Avon Students Recognized In Energy Efficiency Contest

Press release from Energize Connecticut:

Sept. 3, 2020

Avon-area students Jayden Han, Sanjith Tammana and Imad Athar were recently honored as finalists 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.

Jayden won 2nd place in the Grade 4 category for his project on practicing the three R’s to save energy - reduce, reuse, and recycle.

For the Grade 6 category, Sanjith received 1st place for her persuasive speech to the Connecticut Energy and Technology Committee about how our State can become more energy efficient. She wrote, “Hydro electric power is a very good example of clean energy, it is renewable and it is reliable. The Connecticut and Farmington Rivers can be harnessed to generate a massive amount of electricity”.

For his public service announcement, Imad explained that “weatherizing every home is the next big step we need to bring a change to society. It is one of the most important ways to save energy to save ourselves and the planet.” He won 1st place in the Grade 8 category.

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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