{"id":217857,"date":"2024-08-28T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=217857"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T21:03:49","slug":"governor-lamont-visits-uconn-health-to-celebrate-connecticuts-innovative-collaborations-reducing-the-states-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/08\/governor-lamont-visits-uconn-health-to-celebrate-connecticuts-innovative-collaborations-reducing-the-states-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Lamont Visits UConn Health to Celebrate Connecticut\u2019s Innovative Collaborations Reducing the State\u2019s Carbon Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Aug. 28 Governor Ned Lamont visited UConn Health\u2019s Outpatient Pavilion to discuss the innovative technology set to be deployed on the Farmington campus to bolster the state\u2019s efforts for delivering energy cost savings and reducing its carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

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Governor Lamont at UConn Health’s Outpatient Pavilion on Aug. 28 (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lamont was joined by his collaborators UConn President Radenka Maric, UConn Health CEO Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, Connecticut Innovations CEO Matt McCooe, UConn Health Vice President of Facilities Development and Operations Eric Kruger, and Budderfly CEO Al Subbloie.<\/p>\n

The innovative Ultra High Performance (UHP) heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system being installed at UConn Health is made by the Shelton-based company Budderfly.<\/p>\n

The company is partnering with UConn Health and Connecticut Innovations, the state\u2019s strategic venture capital arm, to deploy and test this technology\u2019s benefits in a 12-month pilot project program with the goal of achieving net zero emissions at the state\u2019s academic medical center\u2019s Creative Child Center.<\/p>\n

The pilot program is funded by Connecticut Innovations through the Governor\u2019s Innovations Lab. It is the latest initiative and investment by the State of Connecticut as it aims to achieve a zero-carbon electric supply by 2040.<\/p>\n

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UConn Health CEO Dr. Andy Agwunobi (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the celebratory event, newly returning CEO of UConn Health, Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, applauded the team of Connecticut collaborators and Governor Ned Lamont sharing, \u201cWe are so thankful for being given the opportunity of this pilot program. We hope to lower energy costs and reduce our carbon-footprint. There is benefit for our organization for savings, but most important it is for the future of our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UConn President Radenka Maric (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UConn President Radenka Maric agrees: \u201cThis pilot is such an important milestone for our University. One of our strategic goals is how to address climate change. We are going to make the planet a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud of being part of this project,\u201d added Connecticut Innovations CEO Matt McCooe. \u201cThey want to reduce the cost of government. This project is going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eric Kruger, vice president of facilities development and operations at UConn Health concluded, \u201cIt\u2019s really a true privilege to be part of this Connecticut initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Budderfly CEO Al Subbloie shared, \u201cI\u2019m a Connecticut person who cares. We reduce carbon to save the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Al Subbloie CEO of Budderfly with Gov. Ned Lamont and Dr. Andy Agwunobi at UConn Health on Aug. 28 (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Subbloie added, \u201cWe\u2019re excited. We will be measuring the pilot project\u2019s benefit and return on investment. We hope to roll-out in a larger manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Governor applauded the upcoming impact of the pilot project collaboration and the innovative technology of Budderfly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big deal for our energy grid and energy prices,\u201d Lamont said.<\/p>\n

The Governor also applauded UConn Health and its returning CEO Agwunobi too.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot bad Andy, you\u2019ve been back 90 days and you\u2019re saving on costs and the planet,\u201d Lamont said smiling about the UConn Health CEO.<\/p>\n

Lamont also shared how, \u201cThere can be extraordinary efficiencies when it comes to energy. We can invest and save around the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Governor also shared that he is in discussions with the innovative energy company Budderfly and CT Innovations on what the state can do in the future for homeowners too.<\/p>\n

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Eric Kruger, vice president of facilities development and operations at UConn Health (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lamont concluded, \u201cThe research over at UConn is going to be a big piece.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Connecticut collaborators with Gov. Ned Lamont include Budderfly, Connecticut Innovations, UConn Health, and UConn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":217867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1715,2387,179,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-217857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-impact","category-sustainability","category-uconn-health","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 15:09:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217870,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217857\/revisions\/217870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/217867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217857"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=217857"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=217857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}