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Bernard Brennan

Bernard Brennan was honored with a 2010 CT Climate Change Leadership Award for his active leadership of numerous initiatives that strive to respond to climate change by creating resilient re-localized communities.  His accomplishments include:
Founding member of Transition Greater New Haven, which has become the 30th official transition initiative in the US and the first in [...]

Bruce Hampson

Bruce Hampson was honored as a 2010 CT Climate Change Leadership Award winner for his exemplary role in promoting clean energy and energy efficiency in Wilton.  Bruce served as Co-Chair of the major renovation of the Wilton High School and spearheaded energy use reductions and “state of the art” building automation. The renovations included a [...]

City of Bridgeport and Bridgeport Regional Business Council

Mayor Bill Finch of Bridgeport has shown exceptional leadership on sustainability. The Mayor’s 2008 Executive Order on Sustainability led to the creation of a participatory public-private partnership between the City of Bridgeport and the Bridgeport Regional Business Council to develop a comprehensive sustainability plan, BGreen 2020.

Department of Correction

The Connecticut Department of Correction over the course of the past decade, has committed itself and dedicated staff to reducing energy and resource consumption, as a means of conserving the environment while maintaining fiscal responsibility to the state’s taxpayers.  The Facilities Management & Engineering Unit has successfully achieved this goal through energy efficient design and [...]

Jonathan Gorham

As Chairman of the Woodbridge Clean Energy Initiative Task Force, Jonathan Gorham has led many innovative efforts to promote clean energy and energy efficiency. Jon encouraged Woodbridge to purchase 25% of its municipal electricity from wind power and to undertake comprehensive energy audits of its buildings. He forged partnerships with the Clean Energy Task Forces of neighboring Bethany and Orange which resulted in the first Regional School District to be recognized as a “Clean Energy Community” under the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund’s programs.

Royal Bank of Scotland Americas

The RBS Americas Headquarters in Stamford is a one million square-foot office building that has received a ‘Gold’ ranking by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System.  RBS was honored with a 2010 CT Climate Change Leadership Award for this accomplishment. 
The many notable environmentally-responsible features of the 1 [...]

Wesleyan University

Since 2005, Wesleyan University has shown great leadership in addressing climate change.  The university was honored with a 2010 CT Climate Change Leadership Award.  Accomplishments include:
Signing the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, which calls for a greenhouse gas inventory and plan to achieve carbon neutrality.
Building or renovating the following buildings to Leadership in [...]