Newington Students Recognized In Energy Efficiency Contest

Press release from Energize Connecticut:

Sept. 3, 2020

Newington-area students Emma Krusewski, Maggie Krusewski and Joseph Elesa 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.

Emma, who came in 2nd place in the Grade 2 category for her poster, wants to make sure people know how important it is to save energy. She suggests people turn the lights off when they’re not using them.

Maggie received 2nd place in the Grade 5 category for her book review on Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax”. She writes, “…if you do your best to save the environment, you are saving animals, humans, energy, the world, and more.”

Joseph submitted a persuasive cartoon for the Grade 7 category. He writes, “start using clean renewable resources because it will help you and the world in the long run.” Joseph received 3rd place for his entry.

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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