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?
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.