My good friends at the Connecticut chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) wanted me to help plug a LEED® program they are hosting next week. If you are an architect, engineer, interior designer, construction manager or just a person who’s interested in green building, this program might be for you and it’s way [...]

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Contest open to Hartford County Middle and High School Students As part of its philosophy to create energy-saving products and incorporate environmentally-responsible practices into all its operations, ebm-papst Inc. with North American headquarters in Farmington, CT and the world’s leading source for engineered air movement products, will join ebm-papst offices around the world in celebrating [...]

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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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