Building emissions in Connecticut contribute heavily to climate change
Building emissions are Connecticut's second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they're growing. Is the state addressing them?
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Building emissions are Connecticut's second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they're growing. Is the state addressing them?
A new study shows Connecticut's second biggest leader in greenhouse gas emissions is the residential sector.
Connecticut's newly released updated Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that for the first time, just the residential sector — never mind commercial and industrial buildings — has replaced the electric sector as the state’s second-largest emitter after transportation.
Building emissions are CT's second-largest category of greenhouse gas emissions — and they're growing. Is the state addressing them?
The not-quite-finished home on Rainbow Road, not far from Bradley Airport in Windsor, has the unmistakable scent of fresh paint. The trim four-bedroom sits in a row with three other identical Habitat for Humanity homes — all, at first glance, functional and no-frills. But they’re actually a lot more than that.