Farmington-based United Technologies Corp. said it has signed an agreement with Eversource to help it reach aggressive energy-efficiency goals over the next three years.
UTC aims to reduce its energy use by 15 percent across its Connecticut facilities. That would amount to approximately 54 million kilowatt hours of power, which could power 6,000 average-sized homes for one year.
UTC said it hopes to eventually spread the efficiency practices that result in Connecticut throughout its facilities worldwide.
Some of the initial strategies at UTC’s Windsor Locks facility include LED lighting, heat-reflecting roofing, tinted windows and HVAC upgrades.
UTC said it has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than one-third since 1997.
The dollar value of the project wasn’t disclosed, but an Eversource spokesman said UTC would receive some incentives from the ratepayer-funded Energy Efficiency Fund. The company would also invest an unknown amount of its own money on upgrades.
Eversource has similar, smaller agreements with UConn, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston College.
