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Updated: December 23, 2025 @ 7:04 pm
{span}Lisbet {/span}Searle-White, the Green Building Alliance’s Director of Outreach and Technical Assistance looks though open space at Hatch Hollow, co-use space in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Dan Slozat, director of the Meadville Public Library, points out a small cube dehumidifier installed at the library that has helped the facility save hundreds of dollars a month on electric costs.
Solar panels near First Baptist Church in Daleville.
Neal Duffy, director of sustainability and resilience for the city of Salem, discusses the Resilient Together collaboration between his city and Beverly.
{span}Lisbet {/span}Searle-White, the Green Building Alliance’s Director of Outreach and Technical Assistance looks though open space at Hatch Hollow, co-use space in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
When Lisbet Searle-White walked into the Meadville Public Library in June, she wasn’t looking for books. Armed with the necessary equipment, she was hunting energy vampires in the western Pennsylvania library.
What she found — two aging dehumidifiers —were quietly sucking up the electricity in the basement, costing the library hundreds of dollars each month.
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Dan Slozat, director of the Meadville Public Library, points out a small cube dehumidifier installed at the library that has helped the facility save hundreds of dollars a month on electric costs.
Solar panels near First Baptist Church in Daleville.
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Neal Duffy, director of sustainability and resilience for the city of Salem, discusses the Resilient Together collaboration between his city and Beverly.
Clean energy — such as solar, wind and batteries — is often considered a zero-emission technology that doesn’t generate any climate-change-inducing carbon dioxide when it produces electricity.
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