2023 MARKS TENTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT NHSAVES® UTILITY PARTNERS HAVE EARNED ENERGY STAR® SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE AWARD
NHSaves utility partners Eversource, Liberty, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative and Unitil have received the 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year—Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Though always proud to receive such a prestigious award, this year’s win is an exceptional honor for the New Hampshire utilities. It marks the tenth year in a row the partners have received the award, which is reserved for ENERGY STAR partners demonstrating outstanding leadership.
The Sustained Excellence Award is the highest honor bestowed by the ENERGY STAR program. The NHSaves utility partners are proud to be recognized for their long-term commitment to protecting the environment through energy efficiency. They are among the nation’s leaders in driving value for the environment, the economy and New Hampshire.
Year after year, the NHSaves utility partners are proud to provide programs, rebates and incentives to help make New Hampshire’s homes, businesses and towns more comfortable places to live and work, both now and in the future, and 2022 held no shortage of accomplishments for the program. In fact, in 2022, the New Hampshire utilities exceeded their savings goal of 36,143,248 lifetime kWhs and 579,809 lifetime MMBTUs.
Additionally, the utilities provided ENERGY STAR certification to over 760 homes in 2022, bringing their overall total to 10,900 homes since 2001. 514 homes were certified as Drive to ENERGY STAR, and ENERGY STAR certified homes were promoted to thousands of Home Show visitors and at Energy Code and ENERGY STAR Homes trainings. Perhaps most impressively, the New Hampshire ENERGY STAR Homes Program has grown from a 2% market share to 28–33% in recent years.
“The NHSaves utility partners are proud to be recognized for ten consecutive years of working toward a clean energy future,” said Eversource Director of Energy Efficiency Kate Peters. “This Partner of the Year award is a testament to our work with stakeholders across New Hampshire, leading cost-effective energy efficiency initiatives and partnering with ENERGY STAR. We’re proud of this accomplishment and appreciate the work of the NHSaves vendors and contractors, as well as local communities and partners throughout the state, who remain dedicated to mitigating the effects of climate change by reducing energy use.”
Winners are selected from a network of thousands of ENERGY STAR partners. For a complete list of 2023 winners and more information, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners.
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