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Energy efficiency financing is on track to become a mainstream financial asset class, as it may develop a high degree of standardization, scale and predictability.

U.S. manufacturing facilities are creating a number of new jobs, but owners of these sites are hard pressed to find American workers who are qualified and capable of performing the associated tasks.

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded in February at the fastest pace in four months, as a sharp increase in the number of orders and sales occurred.

Election years are rarely a time when an innovative bill will be introduced in Congress, but a recent proposal by Congressman Charles Bass of New Hampshire could help to push the government to adopt new energy efficiency technologies on federal buildings.

Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) has convinced environmental advocates that the state’s energy savings programs will not be abandoned in the coming year, as the energy savings law known as Act 129 is set to expire in May 2013.

Manufacturing plants boosted output last month and December ended up being the best month of growth for these facilities in five years.

Big U.S. manufacturers moved their production out of the country at too quick of a pace over the past decades and now have seen a competitive advantage in building their operations back in America.

A new report from the city of Philadelphia’s Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia outlined several ways that the region can benefit from and spur additional investments in local building energy efficiency.

Located on the water at the edge of the city, the Philadelphia Navy Yard is in a stage of development and growth and may be the key to the future of the metropolis.

Though the American economy is still in a recovery process, manufacturing in the country has seemingly survived the worst of the 2008 recession and is beginning to report growth.