A Glastonbury couple have taken the top prize in Energize Connecticut’s fifth annual Zero Energy Challenge, a statewide contest pushing builders and homeowners to create homes that consumer as little energy as possible.
The winners were Carl Benker and Elizabeth Wegner of Glastonbury, along with their builder Glastonbury Housesmith. Of the 11 homes in the competition, the Benker residence has the lowest projected annual net operating cost.
The Benkers and Glastonbury Housesmith won $25,000 in the challenge offered by the Energize Connecticut program, which is administered by electric utilities Eversource Energy and United Illuminating.
Second place and $10,000 went to builder Nick Lehto of Killingly. Third place went to Trillium Architects and BPC Builders of Wilton for their Taft School Residence in Watertown.
