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Links tagged “energy efficiency”
- Massachusetts to spend $5M planting urban trees (4/5/14)
BOSTON — Massachusetts is planning to spend $5 million planting trees in urban neighbors to help reduce energy use by lowering heating and cooling costs for residents and businesses.
- The Hartford wins EPA climate change award (3/11/14)
The Hartford Financial Services Group won a Climate Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, the only Connecticut company to receive the honor.
- UI installs Ice Bears to keep energy costs low (3/11/14)
Orange electric utility United Illuminating has purchased two Ice Bear storage systems as part of a pilot project to see how electricity demand can be curtailed
- Efficiency Vermont conference serves up advice for net-zero building (2/10/14)
Old Man Winter drives the point home: A huge portion of Vermonters live and work in buildings that leak heat. Fitting then, that Efficiency Vermont holds its annual Better Buildings by Design conference and expo when the mercury’s in the basement.
- New Hampshire company wins wood stove contest (12/1/13)
Last month a contest was held on the National Mall in Washington DC, to evaluate different wood stoves for best efficiency. An organization called the Alliance for Green Heat sponsored the “wood stove decathlon.”
- New London Urged To Consider Geothermal Heating For City Buildings (3/17/14)
NEW LONDON — An intriguing proposal from a Hartford-based company could enable the city to capture cheap, renewable energy stored underground, potentially providing heat and cooling to municipal and commercial buildings.
- Malloy gives $11M toward multi-unit energy efficiency (3/11/14)
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed an executive order using $11 million in federal funding to create the Affordable Housing Energy Efficiency Program, to reduce energy consumption in multi-unit buildings
- Biz, residents saved $53M through 2013 efficiency (3/4/14)
Connecticut's business, residents, and municipalities will save $53.4 million annually because of the energy efficiency measures installed in 2013.
- Central Connecticut State coming up green (12/1/13)
The environmental sustainability movement is growing stronger on college campuses across the U.S. Central Connecticut State University is no different.
- R.I. takes first step toward brighter future with energy-efficient streetlights (11/17/13)
BURRILLVILLE — After retrofitting 56 streetlights last year with high-efficiency bulbs, the Pascoag Utility District realized almost immediate savings.