Energy

Yesterday, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed two clean energy bills into law halfway into the city’s Solar Week. The bills target both residential and commercial buildings, providing incentives to build solar projects on both. “Philadelphia is ramping up our efforts...

Plus: How 3 Philly residents stack up According to scientists, we have 11 years left to act on climate change, thanks to our current global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As the future of our planet weighs heavily on humanity’s current...

The City of Philadelphia really wants you to think about solar. A new map shows residents and businesses their solar potential of existing rooftops.   According to the website, the map was developed by the City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability...

With the recent demand of Solarize Philly, it’s no secret that solar is hot in Philly. We’re always told that Solar power holds a lot of promise….but. There’s always a but – some reason why solar won’t work. What are the...

Did you know you can pick your own natural gas supplier through PGW in Philly? What’s the most “sustainable” choice? In PA, you can pick your residential energy supplier through PECO. If you haven’t explored this yet, we highly recommend...

On Tuesday evening, Green Philly hosted our second Beyond the Blog panel. After 45’s announcement that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, we aptly named the discussion Paris Postmortem: How to Make Philly a Clean & Energy...

Guest post by Mei Chung How are public health, energy efficiency, and poverty connected? The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA), recently hosted a panel “Bridging the Gap Between Public health, Energy Efficiency, and Poverty”  to explore how public health and energy...

One of the main ways we can reduce our carbon footprint – greatly – is to choose a clean energy supplier. If you haven’t touched your supplier choices (whether you’ve moved recently or haven’t checked your options in a few...

Professor Interview Series: Dr. Metin Duran, Environmental Engineering Driving home from Phillies games, I would watch the lights of the city race by in the backseat of my dad’s car. Along what seemed like an endless stretch of highway, I always...