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• Solar PV in/out dual meters and 200A upgrade
• Electric Vehicle Chargers / EV Service Equipment EVSE
• Bad ceiling fan by Hampton Bay, 122-135 “Hawkins”
• Mobile office and green events HQ?
• New post lamp: outdoor weather equals time for exterior lighting

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• Annapolis Home Inspection, LLC Aluminum branch circuits, homes 1965-1972
• ComplianceAndSafety.com OSHA Electrical Safety Training
• Electric Monk TV (YouTube) Video channel for PhillyLicensedElectrician.com Robert Monk
• EnergyConservation HowTo A tinkerer genius discusses energy conservation and his ladder system for accessing the attic (where a lot of energy-saving work happens).
• PennFuture Energy Center Energy and energy efficiency news for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Phila area rife with building efficiency upgrade opportunities Philadelphia Inquirer article discusses recent study showing Philadelphia’s inner-ring suburbs stand to save from energy conservation retrofits.
• Philadelphia Row-house Manual A design, maintenance, and modifications manual for our most widely-used form of housing.
• Robert Monk Robert Monk’s personal blog
• SolarCities (DOE) Solar PV Levelized Cost Interactive Comparator Simple graph compares ‘levelized cost’ of energy from solar PV to conventional grid rates, with a time-slider interactive feature.
• The Circuit Detective – Solve Home Electrical Problems Yourself! Electrical troubleshooting procedures pitched to homeowners.
• The Energy Co-op Blog from a leading alternative energy provider in PECO territory, includes fun conservation tips.
• Weatherization: the anti-Solyndra Salon.com article praising the continued success of the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), low-income energy-savings and job-creation.
• West Philly Tool Library Official site of WPTL, Philly’s own community tool lending library: like a book library, but tools!
• WestPhillyLocal .com Site name say sit all.

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• Bartram's Gardens Founded in Philadelphia’s colonial era, today the gardens continue pioneering in horticulture and agriculture with a variety of herbs, trees and other vegetation in an arboretum/gardens on the Schulkill River banks, and a new farm abutting sadly neglected
• HiddenCity Philadelphia Surprising places it takes an adventurer to discover; events, too.
• Philly Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Schedule City of Philadelphia dates and places for disposing of spent batteries, CFL lamps, unused paint and cleaning products, etc. LovePhilly: don’t pour these in the drain or send them out with the trash.
• Reading Terminal Market Purveyors of fine foods and foodie stuff, all under one roof downtown under the PA Convention Center
• Secret Garden on the Rails Jacques-Jean Tiziou shows some dramatic natural and urban and naturalized-urban scenes along abandoned rails of Philadelphia
• Sketch Burger, Fishtown A vegan-friendly burger joint with a #1 in Philly contender beef burger, best fries that somehow stay fresh for 1/2 hour while you tackle burger, and a vegan cafe vibe of friendly folks.
• WXPN: Philly sings in key of love Love songs by Philly artists