sustainability
Sustainable North Philly Building Named “Project of the Year” by U.S. Green Building Council
It seems there’s always more that can be done when it comes to efforts intended to make a city more sustainable, but it goes without saying […]
Farmhouse Friday: Posh Dwelling Features Passive Solar Designs, Rain-Fed Stream
Trailing on the green heels of that beautiful – not to mention freshly price-chopped – LEED Plantinum-certified Slusher Residence in Fairmount is this wonderfully unanticipated home: a $1.65 […]
Philly Water Department Calling for Developers to Go Greener
The Philadelphia Water Department has recently enacted new green infrastructure and stormwater regulations that developers must follow if they want to build anew or redevelop existing properties, […]
Green Incentives: New Bill Encourages LEED Silver-Certified Buildings in Philly
Efforts to make Philadelphia greener continue. Currently, for example, having LEED Gold and Platinum certification allows builders within certain zoning districts to increase their height […]
Attention Philly Builders: Including Green Roofs Might Get You More Density
Might this be the push builders need to get their green on when it comes to residential projects? Last week, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced […]
Philadelphia Solar Power Growth Lagging Other Cities
Three days after Earth Day 2011, Mayor Nutter celebrated the installation of the first solar power system owned by the City of Philadelphia. The photovoltaic system at a […]
Philly Bracing for Hurricane-Fueled Power Outages
In Mayor Nutter’s final budget address yesterday, he took the opportunity to thank city agencies for working through some of the worst inclement weather in […]
Is This Windwheel the Future of Urban Energy?
Note to the next Mayor: outsource all green initiatives to the Dutch. Why? They’re constantly creating green-tech solutions with urban application that will floor you, […]
Morning Headlines: Could Green Roofs Be Coming to a Business Near You?
A potential step toward that still out of reach “Greenest City in America” status has presented itself to Philadelphia in the form of a recently introduced bill that […]
Philadelphia’s Recycling Rates Up 155 Percent in 6 Years
Philadelphia isn’t America’s greenest city, like Mayor Nutter said we would be when he took office. But there is some good news on the sustainability […]
House of the Week: Pennsylvania’s First LEED Platinum Rehab
Owners of this Fairmount home spent three years working with Canno Architecture and Design, Think Green Landscape Architecture, Walnut Tree Construction and the Energy Coordinating […]
All 3 Ballot Questions Pass Easily in Philadelphia
When Philadelphia voters headed to the polls yesterday, they also had choices on three ballot questions. Noncontroversial ballot questions tend to pass easily, and that’s […]
Founder of Philly Sustainability App MilkCrate Dishes on Her Favorite Sustainable Spot in the City
Today, I chatted with Morgan Berman while she waited to hear whether or not her company, Philly-based sustainability app MilkCrate, will win the Forbes’ 30 […]
Philly Sustainability App MilkCrate Has Officially Launched
Remember MilkCrate, the super useful sustainability app we told you guys was in the works a few months ago? Well, the Philly-based app has officially […]
Passive House Building Principles at Kamp Kaolin in Landenberg
Currently under construction in southern Chester County (Landenberg, to be precise), Kamp Kaolin is a 2,700 square-foot home designed with a whole slew of industry […]