Hartford Business Journal

By the Numbers 240,798 Gallons of paint recycled in the first year of Connecticut's stewardship program. $3B Purchase price for Spanish utility giant iberdrola to buy new Haven-based UiL Holdings, creating a U.S. company with 3.1 million customers. $480M Amount the State Bond Commission approved for wastewater projects in Hartford, Bristol, norwich. Feb. 2, 2015 Date northeast Utilities changed its name and the name of all of its subsidiaries (including Connecticut Light & Power and yankee Gas) to Eversource Energy. 3 years of probation that Thomas Faria, former CEO of new London's Sheffield Pharmaceuticals, received for discharging wastewater without a permit. $3.1M Amount asked for in lawsuit filed by Connecticut innovations over a loan made to Jim Barnes, the former head of Oakleaf Waste management, for a wind turbine company. A settlement is near. SOURCES: PAinTCARE, UiL, STATE BOnD COmmiSSiOn, EvERSOURCE, U.S. DEPARTmEnT OF JUSTiCE, ConneCTiCuT Superior CourT CTfastrak – After decades of back-and- forth on the need for more public transit, the Connecticut De- partment of Transporta- tion is rolling out its ex- press busway, CTfastrak, between new Britain and Hartford on march 28. malloy is taking it one step further by proposing an expansion east to manchester. Blumenthal Rejection – After the Public Util- ities Regulatory Authority approved raising the power grid connection fee from $16 to $19.25 monthly for Eversource Energy's customers, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regula- tory Commission calling PURA horrendous and asking for an investiga- tion, which was denied. Don't sling mud at state regulators to win political points. Grade: A www.CTGreenGuide.com SprinG 2015 • Connecticut Green Guide 11 Grade: F ing system from Massachusetts vendor Aircuity used to regulate ventilation throughout the labs. For climates like Connecticut's where it is cold in the winter and hot and humid in the summer, an Aircuity system reduces the amount of outside air required to provide safe ventilation rates in the facility, therefore minimizing the amount of energy to heat or cool the building. Standard occupied ventilation rates typically call for air to be refreshed every five minutes (12 times per hour). JAX Genomic Medicine's Aircuity system is so effective that laboratory air only has to be refreshed every 15 minutes, or four times per hour, an energy savings of 66 percent compared to standard control systems. Other energy efficiency measures include pipe and duct insulation, energy saving light bulbs and occupancy sensors, high efficiency air handling and con- trol systems, and customized water cooling technology. "JAX Genomic Medicine is a great example of how … commercial and industrial customers achieve bottom line savings, even before the shovels hit the ground on a new construction project," said Enoch Lenge, energy ef- ficiency spokesperson at Eversource. The lab is expected to save approximately 3 million kilowatt hours of elec- tricity and more than 2,800,000 cubic feet of gas each year. JAX will earn back the money spent on its energy upgrades in less than two years, thanks to incentives and increased efficiencies. PHOTOS | COnTRiBUTED

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