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.
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.