{"id":108124,"date":"2021-09-09T22:09:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T02:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108124"},"modified":"2021-09-09T22:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T02:09:53","slug":"first-net-zero-building-in-lehigh-valley-opens-as-sustainable-energy-fund-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108124","title":{"rendered":"First Net Zero Building in Lehigh Valley opens as Sustainable Energy Fund Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Guests can tour the Lehigh Valley&#8217;s first net zero energy building during SEF&#8217;s grand opening celebration.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LEHIGH VALLEY, PA &#8211;\u00a0Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) has partnered with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of their Net Zero Energy Building.<\/p>\n<p>This building, which serves as SEF\u2019s new headquarters, showcases their dedication to &#8220;walking the walk.&#8221; This building introduces net zero building to the Lehigh Valley and proves that it is possible to build net zero at market rate. They are thrilled to be able to share this building with their community and invite the community to join on the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The event will include remarks from SEF\u2019s President, John Costlow; SEF\u2019s Board Chair, Jocelyn Cramer; SEF\u2019s former Board Chair, Robert Thomson; members of the design\/build team for the project; representatives of local government, and more. The event will also include an official dedication of the classroom in the space in honor of Craig Onori, who was a longtime steward of sustainable energy in the Lehigh Valley community and a friend and prior Board member of SEF. After the official ribbon cutting, SEF will also host a networking event and an opportunity for self-guided tours of the space.<\/p>\n<p><em>To reserve your spot, please call Sustainable Energy Fund at 610-264-4440 by September 10th.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Substantial parking is available in the building lot. All attendees will be asked to park in the back of the lot as festivities will be happening near the front.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Who<\/u><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sustainable Energy Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>What<\/u><\/strong><strong>: Grand Opening Celebration for Net Zero Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>When<\/u><\/strong><strong>: Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 8:30am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Where<\/u><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>4250\u00a0Independence\u00a0Drive,\u00a0Suite\u00a0100, Schnecksville, PA 18078<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About The Chamber<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Chamber\u2019s mission is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>Serving more than 5,000 businesses and members<\/em><em>\u00a0with more than than 280,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top six nationwide. Our thirty-plus affiliated chambers, councils and committees are On Every Main Street with more than 1,500 community focused volunteers who actively contribute, at the grass roots, to develop and achieve their respective and collective goals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLauren Spence<br \/>\nVP Major Events<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Chamber<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Guests can tour the Lehigh Valley&#8217;s first net zero energy building during SEF&#8217;s grand opening celebration. LEHIGH VALLEY, PA &#8211;\u00a0Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) has partnered with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of their Net Zero Energy Building. This building, which serves as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First Net Zero Building in Lehigh Valley opens as Sustainable Energy Fund Headquarters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Sustainable-Energy-Fund.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}