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Letter from Governor Jim Douglas announcing winners of the Vermont School Carbon Challenge!
April 7, 2009
Dear Vermont students, teachers, parents and communities,
Thank you for your participation in the Vermont School Carbon Challenge. Your efforts paid off, both for your schools and Vermont’s natural resources. Together, you saved more than 114 tons of carbon emissions. That’s the equivalent of not driving 250,000 miles a year or taking 15 passenger vehicles off the road!
The contest is over for this year and I am proud to announce the winning schools, which will each receive $5,000 for an energy efficiency project and the top team, which will receive $1,000 for an energy efficiency project.
The top high school is Hazen Union High School in Hardwick, whose STS team tallied up almost 23 tons of saved emissions.
The winning middle school, with 22 tons saved, is Richmond Middle School in Hanover, New Hampshire – home to Norwich middle-schoolers.
The No. 1 elementary school is Salisbury Community School, whose zipCO2 team reduced emissions by 5 tons.
The top team is the Essex High Tech Green Hornets, whose 244 members led the charge to reduce almost 37 tons of CO2 emissions.
The Environmental Assistance Office at the Agency of Natural Resources will also conduct an energy audit at each of the winning schools to help them plan for a sound investment in energy efficiency.
This contest wouldn’t be possible without the support of our sponsors: Beverage Association of Vermont, Biomass Energy Resource Center, Inc., Cabot Creamery, Casella Waste Management Systems, Inc., Central Vermont Public Service, Efficiency Vermont, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Green Mountain Power Co., VELCO, Vermont Country Store, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, and Vermont Energy Partnership.
We’ll be celebrating the winners at the Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention Awards on April 20, from 4 to 6 p.m., in the House Chamber at the Statehouse.
Once again, congratulations!
Jim Douglas
Governor
The State of Vermont