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By David Popoff The Connecticut Green Building Council, CTGBC spring newsletter 2012 is out and it is FREE. The newsletter is full of sustainable green information relating to the state of Connecticut as well as the whole nation. This issue covers upcoming events, LEED workshops, recommended movies and books, member and sponsor spotlight, pass events such as the [...] In March 2012, the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) unveiled its new solar photovoltaics residential investment program. [...] By David Popoff. The Connecticut chapter, CTGBC, of the U.S. Green Building Council has organized two tours to learn more about sustainable residential buildings, one a single family home under construction and the second an apartment building. 1. The Metro Green Residences in Stamford, Connecticut is a 7 story building consisting of one, two and three bedroom units. 40% of the units will be affordable housing. Tour is March 1st, 2012 ~ click here to read more and sign up. 2. The second tour is with the owner and builder of a LEED Home in Greenwich, Connecticut that is still under construction. Continue reading Green Tours in Fairfield County, Ct., March 2012. by David Popoff CBS Sunday Morning story on the history of lighting starts at Edison’s 1879 invention ‘light in a bottle’ and goes up to the new LED’s bulbs that will be the future of lighting. These new LED’s use about 9 watts of electricity versus the standard filament bulb that use 60 watts. The second [...] If you know a volunteer who is doing great work for the environment, Aquarion is looking for nominees and will be giving out $6,000 in awards. Nominate them and say thanks. [...] |
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