Houston. Pilotathon 2025. The COPILOT Pitch. And a new award on the shelf: the Energy Resilience Champion Award. EnKoat is proud to have been recognized at one of the energy innovation community's most energizing events a gathering that brought together exactly the right mix of stakeholders, innovators, and advocates for real-world climate solutions.

Pilotathon 2025 is built around a simple but powerful idea: get the most promising energy technologies in front of the people who can deploy them. The COPILOT Pitch puts companies on stage to make the case for their solution not just to investors, but to operators, utilities, and community stakeholders who understand what scalable deployment actually requires.

EnKoat took the stage to pitch IntelliKoat™ a dual-layer thermal and weather barrier system that makes buildings cooler, stronger, and more resilient. The conversations that followed, both on stage and at our booth, reinforced what the award ultimately recognized: that IntelliKoat™ isn't just an innovative product. It's a practical, deployable solution to one of the built environment's most urgent challenges.

Energy resilience is more than a technical category. It's a commitment to building infrastructure that performs under pressure in extreme heat, in aging facilities, across communities that can least afford the cost of failure. The Energy Resilience Champion Award reflects EnKoat's alignment with that commitment, and the real-world results IntelliKoat™ has delivered in pursuit of it.

This recognition was made possible by a community of innovators driving impact in energy, access, and resilience. Huge thanks to Energytech Nexus, Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), Browning the Green Space, and organizers Jason E, Nada A, and Aida for building such a vibrant and purposeful event.

We're proud to be part of this movement. 🏆