Category: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Elementary School Learns Energy Efficiencies Pay Great Dividends

By CostBenefit on Jul 9, 2010 | In Energy, Pennsylvania, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Savings, Costs and Benefits, Press Release (May be biased) | Send feedback »

While Fortune 500 corporations race to lower energy costs, an elementary school in Pennsylvania could teach them a thing or two about efficiency. Candlebrook Elementary, in King of Prussia, reduced its district’s energy bill by more than $300,000 and now… more »

Conference: Sustainable Property Transactions: Retooling the Business of Contaminated Site Redevelopments: April 14, 2010 - April 16, 2010

By CostBenefit on Mar 24, 2010 | In Contaminated Properties, Pennsylvania, Real Estate Construction Housing, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Brownfield Redevelopment, Conference/Meeting/Seminar, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

The Concept:...In the wake of this slow to recover economy, the continued credit and liquidity crisis is driving practitioners to incorporate more rigorous environmental risk management and due diligence techniques and sustainable development practic… more »

Can the land tax help curb urban sprawl? Evidence from growth patterns in Pennsylvania

By CostBenefit on Feb 11, 2010 | In Land, Pennsylvania, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, Sprawl & Smart Growth, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: Urban sprawl has become a policy concern of national prominence. One tool that has been suggested for combating sprawl is the land or split-rate tax. In theory, such taxes can raise the ratio of housing capital to land. This in turn can raise t… more »

Industry Built From Scratch

By CostBenefit on Oct 24, 2009 | In Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Pennsylvania, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Waste & Recycling, South, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

According to Matthew L. Wald writing in the October 14, 2009 issue of the New York Times On one side of a factory [in Madison Pennsylvania], workers dump 500-pound sacks of pine chips into a hopper, ... an 8,000-degree blow torch [processes] ... the c… more »

Philadephia to convert all traffic lights to LEDs

By CostBenefit on Aug 28, 2009 | In Energy, Pennsylvania, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Savings, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

According to Andrew Maykuth writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer: The city plans to replace 55,000 green and yellow... incandescent traffic signals with efficient light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, said Andrew Stober, director of strategic initiatives in… more »
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