• The Metropolitan District was recently named 2009 Northeast Regional Partner of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce-Minority Business Development Agency. This honor, developed specifically to recognize the MDC’s ongoing commitment and success in advancing minority business participation on the $1.6 billion Clean Water Project, is the first to be awarded to a major construction project in the Northeast Region by the MBDA. Heyward B. Davenport, MBDA Northeast Regional Director, presented the award to the MDC noting that he frequently cites examples from the MDC’s diversity initiatives in his dealings with federal leadership at the highest national levels.
• United Technologies Corp. ranked first in the Transportation, Aerospace category and 33rd overall on Newsweek’s inaugural Green Rankings, a list of the 500 greenest companies in America. UTC set its first environmental goals in 1992, and since 1997 has reduced gross energy use by 22 percent while more than doubling in size. The corporation’s reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in its facilities over the past two years is equivalent to taking more than 50,000 cars off the road for a year. UTC also actively partners with organizations around the world to address energy efficiency. The company is a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and is co-chairing the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Energy Efficiency in Buildings project.
• The Connecticut Water Company is the recipient of this year’s Utility Service Award from the New England Water Works Association. The award is presented annually to a member utility that has made significant contributions to the association’s committees, programs, presentations and other volunteer service. Connecticut Water employees have been active NEWWA members for more than 50 years and many have held leadership positions in the organization. Two have served as the association’s president and seven current or former Connecticut Water employees chair NEWWA standards committees, with many having chaired their committees for a decade or more. In addition, 10 employees are past NEWWA award recipients for their work in the drinking water industry.
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