Issue link: https://nebusinessmedia.uberflip.com/i/515481
w w w. C T G re e n G u i d e . c o m (860) 236-9998 Editor, Connecticut Green Guide Brad Kane Editor, Hartford Business Journal Greg Bordonaro News Editor, Hartford Business Journal Gregory Seay Digital Producer/Reporter Matt Pilon President and Publisher Joe Zwiebel Associate Publisher Donna Collins Office Manager Jessica Baker Operations Manager Catherine Gruszka Custom Publishing Accounts Manager Stephanie Kucharski Events Manager Amy Orsini Sr. Accounts Manager David Hartley Sr. Accounts Manager William C. Lambot Accounts Manager Brittney Michaud Human Resource Director Kim Vautour Credit and Collections Manager Raki Zwiebel Production Director/ Marketing Coordinator Lynn Mika Art Director Christopher Wallace Graphic Designer Vlada Shelkova CEO Peter Stanton President & Group Publisher Joseph Zwiebel CFO Mary Rogers Subscriptions: To subscribe, please visit HartfordBusiness.com, email hartfordbusiness@cambeywest.com, or call (845) 267-3478. Advertising: For advertising information, please call (860) 236-9998. Please address all correspondence to: Hartford Business Journal, 15 Lewis Street, Suite 200, Hart ford CT 06103. News Department: If you have a news item: Call us at (860) 236-9998, fax us at (860) 570-2493, or e-mail us at editorial@HartfordBusiness.com Hartford Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Connecticut Green Guide is published quarterly by New England Business Media LLC, 15 Lewis Street, Suite 200, Hartford CT 06103. Tel: (860) 236-9998 Fax (860) 570-2493 Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Hartford Business Journal P.O. Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894 GreenGuide C O N N E C T I C U T www.copyright.com A publication of Hartford Business Journal www.CTGreenGuide.com SUMMER 2015 • Connecticut Green Guide 5 T he Connecticut Green Guide, much like its parent Hartford Business Journal, is a busi- ness-to-business publication ulti- mately concerned with how we can help our readers achieve their goals like making money and keeping their workers employed. Per its mission, the Green Guide also focuses on how business professionals can turn a profit and help the environment. Over our first nine issues (the Green Guide debuted in October 2012), we've sought to accomplish this mission by holding up exam- ples of businesses achieving their goals, criticizing policies detrimen- tal to sustainable business, and pointing out programs that can aid companies. In the most prominent place in all these issues — the cover story — we've featured busi- ness professionals who personified these struggles. As you'll notice, this issue breaks from that tradition. For the first time, we are featuring a govern- ment official on the cover of the Connecticut Green Guide, Assistant Attorney General Matthew Levine. As is readily obvious to anyone who runs or works for a business, government can have an enormous influence on the operations of a company. Levine, in his new role as head of the attorney general's Environment Department, is just one example of how changes in govern - ment personnel can change the ways laws are applied and enforced. From all reports, though, Levine is a fair and practical attorney who will pursue environmental cases in a just manner. Still, it is important to rec- ognize the role these government of- ficials play in Connecticut's business climate and how these small changes in personnel can have enormous consequences. That is why you see a government official on our cover. Brad Kane Editor FROM THE EDITOR Regional Approach News Columnist Brad Mondschein looks at how the short supply of renewable energy in New England is impacting pricing and Connecticut's ability to meet its goals. See page 12. Contributor Green Tip: After you finished reading it, Connecticut Green Guide can be cut into paper flowers, creating a decorative piece for your office. Correction The Government's Business In the Spring 2015 edition, the A Clean Startup feature on Engel Power incorrectly stated that his gasifier would be more expensive than grid power, when, in fact, it will be less.