A total of 550 elementary school students and one 10th grader displayed their inventions at the 21st annual Connecticut Invention Convention held at the University of Connecticut’s Gampel Pavilion on May 1, 2004. Through the generosity of AI Architects, the CTGBC team of Katie Faulkner and her son Hal, Mike Smalec and his son Brandon, Susan Brandes and Ken Dreitlein selected and awarded $100 Savings Bonds to 10 students whose inventions promote green technology. The winners were:

Kevin Bucknall, North Haven The Lean Green Recycling Machine
Katie Comerford, Lyme Solar Savers
Allison DiRaffaele, Guilford The "Let there be Light” Switch
Kevin Gagnon, West Hartford Time Out
Michaela Green, Danielson The Garden Seeder
Charles Kniffin, Westport Solar Heated Dog House
Maurizio Martinovic, Westport Filtra-Thron
Kevin Olints, South Windsor Insulated Cover for Central AC Ceiling Vent
Jennifer Paradis, East Hartford Recyclable Candle
Aaron Walters, Woodbury Toaster Tasket

Letters of congratulations for the students will be sent to the student’s teachers and school principals in addition to special certificates for the students.

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Winners	Kevin Bucknall, North Haven The Lean Green Recycling Machine	Katie Comerford, Lyme Solar Savers	Kevin Olints, South Windsor Insulated Cover for Central AC Ceiling Vent
Allison DiRaffaele, Guilford The "Let there be Light” Switch	Kevin Gagnon, West Hartford Time Out	Michaela Green, Danielson The Garden Seeder	Charles Kniffin, Westport Solar Heated Dog House
Maurizio Martinovic, Westport Filtra-Thron	Jennifer Paradis, East Hartford Recyclable Candle	Aaron Walters, Woodbury Toaster Tasket	Katie Faulkner, CTGBC Board member, and Hal