Guide to Green Pennsylvania Businesses and Industries
The Center for Sustainability, in collaboration with Penn TAP (Pennsylvania Technology Assistance Program) is creating an outreach resource to help consumers, the business and academic community identify Pennsylvania-based products and services that contribute towards the sustainable growth of our state's economy.
When most of us think about reducing our carbon emissions, or our environmental impact,
we usually think about the fuel that we use for our own transportation, or to heat and cool our homes.
Petroleum is also used to generate electricity, heat water, and bring products to market. But many common product purchasing decisions can also help reduce fossil fuel consumption, and when coupled with fuel, design and behavioral lifestyle changes, can make a big difference.
By selecting environmentally friendly products and services, you can reduce or eliminate not just the amount of fossil fuels consumed, but also the volume of waste, fresh water, or toxic material released into the environment, reducing your own environmental impact on the earth.
Eco-purchasing can help "green" your homes, offices, projects, businesses or events. By creating a guide specific to Pennsylvania-based products and services, the Center and Penn TAP hope to support the market for regional “green” products and services, workforce development opportunities, promote regional university-industry relationships, and help students identify environmentally responsible businesses to consider for future employment.
The Green Guide will be linked to Penn State Purchasing, the Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment, the Pennsylvania Green Builders Association, among other Pennsylvania environmental networks, organizations and databases.
Guide to Pennsylvania Green Businesses and Industries
Search our database by business, category, keyword or zipcode
What is a Green Business?
Information on sustainable design and characteristics of a "green" business
PA Green Guide Categories
Product categories and keywords will allow users to search for specific products in database
Why Purchase Pennsylvania Green Products and Services?
Save money, stimulate your state's economy and create jobs, safeguard your family's health- in addition to helping to preseve the environment.
List Your Pennsylvania Business in the Guide:
Online PA Business Listing Form; Basic Listing Free!
Penn State MorningStar Solar Residence
Find many PA products within the systems of this state-of-the-art, energy efficient solar home
How to Green Your Home
Guide from US Green Building Council
Links to other PA organizations with "green" product and services info.
Other Sustainable Business networks, PA Green Builders Associations, Pennsylvania local foods, databases of companies that carry recycled materials, PA FSC certified wood products, renewable energy purchasing options, etc.
State and Federal Programs to Help Finance Greening Your Home
Including tax incentives, credits, rebates, special loans and financing options
Green Podcasts for Healthcare Industry
Learn how green can be part of not only operations but health and healing
Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign identifies locally grown, fresh produce, Pennsylvania farms, farmers markets and local CSA's (community supported agriculture, where you can order shares of the harvest.)
Find them in the Pennsylvania Local Food Guide Map. Purchasing local, fresh food is a great step towards supporting a more sustainable food system. For your other grocery items, The Guide to Green Businesses and Industries will feature on-the-shelf, in the case, finished food products, to complement this valuable resource.
The PA Green Guide was generously funded through a TIF grant from Penn State Outreach Economic and Workforce Development.
Disclaimer:
The Penn State Center for Sustainability and Penn TAP have created the PA Green Guide to Businesses and Industries to be used as an educational resource, and do not endorse any specific company, product or service. As it is a new resource in progress, omissions are unintentional. An effort will be made to keep up-to-date and accurate information, but the listings of resources shown herein should not be considered comprehensive.
