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June 01, 2012 | By TONY BACEWICZ If customer word of mouth is still the best sales tool, the new one- and two- bedroom luxury apartments at Autumn Chase in Ellington may not be vacant for long based on conversations with several long-term tenants. Carl Larson moved from a home in Hebron to his two-bedroom apartment at Autumn Chase 10 years ago where he continues to enjoy his retirement. Autumn Chase was his first stop while on his apartment hunt and he continued comparison shopping in Vernon and Manchester. He returned to Autumn Chase when he could not find anything as attractive. "I really liked the layout of the facility here, and as I looked at other apartments, I liked it more and more," says Larson. Autumn Chase apartment buildings are set back a comfortable distance from West Road in Ellington and are buffered by an expansive green space that includes a pond with a fountain and a small wetland lined with cattails. The complex includes several more ponds, a wel...

Follow KDKA-TV : Facebook | Twitter GREEN TREE (KDKA) — It’s hard to miss if you drive on the Parkway West – over- hanging solar panels atop the new Bentley Building constructed by Burns & Scalo, a company committed to sustainability from parking lot to rooftop. “This was an opportunity to feature sustainability,” CEO Jim Scalo told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Friday. “Solar is a component of the building, and we cantilevered the solar as part of the architecture of the building so people could recognize the tangibility of it.” As you enter the building, a chart shows how much energy the building is actually producing. And forget the notion that Pittsburgh is too cloudy for solar panels, says Mike Carnahan, general manager of Scalo Solar Solutions . Delano: “Pittsburgh has a reputation for being a very cloudy city.” Carnahan: “Sure it does. Sure it does.” Delano: “Not true?” Carnahan: “Not true at all. Pittsburgh gets as much light as many places in the country.” Carnaha...