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Awards & Honors
2007-2009

Presentation of the 2007 Celebrate Business Success Award (right), and IDEA Norman R. Taylor Award award (far right).



40 minnesotans on the move (2009)

Finance and Commerce
Forty Minnesota business leaders were named Minnesotans on the Move by Finance and Commerce at an April 29 awards presentation celebrating the magazine’s 120 th anniversary. Anders Rydaker, president of District Energy St. Paul and its affiliate Ever-Green Energy, was the proud recipient of one of the awards honoring individuals who are poised to make business history during the coming years.

Special Sections Editor Dan Heilman said the magazine fielded award nominations from throughout Minnesota and solicited input from staff reporters to “create a list
of 40 people whose stars are on the rise.”

Celebrate Business Success Award (2007)

Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce
District Energy President Anders Rydaker received a Celebrate Business Success Award from the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce in September 2007.

The Chamber and the law firm of Moore, Costello & Hart partnered in early 2005 to honor businesses, individuals and/or initiatives in a recognition program called Celebrate Business Success. The program recognizes those who provide leading examples of how companies, employees and initiatives contribute to a shared vision of economic success throughout the Saint Paul/East Metro area. Susan Krantz, from Moore, Costello & Hart, is shown presenting the award to Anders.

Person of the Year (2007)

International District Energy Association
Anders Rydaker, president of District Energy St. Paul, received the International District Energy Association's prestigious Norman R. Taylor Award at the organization's 98th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The award is the highest distinction IDEA can confer on an individual as 'person of the year,' recognizing that person's career achievements and contributions to the association and the district energy and combined heat and power industries.

IDEA's 2006-2007 Chair Gary Rugel presented the award. "The Norm Taylor Award stands for exceptional leadership — a quality shared by the award's namesake and Anders Rydaker. With Anders at the helm, District Energy St. Paul has become one of the world's pre-eminent district energy companies, thanks to his industry knowledge, sound energy planning and engineering expertise. He is highly respected by his colleagues for the strategic vision and enthusiasm he has contributed to IDEA and other district energy organizations, including those in Sweden. Anders is an outstanding ambassador for our industry, and a gentleman."