Saturday, May 5, 2012 8pm, The Bushnell Theater, Hartford, CT Since 1992, The Connecticut Forum has held great discussions four times per year with great speakers. Past panelists have included: Benazir Bhutto, Bucky Dent, Elie Wiesel, Kurt Vonnegut, Elizabeth Edwards, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Anita Hill, Bill Moyers, Malcolm Gladwell, Newt Gingrich, Gloria Steinem, Andrew Sullivan, [...]

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The U.S. Green Building Council is scheduled to release a new version of its LEED rating system program this coming November.  The new standard will address several areas of concern regarding the LEED rating system by making it more comprehensive while also making it more efficient and an easier tool for end users.  Clearly, LEED [...]

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Our friends at the Connecticut Green Building Council are hosting a program in early February that will help architects, engineers, construction project managers and other design-build professionals.  The program is designed to help professionals from these fields who are familiar with the basic concepts of the LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System, but lack [...]

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If you’re like me, you like history. I have always been fascinated with history and the way that certain events can trigger revolutionary change. Change comes in many shapes and sizes, and change is usually reserved for political, social and economic platforms. I recently got to look at the history of energy subsidies in the [...]

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The Connecticut Science Center is once again  hosting a very cool event.  This coming weekend, the downtown hub-of-fun is showing a new feature film screening of YERT – Your Environmental Road Trip. The film has received many awards across the country including one at this year’s Environmental Film Festival at Yale. YERT is about three friends, Mark, [...]

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A new independent nationwide survey released last week and co-sponsored by Hartford, CT-based United Technologies Corp. , reveals that nearly three out of four Americans support federal investment in school building improvements focused on creating healthier learning environments, saving tax dollars or lowering carbon emissions. The survey, also co-sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council’s [...]

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