Conference & Event Center in Dearborn, Michigan. IBEW International President Ed Hill was the keynote speaker.

The Construction Innovation Forum's NOVA Awards are the Nobel Prize of the Construction Industry.

The NOVA Awards was instituted by the Construction Innovation Forum in 1989 to recognize innovations that have proven to be significant advances that have had positive, important effects on construction to improve quality and reduce costs.

NOVA Awards have been awarded to all areas of the Construction Industry, including innovations in the construction process, and in materials, design, detailing, fabrication, equipment, procurement, contract adminitration, management, labor relations, training, and safety that improve the construction process. The NOVA Awards has also recognized projects for their innovative concepts and methods. But this is the first time that it has been awarded to an electrical innovation.

Michael Tennefoss, Echelon Corporation Vice President of Product Marketing, Training, and Customer Relations, accepted the award on behalf of Echelon.

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