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Contact: Erin Turnbull
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P: (617) 737-4425
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UConn Earns 3 Prestigious 2026 Green Restaurant Awards
Mansfield, CT (April 22, 2026)
– The University of Connecticut (UConn) has two Certified Green Restaurants® that have won 2026 Green Restaurant Awards™ from the Green Restaurant Association. Connecticut Hall has been named the
2026 Greenest University Restaurant,
earning more GreenPoints™ than any other college or university dining location. In addition, Connecticut Hall has earned the 2026 Chemical & Pollution Reduction Award, and Putnam Dining has earned the 2026 Water Conservation Award. With all eight dining halls earning 4 Star Certified Green Restaurant® certification, UConn’s dining locations have achieved over 2,900 GreenPoints™ by implementing more than 780 environmental steps across the Green Restaurant Association’s rigorous certification standards.
The Green Restaurant Association is a national nonprofit organization that has helped restaurants and caterers become more environmentally sustainable since 1990 through its transparent, science-based certification standards. Restaurants and caterers earn GreenPoints™ across eight environmental categories: Energy, Water, Waste, Reusables & Disposables, Chemicals & Pollution, Food, Building & Furnishing, and Education & Transparency. Each location must meet a minimum number of GreenPoints™ to achieve certification, providing a transparent measure of environmental accomplishments and a pathway to continued progress. Each Earth Month, the Green Restaurant Association announces the Green Restaurant Awards™ to recognize restaurants and caterers making significant strides in improving their environmental impact.
UConn’s dining halls stand out for their comprehensive sustainability efforts. Connecticut Hall earned 412.85 GreenPoints™ in total, with 46.93 of those GreenPoints™ earned in the Water category, more than any other Certified Green Restaurant®.  Connecticut Hall is saving 668,400 gallons of water every year, the equivalent of 61.3 backyard swimming pools. This dining hall reuses greywater for mechanical operations, has a boilerless steamer, and uses high-efficiency pre-rinse spray valves. 100% of the dining hall’s lights are LEDs, which use significantly less energy and last longer than other bulbs. Connecticut Hall also offers reusable dishware, keeping waste out of landfills.
Putnam Dining earned 62.05 GreenPoints™ in the Chemicals & Pollution category, more than any other Certified Green Restaurant®. This dining hall is located in a brownfield redevelopment building. Putnam Dining also uses green hand soaps and green cleaners.
“UConn’s Certified Green Restaurants® exemplify what it means to be a leader in sustainable foodservice,” said Michael Oshman, CEO and founder of the Green Restaurant Association. “Earning three awards in the Green Restaurant Awards™ reflects a deep and ongoing commitment to environmental excellence. Their work shows what is possible when sustainability is integrated into every aspect of operations.”
By combining water conservation, green chemicals, and other sustainability initiatives, UConn continues to set a high standard for environmentally responsible dining in Connecticut and across the United States.
About the Green Restaurant Association
The Green Restaurant Association is a national non-profit organization that provides the only official Certified Green Restaurants® mark in the country. Since 1990, the GRA has pioneered the Green Restaurant® movement and has been the leading voice in the industry, encouraging restaurants to listen to consumer demand and green their operations through transparent, science-based certification standards. With their turnkey certification system, the GRA has made it easy for thousands of restaurants to become more environmentally sustainable in a profitable manner. The GRA has been featured on CNN, NBC Nightly News, NPR, and in The New York Times, and The Washington Post. For more information, visit
www.dinegreen.com.
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