The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk will make significant energy-efficiency upgrades thanks to a gift of $120,094 from insurance provider Chubb.
The amount is the value of a credit received by Chubb through the Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) Tax Credit Program. Funds will be used to install energy-efficiency improvements to the Aquarium”™s 135,000-square-foot facility.
The Maritime Aquarium is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate visitors about ”” and to create stewards for ”” Long Island Sound. It accomplishes this by allowing visitors to get close to more than 300 species native to the Sound and its watershed, including sharks, seals, sea turtles, river otters, jellyfish and other animals.
The Aquarium also features hands-on educational programs and displays, public study cruises out onto the Sound and Connecticut”™s largest IMAX movie theater, with a screen that”™s six stories high.
