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May 17, 2011. ICLEI.org
In 2009, Mayor Michael Nutter set an ambitious goal of making Philadelphia the greenest city in America within six years. The plan, called Greenworks Philadelphia, sets 15 goals that the city hopes to reach by 2015. Since the Mayor's announcement, ICLEI has been following Philadelphia's innovations and sharing its successes with our network of...

May 17, 2011. ICLEI.org
In 2009, Mayor Michael Nutter set an ambitious goal of making Philadelphia the greenest city in America within six years. The plan, called Greenworks Philadelphia, sets 15 goals that the city hopes to reach by 2015. Since the Mayor's announcement, ICLEI has been following Philadelphia's innovations and sharing its successes with our network of...

April 15, 2011. Dynamic Solar
Dynamic Solar, LLC, a fully integrated solar firm, has recently completed a 250kW solar system in Philadelphia, PA for the Philadelphia Water Department.

January 9, 2011. Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Philadelphia — Regardless of how the Philadelphia Eagles fare in the National Football League playoffs, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie already has received a congratulatory phone call from the president.

November 18, 2010. Fox 43 Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Eagles are going even greener. The team will add wind turbines, solar panels and a co-generation plant at Lincoln Financial Field over the next year.

July 19, 2010. SunHerald.com
One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), the nation's largest solar group discount company, today announced the launch of Philadelphia's first solar group purchase program. Designed to reduce the cost and confusion typically associated with buying solar, 1BOG offers free impartial advice and a group discount rate for installation. Mercury Solar Systems...

November 30, 2009. Courier Times Online
Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that one of the world’s most competitive and innovative thin-film solar panel producers will open a manufacturing facility in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, creating 400 jobs and leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars of private investment.

November 20, 2009. www.philly.com
Springside School in Chestnut Hill formally flipped the switch earlier today on what they're touting as the largest solar installation within city limits. Some 10,000 square feet of the roof on the field house has been covered with panels, constituting a 94 kilowatt array.

November 12, 2009. Renewable Energy World
Springside School, a Pre-K-12 school for girls committed to educating enlightened leaders for the 21st century, will unveil the largest solar array in Philadelphia on Friday, November 20th. The "Flip the Switch" ceremony will take place at 12 Noon in the Vare Field House on Springside's Chestnut Hill campus.

"By extending the Energy Harvest...

September 9, 2009. The Weekly Press
This Sunday, September 13, 11am to 6pm, GreenFest Philly 2009, the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley’s largest green living event, returns to 2nd & South Sts. to highlight the endeavors of Philadelphia’s environmental organizations and companies making Philadelphia one of the greenest US cities, and to teach attendees lessons in eco-friendly habits...


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