{"id":1915,"date":"2016-04-11T14:13:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T18:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2016-04-11T14:13:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T18:13:04","slug":"maryland-green-registry-now-accepting-applications-for-annual-leadership-awards-entry-deadline-april-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2016\/04\/11\/maryland-green-registry-now-accepting-applications-for-annual-leadership-awards-entry-deadline-april-27\/","title":{"rendered":"MARYLAND GREEN REGISTRY NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS; ENTRY DEADLINE APRIL 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Media contacts:<\/p>\n<p>Jay Apperson<br \/>\njay.apperson@maryland.gov<br \/>\nAdrienne Diaczok<br \/>\nadrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov<br \/>\n410-537-3003<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><br \/>\nMARYLAND GREEN REGISTRY NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS; ENTRY DEADLINE <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">APRIL 27<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BALTIMORE, MD (<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">April 11, 2016<\/span><\/span>)<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0The Maryland Green Registry\u00a0is accepting applications for\u00a0the seventh annual Maryland Green Registry\u00a0Leadership Awards.\u00a0Interested organizations should submit an application highlighting their sustainable environmental practices and the measurable results achieved, as well as information about their organization&#8217;s commitment to continual improvement in sustainable operations.\u00a0The registry\u00a0is a free program that assists\u00a0businesses\u00a0and other\u00a0organizations by promoting sustainable practices.\u00a0Collectively, registry members have saved more than\u00a0$102 million annually through sustainable practices.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award winners will be announced at the annual awards and membership event\u00a0to be held <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 14<\/span><\/span> at the World Trade Center in Baltimore. The event will also include a prize drawing for the Maryland Green Registry Rebate Race, a campaign to encourage members to take advantage of the utility rebates available for energy efficiency upgrades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Maryland Green Registry includes more than 460 member organizations including businesses, schools, and government facilities. The online member profiles help to inspire other organizations by sharing practical, proven practices that reduce environmental impacts and save money. Past\u00a0Leadership Awards have gone to a variety of organization types and sizes throughout the state. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/marylandgreen\/Pages\/LeadershipWinners.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for list of prior winners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CORE FACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Maryland Green Registry is now accepting applications for its annual Leadership Awards. Applications will be accepted through <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday, April 27<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applicants must be members of the Maryland Green Registry<\/strong>. To join this <strong>free<\/strong> program, Maryland organizations should visit the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/marylandgreen\/Pages\/JoinHere.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Green Registry website<\/a>\u00a0and complete a best practices profile.<\/li>\n<li>Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award Winners represent a variety of facility types and sizes, but all have several key factors in common that contribute to their success: an organization-wide commitment to environmental performance, a green team that meets on a regular basis, annual environmental goals and measurement of results.<\/li>\n<li>The 2016 Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award winners will be presented at the annual awards event on <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 14, 5:30 p.m. \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span>, at the World Trade Center in Baltimore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/marylandgreen\/Documents\/2016_Maryland_Green_Registry_Leadership_Award_Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award Application<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/MarylandGreen\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Green Registry<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/marylandgreen\/Pages\/LeadershipWinners.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Past Leadership Award Winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mde.state.md.us\/marylandgreen\/Pages\/RebatePrograms.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Rebate Race Prize Drawing<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>MDE MISSION: <\/strong>Our mission is to protect and restore the environment for the health and well-being of all Marylanders.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media contacts: Jay Apperson jay.apperson@maryland.gov Adrienne Diaczok adrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov 410-537-3003 MARYLAND GREEN REGISTRY NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS; ENTRY DEADLINE APRIL 27 BALTIMORE, MD (April 11, 2016) &#8211;\u00a0The Maryland Green Registry\u00a0is accepting applications for\u00a0the seventh annual Maryland Green Registry\u00a0Leadership Awards.\u00a0Interested organizations should submit an application highlighting their sustainable environmental practices and the measurable results<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2016\/04\/11\/maryland-green-registry-now-accepting-applications-for-annual-leadership-awards-entry-deadline-april-27\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maryland-green-registry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}