Energy Efficiency

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• A sample lesson from the PA Department of Environmental Education's-watch as the seventh grade class of "Environmental Ed" learn about energy waste by participating in "cookie strip mining";

• Doris Watson, a Philadelphia senior citizen who received assistance in making her home more energy efficient from the Energy Coordinating Agency;

• The Allegheny Power Company of Westmoreland County and its commitment to support nonprofit environmental organizations, including PA CleanWays, an organization that helps communities in western Pennsylvania clean up and recycle illegal dumps and litter;

• Waste Management, USX, and the Exelon Corporation, three companies in Bucks County that came together to develop technology that uses waste methane produced by landfills as a fuel for industry;

• George Horst, a Lancaster County dairy farmer who uses methane gas from cattle waste to power his farm, and even makes money from it by selling extra power back to the electric company;

• A sampling of innovative uses of solar power throughout the Commonwealth including: solar-powered signs on the PA Turnpike; a solar-heated Laundromat in Stowe, Montgomery County; the Solar Shine Car Wash in Chambersburg, Franklin County; and a solar-powered race car built by Messiah College engineering students in Grantham, Cumberland County;

• Jim Crater-inventor, environmentalist, and energy product collector-who has developed a solar-powered Porsche, a truck that runs on vegetable oil, and other fascinating ways to make life more energy efficient.

GreenWorks TV hosts Tom Sexton and Jaime Smith come to you from Eckley Miners' Village in Luzerne County. Tom and Jaime take you on a tour of this century-old mining town that has been preserved with volunteer guide Janette Daniels.

Produced by the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania for the GreenWorks Television Program.

Learn More:
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Eckley Miners Village Museum
Energy Coordinating Agency
Exelon Corp.
Messiah College
PA Turnpike Commission
Recycling Services Inc.

Allegheny Power
Strategic Environmental Management Unit
800 Cabin Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA, 15601
Phone: (724) 838-6085

Waste Management Company
Pottstown Landfill and Recycling Center
Sell Road
Pottstown, PA, 19464
Phone: (610) 327-2703

Oregon Dairy Farm
2870 Oregon Pike
Lititz, PA, 17543
Phone: (717) 656-7305

Solar Laundry and Dry Cleaning
1503 West High St.
Stowe, PA, 19464
Phone: (610) 323-2121

Solar Shine Car Wash
2015 Lincoln Way E.
Chambersburg, PA, 17201
Phone: (717) 264-9656