Hamden Student Recognized In Energy Efficiency Contest

Press release from Energize Connecticut:

Sept. 3, 2020

Hamden-area student Mustafa Ather was recently honored as a finalist in the 15th annual eesmarts™Student Contest.

Presented by Energize Connecticut sponsors, Eversource and United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc., the eesmarts Student Contest invites Connecticut students in grades K-12 to create projects about energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainability.

Mustafa won 1st place in the Grade 4 category for his letter to the principal where he described simple changes students can make to help save energy. According to Mustafa, “if everyone recycled, turned off the light in rooms we don’t use, and placed solar panels on top of the school, then a good energy saving plan would be implemented.”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Energize Connecticut sponsors updated the contest this year to allow students to submit their projects through an online platform, and a congratulatory video presentation was created to announce the winning participants.

More than 300 students from 76 schools in 49 Connecticut towns submitted their work for consideration. Thirty-five entries were selected as this year’s winners and each finalist received a certificate and Amazon gift card.

To view the video, please visit EnergizeCT.com/eesmarts-student-contest-winners-2020. For more information on the student contest and the eesmarts program, please visit EnergizeCT.com/eesmarts-home.

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