Connaught gains more Rushlight Awards

Connaught Engineering has gained two important environmental awards and one commendation for their unique, retro fit HYBRID+ technology. It is the second year that the company has be recognised in the Rushlight awards for their ground breaking work in helping to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in light commercial vehicles.

The Rushlight Awards celebrate and promote new technology, innovation and best practice across the whole environmental spectrum for organisations throughout the UK and Ireland. Connaught Engineering received two awards, the Rushlight Pollution Management Award, sponsored by Clarity Authoring and the Rushlight Air Pollution Technology Award. The company was also commended in the Powered Transport Award.

The judging for the awards is performed by an independent panel of recognized experts covering all the clean technology sectors drawn from academia, trade associations, government departments and specialist media. The judges said, “Connaught Engineering has developed a means of hybridising existing vehicles, thereby achieving up to 25% improvements in fuel economy without the need for a heavy battery. Their hybridisation system is easily retrofitted to most existing vehicles and it therefore offers most vehicle owners a relatively inexpensive way to reduce CO2 emissions”.

Commenting on the awards Tony Martindale, CEO of Connaught Engineering said, “I would like to thank all of our partners and customers in enabling Connaught to be the only company recognised for the second year running at the Rushlight Awards. This year the awards not only reflect the reduction in CO2 that HYBRID+ offers, but also the reduction in NOX and Particulates which are the key factors in local air quality.”

The 2008 Rushlight Awards were presented in London at a Gala Dinner appropriately for Connaught at the New Connaught Rooms.

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