Yale’s Kroon Hall Receives Top Green Honor

Posted on April 25th, 2010 by Auggie V

New Haven, Conn. – The new Yale Forestry and Environmental studies Kroon Hall on Prospect Street in New Haven has been named by the American Institute of Architects as one of the 10 top green projects in the world. The carbon-neutral building on Prospect Street, built on what was once a brownfield contaminated by an [...]

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FuelCell Energy Gets $100K Hydrogen Grant

Posted on April 25th, 2010 by Auggie V

Hartford, Conn. – Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced last week that FuelCell Energy Inc. in Danbury won a $100,000 federal energy grant to investigate the commercial application of one of FuelCell’s research projects. FuelCell is developing technology for producing high-purity hydrogen that could be used at refueling stations for hydrogen-powered automobiles  and equipment. Rell said [...]

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The Hartford Launches Green Promotion

Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Auggie V

Simsbury, Conn. – The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has announed it has launched a year-long effort to get its group benefits and mutual fund customers to go paperless and help plant up to 35,000 new trees. Under “Project Re-Leaf,” The Hartford has committed to underwrite the planting of one tree for each customer who [...]

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NU Part of $5.3 Million ARRA Grant

Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Auggie V

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced last week that the Department of Energy has announced award selections for nearly $100 million for 54 smart grid workforce training programs that will help prepare the next generation of workers in the utility and electrical manufacturing industries.  These projects will leverage more than $95 [...]

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Carrier Named Green Building Council Education Provider

Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Auggie V

Farmington, Conn. – Willis H. Carrier, the inventor of modern air conditioning and the founder of Carrier Corp., began training members of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) industry in 1905. Carrier continues to promote technical expertise in the industry with the expansion of its sustainable solutions curriculum and has recently been named [...]

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