Phillies Pitcher Ryan Madson is making eco-friendly Philadelphia fans proud. He and his wife, Sarah, have decided to make their Wayne home greener.
They purchased the house in April and have hired Main Line’s Caledonia Renovations to green the property.
The Madson’s eco improvements include:
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Guest Blogger Clay gives Julie’s nostalgic obsession alma mater a shout out & updates us on the PSU Energy Hub. Read more below!
“End-use-efficiency improvements are the cheapest, cleanest, surest, most rapidly expandable energy option we have…the ultimate limits on this option are…the lack of knowledge by firms and consumers about the opportunities that exist and how to exploit them.”
-John P Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Penn State University has successfully lead a campaign to secure $130 Million in grant funding over the next five years to start an Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The Energy Innovation hub will focus on
Continue Leave a Comment August 27, 2010
Philadelphia Streets Department has installed 20 BigBelly solar-powered eco stations on Ogontz Avenue in West Oak Lane, funded by the 
Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.)
Philly’s well on their way to its goal of nearly 1,000 (949 in total; 394 have recycling capabilities) BigBellies that will be installed by the end of 2010. Last year’s 474 BigBellies (210 with recyclers) have saved $850K with an estimate of ten years at $13 million.
Other benefits of Big Belly include:
Continue 2 Comments July 28, 2010
Philly, it’s hot. And it’s going to get hotter. As many of Philly-ites head to the shore this weekend to cool off (myself included!), we should be thankful we’re testing the oil-free waters of NJ & DE. After 80 days of Gulf oil spilling, apprx 86 – 169 million gallons oil, a pathetic lack of clean up effort from BP, a new BP backup plan regardless of fate being left in the hands of Kevin Costner, and wildlife tragedy, it’s hard to even read the news. For those of you who have been upset for 3 f’ing months too long, here’s a little comic relief courtesy of the BP Spills Coffee video:
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Julie & Beth
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Back in the day, I remember a Saved by the Bell Episode where Bayside started drilling for oil to get rich… and instead, Zack & co’s hearts 
were broken as Zack’s favorite duck Becky dies and the football field is ruined. Lucky for Bayside, Zack makes a 2 minute presentation to the oil tycoons and they end the drilling because of his speech.
Unfortunately, the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t have a Zack Morris.
1 month ago today, BP had (arguably) the largest environmental disaster with its massive oil spill.
Recap of what’s currently going on in the Gulf:
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School’s out for summer… which means a new batch of students are coming in the fall! Besides factors such as location, campus size and party school ranking, students often take a university’s sustainability into account for deciding on a college. The Princeton Review & Green Building Council published a “Guide to 286 Green Colleges” to help students find the top green schools – It’s the 1st college guidebook to list schools with the most environmentally-responsible campuses and school-wide commitment to sustainability.
The Princeton Review
’s “Guide to 286 Green Colleges” looks at an institution’s
Good news for sports fans and environmentalists alike – the NFL’s first ever LEED certified stadium will open as early as 2011. LEED (Leadership in Environmental Initiative and Design) gives certificates to buildings that adhere to stringent environmentally sustainable building practices.
The Los Angeles stadium has not been named home to a team yet. But, the stadium is already making history…
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Last week Bloom Energy revealed their electricity-in-a-box-product . The Bloom box was eight years (and 4 million dollars) in the works.
Bloom Energy has finally come out of the shadows and produced a product that has other green technology companies wondering why didn’t I think of that…
So, what is this box and what’s all the fuss?
Continue 2 Comments March 2, 2010
A friend forwarded me this link of Whole Tree Architecture creations and I wanted to share!
How cool is this? Roald Gunderson creates buildings from whole trees! From the site: “According to the Forest Products Laboratory, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree.”
Enjoy!
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