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Travels with Hugh

Hugh Loomis our trusted architectural photographer consultant recently took a trip to Turkey.  Today Turkey retains many ruins of the ancient world, artifacts of cities from the distant past.  Hugh retains his artist eye while traveling and gave us pictures he captured at Aspendos in southern Turkey.  The ancient city of Aspendos is dominated by the best preserved theatre of antiquity with seating for 15,000.  The galleries, stage decorations and acoustics all reflect the ability of the architect Zenon.  Close to the theatre, basilica and agora lay the remains of an aqueduct, one of the largest in Anatolia.  Hugh can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Remarks at the Veterans Day Ceremony by President John F. Kennedy

Remarks at the Veterans Day Ceremony (November 11, 1961)
General Gavan, Mr. Gleason, members of the military forces, veterans, fellow Americans:
Today we are here to celebrate and to honor and to commemorate the dead and the living, the young men who in every war since this country began have given testimony to their loyalty to their country and their own great courage.
I do not believe that any nation in the history of the world has buried its soldiers farther from its native soil than we Americans—or buried them closer to the towns in which they grew up.
We celebrate this Veterans Day for a very few minutes, a few seconds of silence and then this country’s life goes on. But I think it most appropriate that we recall on this occasion, and on every other moment when we are faced with great responsibilities, the contribution and the sacrifice which so many men and their families have made in order to permit this country to now occupy its present position of responsibility and freedom, and in order to permit us to gather here together.
Bruce Catton, after totaling the casualties which took place in the battle of Antietam, not so very far from this cemetery, when he looked at statistics which showed that in the short space of a few minutes whole regiments lost 50 to 75 percent of their numbers, then wrote that life perhaps isn’t the most precious gift of all, that men died for the possession of a few feet of a corn field or a rocky hill, or for almost nothing at all. But in a very larger sense, they died that this country might be permitted to go on, and that it might permit to be fulfilled the great hopes of its founders.
In a world tormented by tension and the possibilities of conflict, we meet in a quiet commemoration of an historic day of peace. In an age that threatens the survival of freedom, we join together to honor those who made our freedom possible. The resolution of the Congress which first proclaimed Armistice Day, described November 11, 1918, as the end of “the most destructive, sanguinary and far-reaching war in the history of human annals.” That resolution expressed the hope that the First World War would be, in truth, the war to end all wars. It suggested that those men who had died had therefore not given their lives in vain.
It is a tragic fact that these hopes have not been fulfilled, that wars still more destructive and still more sanguinary followed, that man’s capacity to devise new ways of killing his fellow men have far outstripped his capacity to live in peace with his fellow men.
Some might say, therefore, that this day has lost its meaning, that the shadow of the new and deadly weapons have robbed this day of its great value, that whatever name we now give this day, whatever flags we fly or prayers we utter, it is too late to honor those who died before, and too soon to promise the living an end to organized death.
But let us not forget that November 11, 1918, signified a beginning, as well as an end. “The purpose of all war,” said Augustine, “is peace.” The First World War produced man’s first great effort in recent times to solve by international cooperation the problems of war. That experiment continues in our present day—still imperfect, still short of its responsibilities, but it does offer a hope that some day nations can live in harmony.
For our part, we shall achieve that peace only with patience and perseverance and courage—the patience and perseverance necessary to work with allies of diverse interests but common goals, the courage necessary over a long period of time to overcome an adversary skilled in the arts of harassment and obstruction.
There is no way to maintain the frontiers of freedom without cost and commitment and risk. There is no swift and easy path to peace in our generation. No man who witnessed the tragedies of the last war, no man who can imagine the unimaginable possibilities of the next war, can advocate war out of irritability or frustration or impatience.
But let no nation confuse our perseverance and patience with fear of war or unwillingness to meet our responsibilities. We cannot save ourselves by abandoning those who are associated with us, or rejecting our responsibilities.
In the end, the only way to maintain the peace is to be prepared in the final extreme to fight for our country—and to mean it.
As a nation, we have little capacity for deception. We can convince friend and foe alike that we are in earnest about the defense of freedom only if we are in earnest-and I can assure the world that we are.
This cemetery was first established 97 years ago. In this hill were first buried men who died in an earlier war, a savage war here in our own country. Ninety-seven years ago today, the men in Gray were retiring from Antietam, where thousands of their comrades had fallen between dawn and dusk in one terrible day. And the men in Blue were moving towards Fredericksburg, where thousands would soon lie by a stone wall in heroic and sometimes miserable death.
It was a crucial moment in our Nation’s history, but these memories, sad and proud, these quiet grounds, this Cemetery and others like it all around the world, remind us with pride of our obligation and our opportunity.
On this Veterans Day of 1961, on this day of remembrance, let us pray in the name of those who have fought in this country’s wars, and most especially who have fought in the First World War and in the Second World War, that there will be no veterans of any further war—not because all shall have perished but because all shall have learned to live together in peace.
And to the dead here in this cemetery we say:
They are the race—
they are the race immortal,
Whose beams make broad
the common light of day!
Though Time may dim,
though Death has barred their portal,
These we salute,
which nameless passed away.

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Summary of Current Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Incentives

To assist our clients to include the latest technology to reduce energy consumption for their projects AHAdams&Company monitors current grant/incentives/load programs to fund construction and purchase the latest systems to engage environmentally responsible design.  The attached summary details current Pennsylvania Incentives/Policies for Renewables & Efficiency credits, programs, incentives, and grant funding for solar, geo-thermal, renewable energy, energy conservation which can offset the initial cost to help our clients build for the future.

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Events of this Summer

It has been an enjoyable summer in Willow Grove.  Our next door neighbors, The Second Alarmers Rescue Squad obtained a piece of steel from the World Trade Center.  The steel beam pictured above is to be used in a Memorial to 911 to be constructed at their soon to be built new facility in Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania.  They have all their news and information about the World Trade Center Memorial at their web site www.sars.org! 

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Sustainable Insulation

Wool - it is not just for clothes and rugs.  We have begun to see an interest in wool insulation for buildings.  Before there was fiberglass, there was sheep wool insulation, and the product has never become obsolete. If anything, it may remain a better product in terms of building science. Although sheep wool insulation had nearly disappeared in this country, it has remained popular in the U.K, Australia, New Zealand, and other nations.

It’s green appeal is rather obvious: sheep wool is a rapidly renewable agri-based resource produced with a remarkably small carbon footprint, and it is completely biodegradable.

But sheep’s wool insulation also provides some intriguing functional advantages.  It will absorb up to 20 percent of its own weight in moisture.  In a humid environment it will actually absorb moisture from the room, and as the humidity drops it expels the moisture back into the room. During that process, the water vapor does not alter the thermal characteristics of the product at all, or effect its life cycle.

It also actively contributes to indoor air quality. A lot of materials that go into residential and commercial construction contain formaldehyde, and sheep wool will simply absorb it from out of the air.  As for life cycle issues, wool insulation should last as long as the the typical building that houses it.

Wool is naturally fire resistant, but t must be treated for additional protection against mold and vermin infiltration. The products should contain no added formaldehyde or VOCs. The products can contribute three different LEED credits.

All of those benefits add up to higher retail price points, but it is provides a higher value product.  It is a product worth watching - 
www2.blackmountaininsulationusa.com

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Solar Power

The US Department of Energy is investing in Innovative strategies to bring the cost of producing energy from the sun down.  Through the “Sun Shot” Program (http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/SunShot/) new technologies are moving forward to contribute to the goal of increasing the amount of energy produced by solar in the United States.  A recent development AHAdams&Company thought was interesting:

U.S. Department of Energy to Invest in Silicon Ink Manufacturer Innovalight
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/—Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held company selling silicon ink and advanced solar cell process technology, today announced it has been selected for funding under the SunShot initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Innovalight will receive $3.4 million to accelerate the development and production of silicon ink material and processes for high efficiency solar cells at its operations in Silicon Valley.  Innovalight manufactures a nanotechnology-based silicon ink and licenses a proprietary process which allows for a simple upgrade to solar cell manufacturing lines to boost the performance of solar cells and lower production costs. The company recently announced supply agreements with several of the largest solar cell manufacturing companies in the world.
“After a hyper competitive selection process, we are thrilled that we were selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Energy,” said Conrad Burke, President and CEO of Innovalight. “This endorsement from the DOE for our innovative silicon ink technology which was invented and is exclusively manufactured here in the United States, is very timely for our expansion plans,” he added.
The DOE’s SunShot Initiative aims to dramatically decrease the total costs of solar energy at the utility, commercial and residential levels by 75% before the end of the decade, making solar energy cost-competitive with conventional forms of electricity without subsidies and enabling widespread deployment of solar energy.

About The U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative
The SunShot Initiative builds on the legacy of President Kennedy’s 1960s “moon shot” goal, which laid out a plan to regain the country’s lead in the space race and land a man on the moon. To achieve the SunShot goal of reducing the total installed cost of solar electricity by about 75 percent, DOE will be working closely with partners in government, industry, research laboratories and academic institutions across the country. More information can be found at http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/SunShot

About Innovalight
Innovalight is based in Sunnyvale, California. The company manufactures silicon ink and licenses a proprietary process technology to solar cell manufacturing companies. Innovalight is venture capital backed and has received additional development funds from the U.S. Dept. of Energy. For more information, visit http://www.innovalight.com

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PET/CT WINS GOLD!

Montgomery County Advanced Medical Imaging and Abington Hospital PET/CT facility, recently completed, has received a coveted United States Green Building Council LEED GOLD certification.  This certification distinguishes the new PET/CT facility as a project designed and constructed to the highest environmental standards and recognizes it as an outstanding achievement.  AHAdams&Company is proud of our contribution to this project and commends Dr. Paul O’Moore, President of Montgomery County Advanced Medical Imaging and Angel Fatz the PET/CT Manager, George Felici, LEED AP, Freedom Enterprise, Incorporated (contractor), Shannon Kaplan, PE, AKF Engineering, and John Zabilowicz, PE, Z&F Consulting Engineers, Richard Palmer and Elizabeth Emig at AHAdams&Company for assistance.  We want to extend a generous thank you! to Dr. Paul O’Moore for his vision to establish this environmental goal and supporting this achievement. AHAdams&Company would like to extent a thank you to the entire project team for their commitment to see beyond the horizon and improve the quality of the environment for us all..

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New Materials to Generate Electricity

Advanced Materials for Thermoelectric Devices

We see an opportunity to generate electricity from low grade waste heat through the application of Thermoelectric semiconductors.  Thermoelectric semiconductor materials are recognized as having the potential to provide clean, reliable and highly effective cooling, refrigeration and energy harvesting solutions. Typical electricity generation processes burn fossil fuels generating heat that is then used to produce power in a series of efficiency-robbing mechanical steps. A staggering 50 to 60% of this heat is wasted due to technology limitations. Furthermore, passive or active cooling techniques are often required to mitigate the damaging effects this heat can have on operating equipment and electronic systems.

A new company, Phononic Devices (www.phononicdevices.com) is an ARPA-E awardee commercializing advanced materials nano-engineered to recapture this waste heat and convert it into useable electric power, or conversely, to provide highly efficient refrigeration and cooling. Phononic Devices’ proprietary thermal-to-electric approach is designed to make possible a more than $35B market opportunity.  AHAdams&Company is exploring the potential and opportunities to design the use of Thermoelectric semiconductors into a project.   

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Arthur Hall Adams receives Drexel University Award

On May 7, Arthur Hall Adams will receive the Mary S. Drexel Award from the Irick Society of Drexel University.  This award, named for Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, was established in 1933 to honor an outstanding member of Drexel University who earned a degree through Drexel Evening College of Professional Studies.  The Awards selection committee has considered well over one hundred alumni each year before making its selections, Arthur was selected this year for his service to Drexel and his achievements as a Architect.  Arthur has been acknowledged by Drexel University previously and is the past recipient of the Drexel University Richard C. Goodwin College of Professional Studies Speciality Award (2007), Distinguished Member Award Mary S. Irick Drexel Society (2008), and the Drexel University Key D Award (2009). 

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PET/CT Gets Published

The recently completed PET/CT (Positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT)) suite designed by AHAdams&Company was a included as a sustainable health care project in the March issue of gb&d (Green Building & Design)  http://gbdmagazine.com/2011/02/march-2011/ (pages 103 /104)

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

To help in your celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day we have an Irish song lyric, so tune your voice, drink a few green beers and let the melodious voices resound!

IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
There’s a tear in your eye,
And I’m wondering why,
That it ever should be there at all.
With such power in your smile,
Sure a stone you’d beguile.
And there’s never a tear drop should fall.
When your sweet, lilting laughter’s
Like some fairy song
And your eyes twinkle bright as can be;
Oh then laugh all the while
And all other times smile
And now smile a smile for me.
CHORUS
When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure it’s like a morn in spring,
In the lily of Irish laughter
You can hear the angel’s sing.
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world seems bright and gay,
And when Irish eyes are smiling
Sure they steal your heart away.
For your smile is a part
Of the love in your heart,
And it makes even sunshine more bright.
Like the linnet’s sweet song,
Crooning all the day long,
Comes your laughter and light
For the springtime of life
Is the sweetest of all
There is ne’er a real care or regret;
Ad while springtime is ours
Throughout all of youth’s hours,
Let us smile each chance we get.

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Settlement Music School

Recently completed the Settlement Music School is up and running (and our newest neighbor) here in Willow Grove.  The oldest continuously operating Music School in the United States Settlement Music School was full operational in January 2011.  The three story building (25,000 gsf) will provide for new music classrooms, office and administration spaces, and a three hundred seat recital hall.  Settlement Music School expects this new facility will accommodate over 1,000 students by 2013.  AHAdams&Company provided technical consulting services for design development and construction documentation for the new Settlement Music School.  From initial design concepts AHAdams&Company developed the necessary acoustical performance requirements and worked with the acoustical consultant to integrate construction assemblies and optimize building systems to achieve the goal of undistorted musicial sound quality as part of the overall building performance requirements.  The design architect and Settlement Music School Board member George von Scheven, was also Arthur Hall Adams teacher as an undergraduate in the architecture program at Drexel University.

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Movie Quotes We Like

“that’s bold talk for a one eyed fat man”
Robert Duvall to John Wayne in “True Grit”

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Integral Sustainable Design

Elizabeth, an Intern Architect here at AHAdams&Company, has some thoughts on new integral approaches to “green” design:

The “Green Movement,” along with recently created specialty grants and programs, has recently created a need to explore an integral approach to architecture and planning.  Recent projects in the education sector, in particular, have used sustainable design not only to improve building efficiencies, but also as a tool for teaching and learning.  In these projects, aesthetics embedded in the design reveal information about the buildings performance, the surrounding site, and community.

“Greening Greenfield” is a renovation project to Philadelphia School District’s Greenfield Elementary school play yard on 22nd and Chestnut in Center City.  Greenfield Elementary is just one school that has recently taken to the “green movement” by using an integrated and creative design approach.  Including the community, students and teachers in the design process from day one, the project immediately gained perspective on the importance that the design be both a visual and experiential learning tool.  This is achieved by using the project’s constraints, such as the asphalt schoolyard and the associated heat and drainage issues, as design opportunities.

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Spectrum Health Services Receives $1 Million for New Haddington Health Center

Pennsylvania State Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown has come to be a passionate advocate for her constituents when it comes to navigating the funding process at the state level.  She successfully delivered $2 million in economic development funds to key projects in her Philadelphia legislative district.  Of that, $1 million is being appropriated to expand the Haddington Health Center, presently located at 5619 Vine Street in West Philadelphia.  AHAdams&Company is proud to be the Architect for the New Haddington Health Center to be located at 52nd and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia.  AHAdams&Company has been working closely with Spectrum Health Services, Inc., a nonprofit community health agency providing comprehensive primary care health services, health education, behavioral health, and social services to residents in West Philadelphia.  The increased capacity to provide programs and services in the New Haddington Health Center site will enable Spectrum Health to serve over 26,000 patients and provide over 60,000 visits by the end of year 2014 in a more productive, environmentally responsible, and patient-centered environment.  Spectrum Health Services’ Haddington Health Center has been an anchor institution in West Philadelphia for 26 years.  To expand and serve its growing client base, the New Haddington Health Center will soon begin construction, with completion scheduled for the Spring of 2011.

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Funding Available to Cut Your Energy Costs

Are you recognizing the need to cut your energy costs and begin to rely on alternative forms of energy?  As you may be aware, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has made $275 billion available in Federal grants, contracts and loans.  As a result, various funding opportunities now exist at the federal, state and local levels of our government that are making energy conservation initiatives more financially viable.  AHAdams&Company has been actively involved in assisting our clients to follow these programs and identifying those that are useful for their projects.

We would like to share with you a reference table that has been published by the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that makes it easier for individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, etc. to understand which programs they are eligible for.  Please see our link below to a list of the energy and green technology funding programs offered by the PA DEP and other Commonwealth agencies.  You will find them sorted by eligible candidate.
http://www.dsireusa.org

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Redevelopment of Willow Grove

Development opportunities in the Redevelopment area of Willow Grove, as in many older suburbs across the United States, are defined by the location of existing roads and automobile circulation patterns.  The existing road and circulation patterns have largely evolved over time from circumstances which are not relevant to contemporary design criteria for efficient and sustainable vehicle movement and community development.  We began by asking, “what if we moved the roads.”  Here is what we see is possible in Willow Grove (click on each heading to see our ideas):

01 Existing Circulation Routes

Total acreage available for development:  99 acres.

Major circulation routes through Willow Grove illustrating existing potential commercial development areas.

02 Relocating Easton Road and Davisville Road
Total acreage available for development:  118 acres.

Davisville Road would be moved to align with the Septa rail tracks ending at Moreland Road.  Easton Road would utilize the Willow Grove Mall entry on Moreland Road near Easton Road and then extend through Willow Grove Shopping Center parking lot to align with York Road at the existing intersection of Easton and York Roads.  The smaller feeder roads from Moreland Road into the Willow Grove Mall would be consolidated, integrated or eliminated in a proposal within the larger area created for development.

03 Relocating Easton and Davisville Roads utilizing Park Avenue as a continuation of Easton Road
Total acreage available for development:  126 acres.

Davisville Road would be moved to align with Septa rail tracks to end at Moreland Road.  Easton Road would extend through Willow Grove Mall parking lot to align with Park Avenue and extend into the intersection of York and Easton Roads.

04 Relocating Easton and Davisville Roads and redirecting Moreland Road
Total acreage available for development:  128 acres.

The proposed realignment of York, Easton and Davisville Roads would be integrated with the relocation of Old Welsh Road.

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Thoughts on Ruins

Frank, a project Architect here at AHAdams&Company, has some observations on ruins and their value:

Bells are the opposite of children: they are meant to be heard and not seen. Yet, one of the most popular tourist activities in Philadelphia is to visit the silent Liberty Bell. Its iconic crack draws millions of visitors to see this symbol of the American Revolution and freedom. Its inscription taunts its readers: “Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land and to all the inhabitants thereof,” a biblical command that cannot be carried out with a broken bell.

Why do we revere broken things? Why do we allow ruins of monumental buildings to exist in a decayed state? Although it is not a building, the Liberty Bell embodies this tendency. It certainly would be easier and less expensive to melt down and recast a bell than to rebuild a cathedral. In fact, the Bell’s current condition is a result of a repair attempt after it had already been recast twice. Why was a third recasting prohibitive?

When we look at architectural ruins, we feel connected to the past, yet distant from it- like looking across a long bridge toward a distant shore. The attitude many take toward this connection, however, is that it does not work in both directions, that it connects our present with the past only, instead of also to the future. Architects build with the future in mind, yet when we look at these ruins now we often think only of the past.

Buildings, such as the Parthenon, were built with a high purpose. Even though contemporary Greek society no longer worships in the fashion for which the temple was built, the cultural significance of the building is eternal. It embodies a building form that has come to be synonymous with Democracy, scientific achievement, and civilization. Yet it was not held in such high esteem in the 17th Century, when it was used as a gunpowder magazine. Most of the destruction we see today came in an instant, when it was attacked by enemy mortar fire. Its centuries-long ruinous state has been mostly due to the cost of reconstruction, as is the case with most ruins. Any mention of the Parthenon almost universally evokes an image of a decayed building instead of the magnificent temple it once was. To its credit, however, the Greek government has recently undertaken an initiative to restore the Parthenon.

Other buildings, such as churches and cathedrals, were built with similarly high ideals. Many European churches built in the Middle Ages have been abandoned and left to decay, such as Elgin Cathedral in Scotland. It is either being preserved to honor the past or because its demolition would be too expensive. In either case, we can imagine that if the worshippers who originally venerated the cathedral could see it in its present state, they would rather see it completely demolished than as a ghastly specter of its former splendor.

Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa started its tilt before the construction was even complete. Built as the Campanile, or Bell Tower for the Cathedral of Pisa, it would have been a significant architectural achievement for its grace and elegance had it not been built on unstable soil on insufficient foundations which cause the lean. Recent rescue efforts focused not on correcting the problem entirely but merely on preventing the building’s collapse. We value its imperfection too much to correct it.

When we look at Rome’s Coliseum, it requires no great leap of imagination to see what it would have looked like complete and filled to capacity with thousands of Romans. It has been tantalizingly well–preserved, and is meticulously maintained today by dedicated caretakers. It was constructed so well that its structure could still today host public events, if it were restored to a usable state. Many millions of public dollars are spent on less significant stadium structures. That money, if it must be used on stadiums, could be used to restore a very old, and very good, one.

We can learn much from ruins. What societies of the past have left behind give us much insight into the way they lived, died, believed, and thrived. Often, they are the only evidence we have that a society ever existed.  And just as often, they leave us with more questions about the society than they answer. In Mexico, many classic Mayan cities were abandoned in short order, for reasons that are still not clear. Their ruinous remains leave little clue about their departures, only that they had once been occupied by astonishingly advanced societies from whose archaeological remains we can learn much.

For significant architectural ruins, such as those of entire cities that can help us to understand the people that left them behind, it is important that they be preserved and studied so that we can learn as much about them as those ruins will allow. But other historical artifacts, such as the Liberty Bell or the Leaning Tower of Pisa, should not be allowed to continue their tragic trajectory, but should be allowed to fulfill their original purpose. The Liberty Bell is maintained in its cracked state because of its historical significance and because of the millions who come to see it every year. Imagine how many more would come to hear it toll .

Whether buildings are abandoned and left to rot or destroyed consciously, their vestigial remains beg the question: what ideals are preserved with the building’s ruins — those that led to its construction or those that led to its destruction?

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Pennsylvania Grant Programs for Renewable Energy Products

The State of Pennsylvania continues its efforts to cut energy costs and move towards energy independence through its grant, loan and rebate programs.  AHAdams&Company is assisting its clients with the application process for some of these pending grant programs:

Pennsylvania Grant Programs for Renewable Energy Products:

Renewable Energy Program – Geothermal and Wind Projects –
The Renewable Energy Program provides financial assistance in the forms of grants and loan funds to promote the use of alternative energy in the Commonwealth.  The program is administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), under the direction of the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA).

Solar Energy Program –
The Solar Energy Program provides financial assistance in the forms of grants and loan funds to promote the use of alternative energy in the Commonwealth.  The program is administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), under the direction of the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA).

Alternative and Clean Energy Program –
The Alternative and Clean Energy Program provides financial assistance in the form of grants and loan funds that will be used by eligible applicants for the utilization, development and construction of alternative and clean energy projects in the Commonwealth.  The program is administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), under the direction of the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA).

PA Conservation Works!  Harvesting 25% Energy Savings for Pennsylvania’s Communities –
As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pennsylvania is offering one-time grants for motivated local governments and non-profit entities with shovel-ready projects that will save or conserve a minimum of 25% of all energy used.  Final guidelines are expected to be released approximately June 22, 2009.  The program is administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Questions may by directed to Mary Ann McGee at 215.659.8844 x203.

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