Energize Connecticut holds the annual “eesmarts” contest to test Connecticut students on age-specific information about energy efficiency and renewable energy technology. The competition is co-sponsored by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund, Connecticut Light & Power and the United Illuminating Company.
More than 1,000 students statewide submitted poems, essays, graphs or drawings to enter into the contest. Three winners in each grade level were chosen among the entries.
Karina McMahon of Burr Elementary School took second place in the third-grade contest. Stratfield School’s Anna Patterson also took second place at the fourth-grade level. Michael McMahon of Tominson Middle School placed third among seventh-graders, and Roger Ludlowe Middle School eighth-grader Conor Jones took home an honorable mention.
“You don’t have to be an adult to understand the importance of energy efficiency,” DEEP Deputy Commissioner Katie Dykes said in a news release. “The eesmarts program and annual student contest plays an important role in helping students from kindergarten all the way through high school learn and appreciate the importance of energy efficiency and renewable energy, positioning them for a lifetime of environmentally-conscious thinking.”
The winners were honored at a ceremony in Hartford this week. First prize winners received an iPad, second prize winners received a Kindle Fire, and third place winners received a $25 gift card to Amazon, and a season pass for their family to a Connecticut science museum of their choosing.
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