According to the Hartford Business Journal, Connecticut’s first E-House designed to teach high schoolers green construction was unveiled last week at E.C. Goodwin Technical High School in New Britain, CT. The E-House, which opened Tuesday, allows students to learn environmentally friendly practices in architecture, carpentry, electrical and plumbing. Funded by the Connecticut Clean Energy Finance [...]

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Norwalk, Conn. – Viridian Energy, a leading provider of affordable, green retail energy, announced its 2012 business strategy and celebrated the company’s 400% year-over-year growth with more than 1,000 of its independent sales associates at Viridian’s second annual PowerUP! convention. The three-day event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, a state-of-the-art green building in downtown Philadelphia, [...]

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Washington, D.C. – A nonprofit labor-training organization with offices in Pomfret, CT and Hopkinton, Mass., has received another $187,000 in federal funds — on top of $5.5 million received in June — to train dozens of Connecticut workers for jobs in the energy-efficiency and green-construction industry, authorities said. The grant is from the U.S. Department [...]

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South Windsor, Conn. -  According to TV Station WFSB’s web site, the idea being floated in South Windsor, CT is to have a solar farm to help finance a movie studio project, and it’s getting mixed reviews. “It’s going to create more jobs for people so it’s going to be more opportunity for the people,” [...]

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Every now and then I like to cover green stories that push your green imagination – for better or worse.  I recently received a news alert regarding a company announcing a new green service it was offering to nasty  household problem.  One I certainly would never want. Yes, I’m talking bed bugs and it appears that Astoria, NY- based [...]

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Stamford, Conn. – According to Drinks Business Review,  Nestle Waters has revealed that its headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification from the US Green Building Council. The company said the (LEED) Gold certification, verified by the Green Building Certification Institute, marks its 10th LEED-certified building. With nearly [...]

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