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Philadelphia, PA — A comprehensive plan to make our nation’s buildings more efficient could save enough energy by 2030 to power all of the nation’s cars, homes and businesses for a year and a half, while saving Americans more than $500 billion, according to a new report by PennEnvironment. These findings offer a preview of what Pennsylvania could achieve by adopting green building policies, such as the statewide green building code proposed by Governor Rendell in February, and the many policies being pushed by state and local officials who joined PennEnvironment in releasing the report.

belongs to URBS400 - Senior Seminar project
tagged buildings green philadelphia by dkarp ...on 30-AUG-09
PAB incorporates data from the collections of the AthenC&um of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives, the Philadelphia Historical Commission, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and more than 25 other area repositories.
belongs to HSPV Other project
tagged architecture buildings history philadelphia by laallen ...and 3 other people ...on 08-FEB-08
Includes beautiful maps and atlases of the Hexamer Volumes from the 1850's through Philadelphia Land Use maps 1960's.
A site devoted to documenting Philadelphia neighborhoods and impending architectural changes.