Governor Lamont Announces 2026 GreenerGov Award Recipients in Connecticut
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on November 10 joined state agency representatives at the State Capitol in Hartford for the annual GreenerGov Awards, recognizing projects inside state government that reduce environmental impacts, lower operating costs and advance climate goals. The GreenerGov initiative, established by Executive Order No. 1 in 2019 and expanded by Executive Order No. 21-3 in 2021, challenges agencies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, raise energy efficiency, conserve water, divert waste, expand renewable energy and deploy electric vehicles. Lamont said state agencies reached their greenhouse gas reduction target years ahead of schedule.
Sustainability Achievement Award winners included the Department of Labor, which cut emissions 21% between fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026 through mechanical and building-automation improvements at its Wethersfield headquarters; the University of Connecticut, which piloted 23 tabletop food-waste composters in student residences; the Department of Motor Vehicles, which installed 11 electric vehicle charging stations across fiscal 2025 and 2026; and the Department of Correction, which added more than two megawatts of ground-mounted solar at three facilities.
The state's next milestone is reducing agency emissions 70% below 2016 levels by 2040.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Connecticut)
Source: Office of the Governor of Connecticut
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Photo: 图：康涅狄格州议会大厦（Hartford）。经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, via Wikimedia Commons.
