Philadelphia:
Major Lighting Changes for Pollution Prevention
Length: 2 minutes
GreenWorks Environmental Tourist Gabrielle Mahler visits Philadelphia,
which is upgrading lighting in all city-owned buildings, streetlights,
and traffic lights to make them more energy efficient and to reduce
emissions. So far, the changes have saved 23 million tons of carbon
dioxide emissions from being released into the air and have won the
city a 1999 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.
Produced by the Environmental Fund
for Pennsylvania for the GreenWorks for Pennsylvania television
program entitled, Gabrielle's Environmental
Excellence Adventure. Watch the entire episode here!
Learn more:
City
of Philadelphia Municipal Energy Office
1401 JFK Boulevard, Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 686-3906
Fax: (215) 686-3907
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