The Campus Square building, which will house the Green Center of Central Pennsylvania, is the "brightest green" commercial building in the region. The building’s design and alternative energy systems will allow it to become a working laboratory for the Center’s educational and informational functions. The building is a new four-story, 75,000 square foot structure located at the corner of Third and Reily Streets in Midtown Harrisburg, five blocks north of the State Capitol. The building is located in the Midtown Integrated Community Redevelopment Project, a planned million-plus square foot initiative that incorporates residential, commercial, educational, and professional uses in a smart-growth live, work, and play environment. The Campus Square Building and the Midtown Redevelopment Initiatve are both projects of GreenWorks Development, a Harrisburg-based developer focused on brownfield development, alternative energy, and integrated communites. The Midtown Redevelopment Initiative also includes a strong educational component, bringing Harrisburg Area Community College and soon a four/six-year university into the city.

The Campus Square Building is designed to be Gold LEED Certified upon completion. Included in the building is a geothermal system which provides all of the heating and almost all of the cooling needs of the building. The 48 wells of the geothermal system are all located in the basement of the building, buried under the concrete slab. The building also will be fitted with a 42-kilowatt solar array on its roof, supplying an estimated 20 percent of the building’s electricity needs.

Campus Square Building in Midtown Harrisburg - Future home of the Green Center of Central Pennsylvania

42-kilowatt solar array on roof, supplying 20% of the building's electricity needs

 

Production Incentive Auctions to Support Large-Scale Projects in California and Pennsylvania

This case summarizes California's production incentive program and the difficulties it has faced, and then focuses on how Pennsylvania has attempted to innovate on California's approach to bring new wind capacity on line quickly and prior to the then-expected expiration of the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power at the end of 2001.

 

 

Use of Low-Interest, Subordinated Debt to Finance a Wind Project in Pennsylvania

The innovative offering of low-cost debt described in this case marks a significant departure from standard grant-based project support.

 

 

Utility Grid-Direct Photovoltaic System: Exelon-Conergy Renewable Energy Center

The Exelon project is an example of how state government, public utilities and private investors are supporting the large scale development of clean energy in the United States, in a manner that has been very successful in Europe.