From: Green Economy Task Force <kate@sbnphiladelphia.

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Subject: Very Big News
Reply: kate@sbnphiladelphia.org

Green Jobs News, Resources, and Events

Dear Leanne,

Extremely big ($129 million big) news in this newsletter, but let me start by
congratulating a group of very important Philadelphians.

Folks, we are in very good company. Pennsylvania Environmental Council just recognized
40 of Pennsylvania's young and talented environmental leaders and an impressive six of
them are not only leaders in their respective organizations, but are also active
Stakeholders in the Green Economy Task Force. Please take a moment to congratulate
these incredible women for their commitment and follow the link to learn more about their
organizations.

 Heather Blakeslee, Program Advocacy Director, 

Delaware Valley Green Building Council
 Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia
 Christine Knapp, Director of Outreach, PennFuture
 Leanne Krueger-Braneky, Executive Director, 
Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
 Emily Landsburg, CEO, BlackGold BioFuels
 Jenn Rezeli, Principal, Re:Vision Architecture

To learn more about the Pennsylvania Environmental Council or the 40-under-40 awards,
click here.

Fondly, Kate

In This Issue NEWS

 News

Events
Check out these recent news articles about green jobs, but don't
forget to visit www.greeneconomytaskforce.com/news/for articles
Resources from past newsletters.

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$129M Investment in Navy Yard to Create Energy

Efficiency Research Hub

The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC) received a

$129 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant
is to develop an Energy Innovation HUB and its objective will be
to create technologies that can make building more energy
efficient. This five year project will be headed up The Pennsylvania
State University and will take place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Please click here to learn more about this project.

How the Stimulus Is Changing America

"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - President

Obama's $787 billion stimulus - has been marketed as a jobs bill,
and that's how it's been judged. The White House says it has saved
or created about 3 million jobs, helping avoid a depression and end
a recession. Republicans mock it as a Big Government boondoggle
that has failed to prevent rampant unemployment despite a
massive expansion of the deficit. Liberals complain that it wasn't
massive enough."

Click here to read Michael Grunwald's article in Time

magazine.

U.S. Wind Energy Capacity increases again in 2009

The U.S. wind power industry had another record breaking year in
2009 due to the addition of 10 gigawatts of capacity and receiving
$21 billion in investments. The Dept. of Energy's Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) showed that for the fifth
straight year, wind has only been second to natural gas in adding
capacity to the United States electrical grid. New challenges are
coming for the wind industry to sustain its bottom line due to a
reduction in wholesale electricity prices which is partly related to a
decrease in natural gas prices over the last year.

Click here to read more.

Philadelphia Habitat for Humanity to Receive

Funding for Weatherization Efforts

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) in Atlanta, Georgia has

received $3 million to deliver weatherization services to low-income
homes. The HFHI will distribute the funding between 18 chapters
across the country and the Philadelphia chapter will be one of the
18 to receive it.

Click here to read the U.S. Dept. of Energy's press release

about the grant money.

PECO Launches $15.3 Million Environmental

Initiative

PECO has launched an initiative to preserve the environment and

help customers become more environmentally responsible. Totaling
more than $15.3 million of work, the comprehensive program
includes the installation of a green roof and a new Crown Lights
system at the company's Center City headquarters; the opening of
PECO's first 'green building' in West Chester, recently awarded
silver certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED); improvements to secure LEED certification for
many other company work sites; the increased use of hybrid and
biodiesel vehicles; support for community environmental projects;
and enhanced tools and programs to help customers use energy
more efficiently.

Click here to read more.

Green Jobs Training Growing in Philadelphia

"The term 'green jobs' has a clean, futuristic ring to it, but a growing
amount of training in the region is more closely tied to construction
work than developing new technologies - specifically, how to
weatherize and retrofit buildings to make them energy efficient.

The Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia Inc. opened a

green-jobs training facility last November and Bucks County
Community College followed in April."

Click here to read Peter Key's article in the Philadelphia

Business Journal.

EPA, Philadelphia International Airport and US

Airways Unveil New Low Emission Shuttle Buses
for Passengers

"Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a

$475,669 grant to the Philadelphia International Airport to help put
eight highly efficient, low emission, low-floor passenger buses into
service at airport. By replacing older diesel powered shuttle buses
this project will reduce air pollution and improve air quality. EPA's
grant was awarded under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. In
addition to EPA's grant, US Airways will spend more than $3.5
million to replace the older shuttle buses.

Officials from EPA, Philadelphia International Airport and US

Airways took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony today to unveil one
of the new low emissions buses on display for everyone to tour."

Click here to read more.

Green Jobs Award From Green For All

"Green For All has

partnered with SJF
Advisory Services to
launch the inaugural
Green Jobs Award. The
goal of this Award is to
identify, recognize, and
promote private
companies that are
leaders in creating quality green jobs."

Click here to learn more about the Green Jobs Award and how
to apply.
We Still Don't Get It: Energy Efficiency Makes Cents
"In a national online survey, 505 participants reported their
perceptions of energy consumption and savings for a variety of
household, transportation, and recycling activities. When asked for
the most effective strategy they could implement to conserve
energy, most participants mentioned curtailment (e.g., turning off
lights, driving less) rather than efficiency improvements (e.g.,
installing more efficient light bulbs and appliances), in contrast to
experts' recommendations.

For a sample of 15 activities, participants underestimated energy

use and savings by a factor of 2.8 on average, with small
overestimates for low-energy activities and large underestimates for
high-energy activities. Additional estimation and ranking tasks also
yielded relatively flat functions for perceived energy use and
savings. Across several tasks, participants with higher numeracy
scores and stronger proenvironmental attitudes had more accurate
perceptions. The serious deficiencies highlighted by these results
suggest that well-designed efforts to improve the public's
understanding of energy use and savings could pay large
dividends."

Click here to read more.

PennFuture Asks: Won't You be my Partner?

The goal of Pennsylvania's Industry Partnership program is to
develop partnerships between business, labor, and government.
The partnership of these sectors is to focus on job training needs
and enhance the competition of similar business operating in close
proximity by learning the opportunities and challenges they face.

Currently, there are two bills in the General Assembly that could
expand the program. One of the bills, Rep. Marc Gergely's House
Bill 2230, was passed earlier this year and the other, Sen. Michael
Brubaker's Senate Bill 1409, is awaiting a vote in the Senate.

Click here to read more about Pennsylvania's Industry

Partnership Program.

Unions Back 'Just Transition' to Green Transport

"Transport workers must take responsibility for tackling climate

change, their unions have agreed. The first-ever climate change
conference of ITF, the global union federation for the sector, heard
delegates urge ITF to develop sustainable means to achieve
emission reductions from the transport industry.

The conference, which preceded ITF's congress in Mexico City this

month and which itself had a 'Strong unions - sustainable transport'
theme, attracted over 300 delegates. And the green transport
theme was approved by the congress, where a motion calling for
'fundamental changes in the current system of globalised
production which relies on global supply chains, low transport costs
and cheap and increasingly casual labour' garnered wide support."

Click here to read more of Rory's article in Hazards

magazine.

Mayors Endorse 'Green' Construction Code,

Natural-Gas Vehicles
"The U.S. Conference of Mayors is backing a mandatory 'green'
construction code that would slash the negative effects of
commercial buildings on the natural environment.

The International Green Construction Code, which is being

developed by the International Code Council with input from the
American Institute of Architects, ASTM International and other
stakeholders, includes energy, water, air-quality and safety
benchmarks that states and cities may adopt as mandatory
provisions for commercial buildings. The code incorporates the
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers' (ASHRAE) Standard 189.1 as an optional path to
compliance.

The green code, which is amid a public-comment period and slated

for release in November, would join the Washington, D.C.-based
ICC's family of plumbing, mechanical and residential building
codes, explained Jessyca Henderson, AIA's director of
sustainability advocacy."

Click here to read Michael Burnham and Jason Plautz's article

in The New York Times.

EVENTS

Check out these upcoming events, but don't forget to visit

www.greeneconomytaskforce.com/events/ for the most up-to-
date information about all GETF events.

Urban Sustainability Forum Presents Digging in to

Home Energy Savings: How to Take Advantage of
New Incentives

Start the fall by Saving Energy! The first Urban Sustainability

Program of the fall will help home and business owners understand
all the new tax credits, rebates, loan programs, and other incentives
available to help them save energy-and money-in homes and
commercial buildings, while lowering their carbon footprints.

The speakers include Liz Robinson, Executive Director of the

Energy Coordinating Agency; Andy Rachlin, Deputy Chief of Staff
for Economic Development, City of Philadelphia; Frank Jiruska,
Director of Energy and Marketing Services, PECO; Steve Hershey,
Vice President, PGW; Roger Clark, Manager for Technology and
Policy, The Reinvestment Fund; and Peter Krasja, President, First
Financial , Keystone HELP Loan.

Where: Academy of Natural Sciences - 19th Street and Ben

Franklin Parkway

When: Thursday September 16, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Click here to learn more and register for this event.

Save-The-Date GETF Stakeholders Meeting

Over the last year Green Economy Task Force Stakeholders have
been hard at work growing green jobs and training opportunities in
the Philadelphia region. Join us for the annual Green Economy
Task Force Stakeholders Meeting to hear about our region's
progress and begin to tackle challenges for the year ahead.

When: Friday October 8 from 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Stay tuned for additional details on the meeting.

Become a Tree Tender

Does your training program prepare

workers for landscaping and grounds
maintenance jobs? Tree Tenders is a
training program for tree planting
volunteers, but would also be a good
addition to your program participants'
resumes. This course was developed
by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
(PHS) and Penn State Cooperative
Extension and meant for citizens and
experts alike. Please note these
following classes are the only Tree Tenders training scheduled
within Pennsylvania at this time (No Cost). The next trainings will
not be scheduled until spring 2011.

Registration is required. For more information or the registration

brochure, contact:

(Philadelphia County) Mindy Maslin at 215-988-8844,

mmaslin@pennhort.org

(Bucks, Chester, Delaware county) Barley Van Clief at 215-988-

8793, bvanclief@pennhort.org

Chester County:

Where: Kennett Area Senior Center, 427 South Walnut Street,

Kennett Square, PA 19348

When: September 14, 21, and 28 (Tuesday) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Bucks County:

Where: Newtown Township Municipal Complex, Administrative

Building, 100 Municipal Drive (off Rte. 413), Newtown, PA 18940

When: September 23, 30, and October 14 (Thursday)

from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (There is intentionally a week off between
class 2 and class 3)
RESOURCES

Check out these recent green jobs resources, but don't forget
to visit www.greeneconomytaskforce.com/resources/ for
additional items from past newsletters.

SBN Introduces Triple Bottom Line Consulting

Services

This is a new program that offers an affordable way to get access

to business consultants in the Greater Philadelphia Region.

For the entire month of September, SBN will be connecting

independent businesses and entrepreneurs with consulting
services from our network of Consulting Professionals.

To learn how you can get a 1-hour consulting session for as little as
$50, visit sbnconsulting.eventbrite.com.

You do not have to be an SBN member to participate. Consulting

sessions will take place September 1st through 30th at various
times and locations. Please download and review our entire
catalog here to select a consultant.

Questions? Contact Jen Devor at 215-922-7400 ext.2#

or at jen@sbnphiladelphia.org.

From Hidden Costs to High Returns, Unlocking the

Potential of the Lower-Wage Workforce

This report was released by the National Network for Sector

Partners (NNSP) and is based on the importance of investing in job
training and career development for their front line employees. The
report continues to explain how this will save companies money
and in the present state of economy, saving money should
be vital to a business.

Click here to read the report.

SCI West Community Grant Opportunity

The Sustainable Communities Initiative West Philadelphia is

beginning another cycle of grants for community-based
organizations. The purpose of this grant is to support collaborative
community development activities that enhance West Philadelphia
in one or more of the following five areas:

1) Beautification

2) Safety/Security

3) Community Based Events

4) Educational Programs

5) Environmental projects / programs

All applications are due Friday October 8, 2010. Click here to

read the guidelines for this grant.

Loan Solicitation for Renewable Energy

Manufacturing

"Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today a new loan

guarantee solicitation for renewable energy manufacturing projects.
The Commercial Technology Manufacturing Systems and
Components solicitation is supported by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act through Section 1705 of the Loan Guarantee
Program. The solicitation will support the deployment of renewable
energy technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
help increase employment in the nation's green manufacturing
sector, which is part of the Administration's long-term plan to create
new green energy jobs. The solicitation will seek applications for
projects that manufacture commercial technology renewable
energy systems and components, such as wind turbine systems,
blades or solar photovoltaic components."

Click here to learn more.

Department of Energy Announces $15 Million to

Promote Innovative Geothermal Heat Recovery
Methods and Technologies

"The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technologies

Program today announced a $15 million funding opportunity to
research and develop innovative methods to extract heat from
geothermal resources from the Earth's crust to produce clean,
renewable energy. DOE's objective through this funding is to
promote the advancement and commercialization of technologies
for heat recovery with potentially lower environmental, technical,
and financial risks than currently available methods.

This funding opportunity seeks applicants to expand geothermal

power generation into geologically diverse environments, such as
permeable sedimentary formations, a widespread geologic
resource of which a number of reservoirs are located in regions
with high electricity prices. Naturally permeable rock formations not
only reduce the need to increase permeability artificially, but also
minimize the risk of rapid drawdown of the reservoir's heat to allow
for sustained heat recovery."

Click here to read more.

JOBS

Energy Efficiency Program Analyst - Customer

Affairs Department
The Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) is the largest municipally-
owned gas utility in the nation, supplying gas service in the City of
Philadelphia to over 500,000 customers. From its humble
beginnings in 1836, PGW has grown into the large, modern facility
that exists today. As one of the nation's leading natural gas
providers, PGW prides itself on stability and continual growth.
PGW is dedicated to becoming the Greenest Natural Gas Delivery
Company in the region.
Make a difference in your future - Become part of the PGW Team!

Click here to read more about this opening.