Governor's Award for Excellence in Energy Efficiency

Suzanne accepts award as Bob Scott, director of DES Air Div., and Alice Chamberlin, then from the Governor's staff, look on (click on photo to enlarge).Suzanne accepts award as Bob Scott, director of DES Air Div., and Alice Chamberlin, then from the Governor's staff, look on (click on photo to enlarge).Suzanne was given this award in 2007 to honor her initiative in procuring free compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) for the entire State House. After hearing about this offer to all state capitols from Paradigm Nouveau, a philanthropic organization in Colorado, Suzanne made arrangements for our State House to be the recipient of this gift. After an audit of all the lights in the building, about 1,000 bulbs were delivered for installation. Using these energy-saving bulbs saves the state about $9,000 a year in electric bills.