Last week, Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that a partnership led by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, a ratepayer fund to promote, develop and invest in clean energy sources, will receive $4.17 million in competitive federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy programs in several Connecticut towns. The grant was only one [...]

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New Haven, Conn. – Esty Environmental Partners (EEP), a sustainable business consulting firm with offices in New Haven, and IBM have launched the Sustainability Innovators Working Group, together with 12 other companies, aimed at developing new management tools and models for environmental management and corporate sustainability. EEP is the organizer of the group and IBM [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – Connecticut’s state legislature approved the necessary regulations to establish the program with the Department of Environmental Protection on Saturday. The regulations establish collection points throughout the state, which will help recycle potentially hazardous materials such as mercury and leaded glass. Consumers will be able to recycle old televisions, computers, printers, and monitors [...]

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Watertown, Conn. — Siemon has announced the launch of its new ConvergeIT intelligent building cabling program. ConvergeIT combines Siemon’s well-known network infrastructure expertise and global technical and installation support capabilities with its comprehensive structured cabling product line to provide a straightforward process for the implementation of a converged, IP-based intelligent building cabling system. Growing in [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a fourfold increase in demand for and production of solar photovoltaic (PV) is expected between 2008 and 2012. To help protect its clients that are installing solar panels and energy systems and operating solar farms, Hartford based Travelers Companies, Inc. has added SolarPak coverage to [...]

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Wallingford, Conn. – Proton Energy Systems, a Wallingford firm specializing in hydrogen generation systems, will provide the electrolyzer to produce gaseous hydrogen for new fuel cell buses in the San Francisco area and the Alameda-Contra Costra Transit District. The electrolyzer is the largest Proton Energy system has ever put in the field, and this one [...]

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