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Weston Launches Sustainable Healthcare Practice

Weston Solutions is putting its expertise to work to help healthcare organizations attain their sustainability goals and help maximize their Return on Investment (ROI).

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	Building Spotlight Project

Green Building Update

Here's a quick snap-shot of people, businesses, schools, institutions and NGOs making green building news in Connecticut over the last quarter of 2011.

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LEED® Workshop Offered By CT GBC

Feb. 2, New Haven, CT

The workshop addresses LEED tools and unique aspects of the New Construction rating system. Workshop participants will discuss the roles and responsibilities of key stake holders in the LEED process, as well as strategies for communicating with team members at various stages of that process.

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Program Director
Yale Center for Business and the Environment, New Haven, CT

The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is seeking to hire a program director to continue to advance Yale University’s leadership in the field. The Center recognizes and embraces the central role that Yale University can play in building a more sustainable world. Read More....

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The Future of LEED®

January 29th, 2012

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 is at a cross roads and while it is the main driver for the increase of green building...

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	CT Green News				Last updated: January 29th, 2012

UTC Power Delivers Fuel Cell at Saint Francis Hospital's Mount Sinai Campus

January 29th, 2012

Hartford, Conn. – Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center received a PureCell Model 400 system to provide clean, reliable on-site power at its Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital campus on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford last week. The fuel cell from ...

Rainelle Harrell of Connecticut Partners With Clean Green Nation

January 29th, 2012

West Haven, Conn. - Clean Green Nation, a company that provides renewable energy equipment and energy efficient products to consumers, has announced its partnership with Rainelle Harrell, based in West Haven, Connecticut. As an authorized partner of Clean Green Nation,...

Putnam Seeks Partners for Proposed Green Tech Park

January 29th, 2012

Killingly, Conn. — Though plans have been in the works for the Quinebaug Regional Technology Park in Putnam for 10 years, Putnam town officials pitched the concept to the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments for the first time last week according to the ...

	National Green News

Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest Yet

Although it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce their environmental impacts.

States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey

California joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk Survey.

Sylvania Helps Feds Shine Brighter, Greener Light on National Mall

The National Park Service is cutting energy consumption for lighting on the National Mall by as much as 65 percent with the retrofit of 174 street lamps.