We are pleased to announce that iSpring is part of a team selected by the City of Philadelphia and led by our Energy Efficiency and Management partner, Practical Energy Solutions, that will be working with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability for the next 12 months on projects related to reducing energy use in city buildings by 30%. [...]
On November 21, 2011, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the awarding of $3.4 million dollars to the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation as part of its 2011 Sustainable Communities Grants program. The grants are provided by HUD in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the EPA. Funds will be [...]
On November 16th, iSpring Principal Andrea Wittchen was honored by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (Lehigh Valley Branch) for her work in creating the Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network. At the annual Membership Celebration, Andrea Wittchen received the Sustainability Award for Inidividual Leadership. The awards are presented annually in five separate categories: Private Project, Public [...]
iSpring principal, Andrea Wittchen, formally announced the launch of the Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network at a press conference on Thursday, May 12, 2011. The press conference, held in conjunction with DVGBC’s Green Schools Conference & Expo, drew about fifty people to learn about this new Lehigh Valley resource. The LVSN has been created to facilitate [...]
On May 13th, iSpring principal, Samantha Wittchen, spoke at Central High School’s Earth Day celebration. The Philadelphia public high school is located in North Philadelphia, and Samantha spoke to several classes of very engaged students about iSpring’s work, writing for GRID Magazine and the RecycleNOW campaign.
The Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network took another step forward on Tuesday, April 12th, with a workshop attended by 40 sustainability leaders from the Lehigh Valley. The group, under the guidance of iSpring principal Andrea Wittchen, divided into four working groups focused on strategy and leadership, outreach, government dialogue, and technology and resources. Using the results [...]
Yesterday iSpring principal, Samantha Wittchen, served as a facilitator for a roundtable discussion about workforce development strategies to support sustainability at the SustaiNext Summit organized by The Sustainability Collaborative last month. The Summit’s goal was to be a solution-oriented session on how to create sustainable communities in the 21st century. The next SustaiNext Summit will [...]
On December 2, 2010, iSpring principals, Andrea and Samantha Wittchen, will present a sustainability baseline assessment case study based on project work that was completed by the Enterprise Systems Center and iSpring this summer at a major manufacturing facility in the region. The forum will be held by the Enterprise Systems Center (ESC) at Lehigh [...]
On a beautiful Saturday in September, 55 representatives of 44 Lehigh Valley organizations donated their entire day to the first Lehigh Valley Sustainability Summit. The 44 organizations comprised a diverse assortment of large and small businesses, Federal, state and local governments, economic development groups, schools, colleges and universities, non-profits and grass roots. Together, the participants [...]
The Sustainable Energy Fund held its annual Sustainable Energy Conference on July 14th through 16th, and iSpring participated in the Sustainable Manufacturing track of the conference. In conjunction with students working on the Kraft project, iSpring presented a session on energy process mapping. The panelists included executives from Nestle Waters, Air Products and Chemicals and [...]
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