华盛顿特区.C. — Penn State researchers will receive $129 million over the next five years from several federal sources, 包括美国能源部, and an additional $30 million from 宾西法尼亚 to develop ways to make buildings more 能源 efficient.
The funds will create an Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which will involve a substantial number of researchers from academe, the private sector and two national laboratories in a concerted effort to save 能源, cut carbon pollution and position the United States at the forefront of the industry.
授予, believed to be the largest ever provided to an institution in the Commonwealth and the largest in Penn State's history, will help establish the research center to focus on developing technologies that will make buildings more 能源 efficient. 除了能源部拨款的1.22亿美元, three other federal agencies will provide about $7 million in funding, 和政府. Ed Rendell has pledged $30 million to the project to construct a new facility at the Navy Yard Clean Energy Campus in Philadelphia.
"Buildings consume 40 percent of the 能源 used in the United States. Finding ways to improve 能源 efficiency in buildings is the next big frontier in 能源 research and development. This award places Penn State and our partners at the forefront of this national effort,推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜校长格雷厄姆. Spanier.
The award is expected to spur real innovation and job growth for Philadelphia, 地区和国家, 根据亨利C. Foley, Penn State vice president for 研究 and the principal investigator for the proposal. “我们有一支世界级的大学队伍, corporations and economic development entities that made this proposal come to life. There is no better place to do this work than in the Philadelphia Navy Yard," he said.
The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC) includes 11 academic institutions, 两个美国能源部实验室, 五家全球知名行业合作伙伴, 区域经济发展机构, 还有社区大学. All member organizations will maintain key, full-time personnel at the Navy Yard. It is the culmination of more than a decade of dedicated team effort -- all told, more than 90 organizations have made commitments to help achieve the goals of national 能源 independence and regional economic development.
Philadelphia's Energy Innovation Hub is one of three Hubs that will receive funding this year from the federal government. The other two hubs focus on nuclear 能源 and developing fuel from sunlight.
"This is exciting news and is a game changer for the Philadelphia region and for 宾西法尼亚. We are extremely pleased with the leadership provided by Penn State and the partners that have come together in this effort,费城市长迈克尔·纳特说.
The 1,200-acre Navy Yard site is a city within a city with a master plan guiding its development. A central feature of the master plan is the Clean Energy Campus aimed at making the Navy Yard and the Greater Philadelphia region a global headquarters for clean 能源 technology and policy. 海军造船厂的规模, its extensive utility infrastructure including an independent electric grid, 多样的建筑品种, 结合其未来的发展能力, make it the ideal location for a national 能源 efficient building initiative.
Penn State engagement at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia has been under way since 2005 as a demonstration of the 工程 Innovation Program of the University. Three other Penn State run Department of Energy Centers already operate at the Navy Yard. 这些是中大西洋清洁能源应用中心, the Northern Mid-Atlantic Solar Resource and Training Center and the GridStar Smart Grid Training Center. All of these activities will complement the new Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings.
Partners in this Penn State-led 能源 initiative include: Bayer Material Science; Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeast 宾西法尼亚; Carnegie Mellon University; Collegiate Consortium; Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center; Drexel University; IBM Corp.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Morgan State University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation; PPG Industries; Princeton University; Purdue University; Rutgers University; Turner Construction; United Technologies Corp.; University of 宾西法尼亚; University of Pittsburgh; Virginia Tech; and Wharton Small Business Development Center.
