In CT the Union rate for a painter is right around $30.00 an hour.. It varies depending on the nature of the work and if you are contracting, subcontracting or a worker. An experienced residential painter will charge right around $25-$30. A contractor billing out at a local university will charge $55-$75 per man hour!
Renewable energy engineers focus their efforts on developing new means for energy extraction and designing energy-efficient machinery. The sector for green jobs is continually growing, so students getting a degree in this field can expect to see a lot of job opportunities after graduation.
For a similar but not so broad sense, see Power engineering. Energy engineering or Energy systems is a broad field of engineering dealing with energy efficiency, energy services, facility management, plant engineering, environmental compliance and alternative energy technologies.Energy engineering is one of the more recent engineering disciplines to emerge.Energy engineering combines knowledge from the fields of physics, math, and chemistry with economic and environmental engineering practices.nergy engineering is one of the more recent engineering disciplines to emerge. Energy engineering combines knowledge from the fields of physics, math, and chemistry with economic and environmental engineering practices.