It’s that time of the year again and here are the picks for this year’s Connecticut Green Rock Stars.  And while the economy tried to rebound, Connecticut’s green momentum stayed strong.  Reviews of this year’s stories reveal that ARRA/Stimulus activities dominated the headlines but Connecticut had some other green success stories worth noting.  Here are [...]

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I recently read about the different ways that employees of Norwalk, Conn. based Adaptive Marketing volunteer in Fairfield County communities.  It appears this is not a company that takes it volunteering lightly.  These employees are committed to spending time volunteering for organizations such as Make-a-Wish, United Way and Big Brothers and Sisters to name a [...]

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Norwalk, Conn. – Siemens USA’s Norwalk-based IT Solutions and Services division has announced it has run a successful test of a smart-metered Texas electricity market. Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, which serves residents in 14 counties in Texas, has been developing a new metering and billing system that relies on hourly data.  The Siemens’ Proof of Concept [...]

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Stamford, Conn. – According to an article in the Stamford Advocate, the developers of Metro Green, the city’s first green affordable housing complex, are seeking $2 million in city funding to build the second phase of their development in the South End. A representative from Jonathan Rose Companies this week appeared before the city’s Planning [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announced last week that the City of New Britain will receive $653,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant. The funds were made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. “Connecticut has been a leader in energy conservation and efficiency [...]

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As Christmas Day 2009 approached and Santa and his elves were getting ready at the North Pole for the big trip to those kids who had been way nice during the year, Santa’s newly appointed chief sustainability officer ran onto the loading dock and yelled, “Hold everything, we are going to make this run the [...]

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