Pavel Podruh, a Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Czech Island House project, which deals with the concept of buildings to varying degrees of self-sufficiency.  He won Manager of the Year in 2017 from the Czech Management Association in the category of Energy Innovation. Podruh also won the UN Corporate Social Responsibility Award or the European Sustainable Energy Award 2018 (European Commission Highest Award, Category: Energy Innovation). Its activities act as an accelerator of modern technologies based on renewable resources.