Hartford, Conn. – According to press release posted on www.ctecsolar.com, Hartford apartment complex manager, Vera Mladen, wants to help the environment. And, she does her part. In the nine buildings she has managed since 1997, Vera implements recycling programs and replaced incandescent bulbs with energy saving compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). So when Harry Ranney, [...]

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Windsor, Conn. -  Windsor Federal Savings announced last week their plan to build a new, energy-efficient branch in Bloomfield, complete with drive-through ATM, additional parking, and a customer-focused floor plan.  The new building will be adjacent to the current location. “The building of our new branch in Bloomfield underscores both our commitment to community banking [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – Connecticut taxpayers will save $136,061 annually thanks to a lighting system upgrade at Eastern Connecticut State University (Eastern) in Willimantic and the replacement of rooftop HVAC units at Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institute in Enfield—the first projects to be funded by Governor Malloy’s Lead by Example (LBE) state building energy efficiency program. Administered jointly [...]

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Hartford Blogger nominated for industry award. Announces web site will match winning funds and establish an internship for Hartford High student. I’m not a big fan of self promotion but I am a big fan of helping others and trying new things to get wins.  So I thought I’d have a little fun with this post and [...]

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One might think Valentine’s Day is just another commercial holiday that was really created by early card manufacturers rather than some early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. And according to Wikipedia, we have Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts to thank for her romanticism and entrepreneurial spirit.  You see, Esther is recognized as the person who [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – SolarCity®, a national leader in clean energy services, is expanding to Connecticut to make it possible for many homeowners and businesses to install solar panels for free and pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power. SolarCity is expanding to Connecticut in large part due to the efforts of [...]

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