Environmental Sustainability

ANDOVER, MA – Andover was awarded a $191,901 Green Communities competitive grant under the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Green Communities program. Awards were announced on Wednesday July 8, 2015 at a ceremony in Natick. Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton, and DOER Commissioner Judith Judson congratulated the recipients and reaffirmed the Baker administration’s commitment to the Green Communities program. The project, “Andover: Raising the Bar in Energy Efficiency” focused on the Team’s goals to treat Andover High School as its Flagship school for energy improvements, while also raising energy standards of efficiency town-wide.