Woodstock Student Essay Wins!

Rigney family and Senator Tony Guglielmo at the essay contest winners circle at the Capitol in Hartford, June 5, 2015.

Hartford, CT – State Senator Tony Guglielmo (R-Stafford) joined the Rigney family from Woodstock, on Friday June 5th for an award ceremony at the Capitol in Hartford. Fiona Rigney a fourth grader at Woodstock Elementary School was honored for an essay she wrote about energy conservation tips. Rigney received an award from the Energize Connecticut fund.

In her essay the 9 year old wrote, You go to the doctor, take your home to the doctor too! Become your own energy efficiency doctor and go to energy.gov to learn how to conduct a do-it-yourself home energy audit.

She also suggests these tips:

• turning off the water when shaving or soaping up in the shower
• taping down the light switch in the refrigerator so it won’t go on all the time when you open the door
• buying a programmable thermostat to help reduce the amount of heat in our house when you are not there

To learn more about Energy Conservation ideas visit www.energy.gov

Energize Connecticut is an initiative of the Energy Efficiency Fund, the Connecticut Green Bank, the State and your local electric and gas utilities with funding from a charge on customer energy bills. – See more at: www.energizect.com