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Monday, November 14, 2011Storm-proof power for your home! ~ Live like you normally when the power goes out!
Connecticut Electrician and Solar Energy Systems
Serving all of Connecticut since 1994
Storm-proof power for your home! ~ Live like you normally when the power goes out!
Stay safe, comfortable and connected to a reliable power supply, even when the power lines are down. CT Electrical Services and CT Solar Services provide comprehensive electrical and renewable energy solutions for families and businesses throughout Connecticut. Our storm-ready auxiliary power systems offer the following advantages:
- Custom-designed systems based on your needs and budget
- Premium-quality generators not available at big box stores
- Portable and permanent generator options
- Expert installation to ensure safe, efficient operation
- Solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery backup systems also available (The fuel is Free) the sun!
Go with the pros
CT Electrical Services and CT Solar Services combine full-service electrical contracting with cutting-edge renewable energy expertise. We can fully integrate solar and other renewable energy systems with existing electrical and heating systems. We can make it happen
At CT Electrical Services we do the right work the right way with the right results and provide our customers the safest, most up-to-date electrical information and practice in a responsible, skilled and courteous manner. Just read our testimonial pages!
Contact our master electrician, Bruce Angeloszek, for a consultation today. Call 877-723-9052 or let us contact you by filling out our online contact form.
Our electrical services include:
- Commercial building wiring
- Residential electrical service
- Generators
- Solar energy systems
- Electrical service upgrades
- Security lighting, motion sensors, landscape lighting
- Additional receptacles, switches, lighting
- Paddle fans, ceiling fans
- Trouble shooting existing wiring
- Whole house surge protection
- Sump pump receptacles for basement systems
- Home computer networking protection
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Sunday, September 25, 2011Title
eCo -Company on WITC Sat 12:30PM Visits Connecticut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMm9CvvGJLw
http://www.eco-company.tv/video/goodwin-tech
Eco Company visits The Constitution State...Connecticut! We're finding out what the state is doing to reduce its carbon footprint, to encourage the development clean energies, and to provide students environmental opportunities. First Adam visits a Fuel Cell plant and finds out the technology is here NOW and being put to use! They’re producing fuel cell power plants providing power for whole communities!
Then it's on to Goodwin Technical High School, where students are being prepared for green jobs! They're Valuable experience by constructing a green building from the ground up including solar panels that provide the electrical power! These guys are getting great hands-on experience and many will have jobs waiting when they graduate.
Finally neighbors offering neighborly advice! It's the Neighbor 2 Neighbor program in Portland, Connecticut, where young people are visiting homes to conduct energy audits. They switch out light bulbs to energy-efficient CFLs and provide advice on steps that will save even more energy and money!
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Sunday, July 17, 2011Title
CPTV Explores Green Solutions to the Energy Crisis with Empowering Connecticut, a Three-Part Series Premiering on Thursday, June 23 at
8:30 p.m., 9 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.
HARTFORD, Conn. (June 9, 2011)
– In a time of skyrocketing oil prices and dwindling resources, the issue of energy consumption is on the minds of citizens and policy makers all over the world. To explore the local impact of this timely issue, Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) has produced the new three-part series Empowering Connecticut, premiering on Thursday, June 23 at 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m., and 9:30 p.m., respectively.
Hosted and produced by Christina DeFranco with Channel 8’s Bob Wilson serving as a featured contributor,
Empowering Connecticut showcases Connecticut residents, businesses, and communities that are finding creative and comparatively inexpensive ways to conserve energy. For example, learn how homeowners are working with experts to find and seal air leaks, which can lead to lower heating and cooling costs. And find out why local businesses are using lighting retrofits, installing "smart controls," and working with consultants, in partnership with utility companies, to take advantage of affordable programs in Connecticut.
Empowering Connecticut
is a Connecticut Our Communities initiative produced in partnership with the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF).
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"The Energy Efficiency Fund is once again happy to team up with Connecticut Public Television for another informative service that shows rate payers how to save energy, save money, and protect the environment," said Richard W. Steeves, Chairman of the Energy Conservation Management Board and Principal Utilities Finance Specialist, Office of Consumer Counsel, State of Connecticut. "We hope that we can continue our relationship with CPTV, as they are a great source of corresponding with all rate payers in the state of Connecticut."
Empowering Connecticut
also features "Cutting Edge in Connecticut" segments, which look at how the Nutmeg State is staying on the forefront of the "green revolution." Learn how students of the state’s vo-tech high school system are building a "green home," complete with solar panels, radiant heat, and a state-of-the-art heat pump. This project not only teaches students about the importance of safeguarding the environment, but helps teach them the skills they will need to attain the "green" jobs of the future.
Additionally, the series will feature "quick tips" segments called "Bright Idea." These segments will provide viewers with tips on simple steps they can take to live a greener lifestyle and cut down on unnecessary energy use. Learn how small changes can make a difference when it comes to the environment – and your energy bill.
Empowering Connecticut
is a Connecticut Our Communities initiative produced in partnership with the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF). CEEF is administered by Connecticut’s utilities – both electric and gas.
Producer/Host: Christina DeFranco
Featured Contributor: Bob Wilson
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About Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network
CPTV is a media service of the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (CPBN/www.
cpbn.org). It is a locally and nationally recognized producer and presenter of quality public television programming, including UConn Women’s Basketball, original documentaries and educational programming. CPTV has built a reputation as a leader in children’s programming, including playing an historic role in bringing
Barney & Friends™, Bob the Builder™ and Thomas & Friends™ to public television. The station offers 11 hours of positive, nurturing children’s programs each weekday, reaching 50,000 to 70,000 households daily. The Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network also includes WNPR, an affiliate of National Public Radio, Public Radio International and American Public Media. WNPR serves over 220,000 listeners in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island with news and information. Its award-winning local programming includes The Faith Middleton Show and Where We Live. Overall, the network brings a broad spectrum of public affairs, entertainment, sports and educational programming to viewers, listeners
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Saturday, February 05, 2011Solar Energy & the Connecticut Yankee
New England Yankees have always been known as penny pinchers, and Connecticut Yankees are supposed to be particularly skilled at finding ways to save money. As one historian explains, this reputation for shrewdness dates back to Colonial times, when Connecticut was called the Nutmeg State, “because its early inhabitants had the reputation of being so ingenious and shrewd that they were able to make and sell wooden nutmegs.” *
Mark Twain celebrated our state’s unique brand of frugal ingenuity in an entertaining way when he published “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” back in 1889. This story focused on the matter-of-fact, can-do attitude of Hank Morgan, a Connecticut gunsmith, who found himself mysteriously transported to Arthurian England after receiving a blow to the head.
If he were alive today, Hank Morgan would certainly be interested in solar energy. The idea of getting electricity for free from the sun would simply be too good to pass up. Mr. Morgan would love the idea of installing solar panels on the roof of his house because his roof would be doing two jobs instead of one. If a neighbor happened to mention that some people think solar panels are unsightly, you can imagine his response: “Are you kidding? The PV array on my roof means I’ve got my own electric company operating for free. I can even sell excess power back to the utility company. Those solar panels are a thing of beauty!”
Of course, there’s another reason why Connecticut Yankees can be proud to promote solar energy. We value self-sufficiency, so it doesn’t sit well for us to be relying on foreign countries to fuel our cars, furnaces and electrical generators. Generating more energy from the sun means spending less on fuel from outside our borders. Ongoing rebate and tax incentive programs are definitely helping more people to invest in solar energy. But if you’re a Connecticut Yankee, you’ve got another incentive to harness the sun’s power –a desire to uphold the shrewd, frugal reputation of the Nutmeg State.
*According to the book “State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols” by George Shankle (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1941)
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011Leading the way in solar energy
CT Solar Services is helping to train tomorrow’s solar system installers
The New Energy Economy is alive and thriving right here in Connecticut. In fact, our state has assumed a leadership role in promoting the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and solar hot water (solar thermal) systems. Right now, three of Connecticut’s 16 technical schools are completing special “E-Houses” (short for Eco-House) where fully functional solar PV and solar thermal systems will be installed. Goodwin THS in New Britain, Wolcott THS in Torrington, and Grasso THS in Groton are the three schools that will launch the E-House program, with other schools to follow.
Each new E-house will be fully functional and linked back to the school and to the electrical grid. Electricity generated by the solar PV array will be used by the school, or sold back to the local electrical utility. The solar thermal system will produce hot water that will be available to the school’s hot water system. The E-House program is designed so that students will be able to learn a comprehensive range of solar system design and installation skills.
It takes funding, planning, organization and determination to keep our technical schools up to date. The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF; www.ctcleanenergy.com) and the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF; www.ctsavesenergy.org) are providing special funding for the E-House initiative. Our company, CT Solar Services, is also contributing to this effort. We’re volunteering our time to supervise the PV installation and coach the students at Goodwin High School throughout the installation process. We’re proud to be actively participating in this effort to make renewable energy more accessible to Connecticut residents –not just today, but in the greener future we’re all aiming to build. It’s what our company is all about.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010A bird’s-eye view of solar power
Is there anything greener than solar energy? In the family of renewable energy sources (which includes firewood and other types of biomass, wind and geothermal energy), the sun occupies its own special category because it’s inexhaustible and fairly reliable. While the same might be said for wind energy, solar energy systems are more affordable, easier to install and much more maintenance-free than wind turbines.
CT Electrical Services specializes in photovoltaic, or PV systems that generate electricity from sunlight. At the atomic level, the laws of physics that turn the sun’s radiant energy into electricity are too complex for most of us to understand. But at the everyday functional level, PV systems are remarkably simple. A typical residential system consists of several panels that are wired together and connected to an inverter that converts direct current into more useful alternating current. This electricity is supplied to the house through a special meter provided by the utility company. You get to use free solar electricity instead of pretty expensive utility-supplied electricity for some of your electrical needs. In fact, if you end up generating more electricity than you can use, the utility company has to buy this excess power from you at the going rate.
I recently went up in a small plane to see some of the PV systems we have installed. It was a beautiful autumn afternoon, and the fall colors were at their peak. The wind was gusting quite a bit, and our tiny two-seater sometimes seemed to be hovering instead of making forward progress. The three different installations I was able to see (shown in the photos) demonstrate the versatility of PV systems. The largest array was being made larger still as I flew over a huge barn roof where the CT Electrical crew was working. A little farther north, I saw a new house where we had installed panels symmetrically on the main south-facing roof. Then the pilot steered us toward a lakeside property where we covered the entire south-facing roof of a guest house with a PV array. As we made our windblown way back to the airport, the message was as clear and bright as the day we were enjoying: Solar PV systems can be installed on buildings of all sizes are shapes, making this technology available to anyone who wants to enjoy long-term energy savings and help lead the way to more sustainable living.
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