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.
Why is renewable energy important? Why is renewable energy important? Workers install equipment for an ocean thermal energy conversion experiment in 1994 at Hawaii's Natural Energy Laboratory. Credit: A. Resnick, Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. Renewable energy is important because of the benefits it provides. The key benefits are: Renewable energy technologies are clean sources of energy that have a much lower environmental impact than conventional energy technologies.