The man who invented a dimming device for lights was recently given an industry Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to the field, including commercializing light dimmers that save millions in energy each year.
Your average solar power system takes up a lot of space, costs a lot of money and takes days to install. But a Bethlehem company is developing a solar energy dish it says is smaller, cheaper and produces more energy.
Northwestern Pennsylvania hasn�t yet seen much impact from Marcellus Shale drilling, but a two-day event is planned for next month to help the area prepare for it.
He never chose the conventional route, which makes his various entrepreneurial pursuits all the more promising. The biodiesel lab he created in Carlisle is educating the next generation of outside-the-box thinkers.
Erie's E-Marketing Learning Center joined the Ben Franklin Technology Partners Venture Investment Forum, a series of technology training programs for small business owners, earlier this month.
In an attempt to win over less rugged nature lovers, Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation opened its first Nature Inn at Bald Eagle State Park this month. It's the first hotel housed in the Pennsylvania State Park system.
The consortium of 12 prominent economic development and business assistance organizations she oversees has helped young PA companies pull in $18M in federal Small Business Innovation Research grants.
Visionary entrepreneurs are hoping to ride e-bikes to profits, and it's getting easier to buy bicycles with batteries and electric motors statewide. A proposed state law would also make them street legal.
She has been an engineer in most every capacity in a half-dozen industries for 30 years, and she's helping two companies mprove coal's future as a viable clean energy source. She also plays a mean hammered dulcimer.
With recent funding from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, parts manufacturers Ashland Foundry and Machine Works conducted an energy audit and targeted a series of energy-saving measures they will begin to install over the next year.