Discussion Points

• About WPPSEF– Mission

• Entering 20th year of operations in 2020• Broadening WPPSEF’s impact

• Funding commitments

• Thinking beyond sustainability– Revitalizing communities using sustainable energy technologies and practices 

WPPSEF Focus

• Mission elements– Promote use of renewable and 

clean energy technologies

– Promote energy conservation & efficiency

– Promote education, economic development, and environmental benefit of renewable/ clean energy use and energy conservation/ efficiency (three E’s)

2017‐19 Funding Commitments

Funding Type

Number ofProjects

Funding Commitments

Key Projects

Loans201720182019

422

$3,985,000$900,000

$1,362,659

2017. ReFarm Café, SolarSense Penn State Solar farm. RER Mercersburg solar farm, WCIDC New Kenningston

2018.Energy Innovation Center, WPP ACT 129 MicroLoan program

2019.RER Bedford, ReFarm Café

Grants201720182019

131924

$361,300$627,395$672,372

2017. Penn State OSP digester, Waldorf School Pittsburgh, Passive House of Western PA conference, SEF Energy Path

2018. County of Fayette (Jacobs Creek Park), Fairchance Senior Housing, PA Solar Center, SCBWA Nixon-Kocher, Mount Pleasant Library, West Overton Village

2019. PA Wilds Media Labs, Geisinger airflow, Leg Up, Washington Co. Food Bank, Jefferson Volunteer Fireman

TOTAL 64 $7,908,726 + Kane Passive House Pilot ( $1,250,000)

Some Project Accomplishments ‐ 2019

• Solar PV– 4 MW (Tuscarora, Penn State)

• Biogas– Under construction (830,000 kWh/yr)

• High Performance Buildings– ReFarm Café– Audubon Succop Nature Park– Saint Vincent College– Delmont Public Library

Broadening WPPSEF’s Impact 

• WPPSEF is a mission‐driven organization that facilitates the deployment of  sustainable energy technologies & practices in the West Penn Power service region.

“Can we use sustainable energy in a morestrategic way to enrich our lives and revitalize communities”

Community Impact 

• Carnegie Library – Carrick Neighborhood– First Passive House library in U.S.

• Greater Washington County Food Bank– Reinvesting savings back into core services

• Leg Up Farm– Spring construction, families with special needs

• Brownsville Community Center– Late 2019/ early 2020 construction

Uptown Kane

Uptown Kane Program

• Touches on each WPPSEF mission elements– Renewable energy ‐ Solar PV– Energy efficiency – energy assessments/ Passive House construction– Environmental betterment – storm water management– Economic development – revitalizing Kane, reinvesting savings, SFI– Education – workforce development/ community outreach 

• PA Wilds Media Lab– Summer 2020 completion

• 63 Fraley Street Passive House– Core & shell completion – late 2020– Interior/ occupancy – mid 2021

WPPSEF Closing Remarks

• Activity is stable, project quality increasing• Will celebrate 20th yr. of operations in 2020• Numerous projects will conclude in 2020

– Saint Vincent, PA Wilds Media Labs, Brownsville community center, Delmont Library, Penn State farm digester, Geisinger air flow, FairchanceSenior Housing

• Numerous projects will start/ continue in 2020– 63 Fraley Street Passive House, Leg Up Farms, State College Borough Water 

Authority, ACT 129 Energy loan program, New Kensington Innovation Corridor, Kane/ PA Wilds program

• Community projects will be a strategic focus