Arlington Receives State Award for Clean Energy and Environmental Initiatives

The Town of Arlington recently received a 2013 ‘Leading By Example’ award from Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration for its clean energy and environmental initiatives.

The town was one of eight public entities to receive the award this year. Two individuals also took home the award.

From the state:

“The town of Arlington, one of the Commonwealth’s first Green Communities, has fully embraced the Green Communities program challenge to reduce its municipal government and school energy consumption by at least 20 percent over five years, and has used its Green Communities grant funding to implement high efficiency LED lighting, HVAC, and building control upgrades. The town led a campaign with Mass Save and the Massachusetts Climate Action Network, which resulted in 400 home energy audits. Through Solarize Mass, 710 kW of solar was installed in Arlington in 2012. Arlington has also launched a curbside recycling and residential composting program, decreasing the solid waste per household by 20 percent since 2010.”