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Green Building United’s new executive director talks climate, health and equity

This month Green Building United (GBU), a regional organization that fosters transformative impact in communities through green building education and advocacy, announced Rich Freeh as the organization’s new executive director. Before taking the position, Freeh spent seven and a half years with the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability working on clean energy planning and sustainability reporting.

July 20, 2022

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#009 November 2009/Design/Green Building

Architecture: What is a Green Roof?

by Claire ConnellyPhiladelphia continues to receive national recognition for its progressive green initiatives. We’ve been ranked one of the 10 greenest cities in the nation and are making strides towards the top of that list. One notable facet of this citywide greening process is the growing number of green roofs sprouting up on both public

November 1, 2009

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#008 October 2009/Energy/Environment/Green Building/GridPhilly

News: The Price is Right

Urban Eco Electric energizes the Philadelphia solar market with free installation and affordable leasing optionsMany homeowners want solar energy, but far too few can afford the upfront costs. How can this be overcome? One solution is leasing. The most prominent example of a successful leasing company is California-based SolarCity, which was partially funded by Elon

October 1, 2009

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#006 August 2009/Environment/Green Building/GridPhilly

Book Review: the Cul-De-Sac Syndrome

The Cul-De-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dreamby John F. WasikBloomberg, $24.95Financial analysts, like the author of this book, have picked out the housing market as the trigger for the current economic downturn. In The Cul-De-Sac Syndrome, John Wasik, a personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News, agrees with that assertion, but says that our

August 2, 2009

1 min read

#006 August 2009/Energy/Green Building

Redesign: the Science of Retrofitting

One of the oldest museums in the country strives to become more efficientby Will DeanWhen a fire broke out at the Wagner Free Institute of Science last February, they decided it was time to do something about their 100-year-old heating system.

August 1, 2009

1 min read

#005 June 2009/Green Building

Design: Dyeing for Reuse

Old factories and warehouses get a green retrofitby Christopher WinkFor five generations and 140 years, the Globe Dye Works dyed and wound yarn, and employed hundreds at its peak. In 2005, unable to continue fighting the globalization and outsourcing that moved other businesses, Globe closed, ending another vestige of Philadelphia’s past as the Workshop of

June 2, 2009

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#005 June 2009/Environment/Green Building/Water

Profile: Better Living Through the Rain

Landscapers save rainwater for watering gardensby Brian James KirkThroughout the Wissahickon watershed, a 64 square-mile basin beginning in Montgomery County and flowing south into Philadelphia, a stormy early May has saturated the ground with rainwater, which will eventually twist downstream through dozens of tributaries into the Schuylkill River.

June 1, 2009

2 mins read

#004 May 2009/Green Building/Politics

Ask Mark

Philadelphia's Director of Sustainability, Mark Alan Hughes, answers our readersQ: The tax abatement costs the city millions in revenue, and discourages the renewal of existing buildings, thus causing the waste of huge amounts of energy and new construction material, while not requiring any more labor (that is, it doesn’t create jobs compared to restoring existing

May 1, 2009

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#004 May 2009/Energy/Green Building

Sun Grab

State rebates create opportunities for solar installations--finally!by Natasha ChartThinking about installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on your home or commercial building this year? “There will never be a better time to do it,” says Andrew Kleeman, the managing partner at Eos Energy Solutions.

May 1, 2009

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#003 April 2009/Green Building

Everyone Deserves a (Green) Home

Permanent housing for the homeless uses green designby Will DeanWhen the pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church in Center City approached Angelo Sgro, executive director of the Bethesda Project, with an empty building to use for their homelessness efforts, he didn’t have to think before answering.

April 1, 2009

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#003 April 2009/Energy/Green Building/Politics

Ask Mark

Philadelphia's Director of Sustainability, Mark Alan Hughes, answers our readersQ: I’ve heard rumors that all new construction in the city will be required to be LEED certified or Energy Star rated. I’m sure these are just rumors, but what measures are being taken towards making new construction, including residential, more sustainable? The sustainable strategies include,

April 1, 2009

1 min read

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