CEFIA Launches "Race to the Rooftop"

The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) has announced a “Race to the Rooftop” for Residential Solar Installers that will provide greater support and a longer time-horizon for installers to continue to build their business in Connecticut while providing new market participants greater opportunity to enter the State and hire and invest locally.

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Report Finds Shift in Green Building Market

According to Farmington, CT based Global Information, Inc., a market research report aggregator, the worldwide market for green buildings is being driven by increasing awareness of environmental challenges that buildings represent. As the world’s largest source of both energy consumption and carbon emissions, the global market for green building solutions has attracted over $4 billion in venture capital over the last 20 years. The future for green buildings is promising, but all of this activity has shifted the market dynamics, as some opportunities dry up and new ones fill the void.

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Gov and Google Exec To Speak at Energy Conference

Oct. 5, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cromwell, CT

The 13th annual What's the Deal? Energy Conference will feature an address by Gov. Dannel Malloy and will be the first time the public learns about his new energy plan for Connecticut. The program will also feature Google Exec Matt Dunne, who will discuss energy according the world's leading search engine.

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