New Haven Honored as a High Achievement Energy Leader At ENERGY STAR® Achievement Ceremony

Photo from left: Will Clark, chief operating officer, New Haven Public Schools; Anthony Marone, president and chief executive officer, UIL Holdings Corporation; Linda Darveau, environmental scientist, Environmental Protection Agency; Michael Doucette, energy engineer, United Illuminating; Ted Novicki, senior strategic account manager, United Illuminating.

On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, the City of New Haven’s energy efficiency efforts were recognized at a special ceremony held at the Energize Connecticut Center in North Haven. The ENERGY STAR® Achievement Ceremony was developed by United Illuminating (UI), a subsidiary of AVANGRID Inc., to honor municipalities for their recent ENERGY STAR eligibility or certifications, as well as a continued commitment to the Clean Energy Communities program sponsored through the Energize Connecticut initiative.

UIL Holdings Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Marone lead a panel of speakers that included Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Scientist Linda Darveau and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee.

Since joining Clean Energy Communities in 2014, New Haven added 22 municipal buildings and 60 board of education buildings to their ENERGY STAR portfolio, an online tool created by the EPA to measure and track energy and water consumption, as well as greenhouse emissions. Eight board of education buildings are either eligible for or have already received ENERGY STAR certification.

The town invested $375,000 in incentives to complete lighting and control system upgrades and Energy Management System installations. Furthermore, New Haven participated in the LED Streetlight Project exchanging all streetlights in the city with high-efficiency Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs.

New Haven’s annual site electricity usage has decreased by nearly 409,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) generating an estimated savings of about $53,000 each year. Additionally, the city has saved roughly $390,000 annually due to an approximate yearly reduction of 3 million kWh from the LED Streetlight Project.

“Offering valuable programs through our partnership in the Energize Connecticut initiative is of utmost importance to our company and we strongly encourage our municipalities to take advantage of the opportunity to manage their energy consumption,” said Anthony Marone, president and chief executive officer, UIL Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of AVANGRID Inc. “This collaboration with the EPA has allowed us to witness tangible results from these efforts and, in my opinion, is a major reason why Connecticut is one of the most energy efficient states in the nation.”

These energy-conscious efforts by New Haven are part of an overall pledge made when joining the Clean Energy Communities program to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent and support renewable energy by 20 percent by 2018.

To learn more about programs offered through the Energize Connecticut initiative, please visit energizect.com or call 1-877-WISE-USE.

About Energize Connecticut:

Energize Connecticut helps you save money and use clean energy. It is an initiative of the Energy Efficiency Fund, the Connecticut Green Bank, the State, and your local electric and gas utilities, with funding from a charge on customer energy bills. Information on energy-saving programs can be found at energizect.com or by calling 1-877-WISE-USE.