Guilford Building Company Honored For Clean Energy Project

GUILFORD, CT — The Connecticut Green Bank is honoring a Guilford building company for its clean energy work on a New Haven church.

Complete Building and Mechanicals of Guilford and Omega Church in New Haven were honored with a PACEsetter Award for their HVAC and lighting project – Complete Building and Mechanicals first C-PACE project - which will help the Church maintain safe, healthy operations year-round, the Bank said in a news release.

The Connecticut Green Bank’s PACEsetter Awards acknowledge contractors, building owners and other stakeholders who are advancing the green energy movement through C-PACE, and whose leadership establishes a “pace” for others in their field to follow, the Green Bank said in a news release.

The award winners are a driving force behind the success of the Green Bank’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program, which has surpassed 330 closed loans and $184 million in total close project financing that are estimated to save $295 million in energy costs, the Green Bank noted.

These are the sixth annual PACEsetter Awards.

Since 2012, the Green Bank has supported the creation of more than 23,000 job years and over 50,000 clean energy projects, thanks to our network of contractors, interested home- and building owners, and lending partners, it noted.

“Connecticut’s clean energy workforce has been strong and growing since 2015, until the pandemic caused a major setback," bank CEO Bryan Garcia said. "While the path to a full recovery will be long, our contractors are safely back to work — creating jobs, combatting climate change, and reducing energy burdens for families and building owners across the state. With this backdrop, we are particularly excited to recognize these projects and contractors that highlight the diverse ways our programs made a difference in our communities in 2020."

“From boutique inns, churches, and community centers, to our homes and neighborhoods, clean energy is powering our daily lives and helping us prosper," he said. "In the face of a challenging year, these leaders demonstrate that we can create a thriving future in Connecticut.”