You may want to know about this last minute announcement about Chester County’s Town Hall on Thursday, April 2, 2020. This session focuses on the new CARES Act as well as other programs available – from loans to grants to unemployment compensation. This Telephone Town Hall will be divided into TWO SEPARATE EVENTS – one for FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES at 11:00 a.m. and one for NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS at 2:00 p.m. PLEASE REGISTER BY 9:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020.

 For-profit businesses 11am telephone town hall

https://event.conferencegroup.com?eventIdentifier=D9C40DCB-6E27-48DC-9386-049DA601196C

Non-profit organization 2pm telephone town hall

https://event.conferencegroup.com?eventIdentifier=93D64CED-3074-4163-AB8C-445B1181635F

Do you have questions about the SBA Emergency loan for small business owners?

The PA Small Business Development Center is hosting a no-cost webinar is designed to provide our small business clients with answers to help you understand:

• Who is eligible for an SBA Emergency loan?
• What you need to have in hand before filing your application?
• Understand realistic timelines for approval/closing on your loan

Helpful guides to help you estimate your economic loss to SBA

For more information and to register, go HERE

CEM training will be held at CCEDC the week of June 15th. Apply to get reimbursed up to 50% of your training cost for this course with Training Dollars. Complete the TWO-PAGE Application and fax to 610-458-7770.

The Greater Philadelphia Association of Energy Engineers (GPAEE) has partnered with the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) to host Certified Energy Manager (CEM) training. Since its inception in 1981, the Certified Energy Manager credential has become widely accepted as a measure of professional accomplishment within the energy management field.

To learn more and to register for this course, go HERE

For more information about CEM Training and the complete class schedule, please
contact Steve Beck at 610-816-8097 or sbeck9@msn.com

SEI is promoting this event that is Presented by Select Greater Philadelphia Council

Have you ever heard of “District Energy?” Me neither. And that’s why you’ll want to join us for our next session of The Connector Series, Select Greater Philadelphia’s program to enhance connections among our investors and partners, and academic, business and civic leaders who are helping to grow the economic vibrancy of our collective community. This is an exclusive gathering that provides an engaging conversation around a project or initiative, and allows us to explore what works well and ways that we as a community can improve how we do business.

In this session, we will hear from Tricia Marts of Vicinity Energy, a newly branded company with 13 district energy systems in 10 major metropolitan U.S. cities. As the largest district energy provider in North America, Vicinity’s district energy business in Philadelphia has been operating in the city for decades, providing energy solutions for scores of buildings and businesses. The district energy business in Philadelphia is comprised of steam, hot and chilled water, and electricity production plants, including co-generation – a highly efficient and sustainable form of energy production pioneered by Thomas Edison.

Here are the event details:

Date: Friday, February 28, 2020

Time: 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
– Breakfast and conversation – 8:00 a.m.
– Program – 8:30 a.m.

Place: WSFS Bank
1818 Market Street, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Please RSVP as soon as possible and no later than February 24th to Anjie Horn at 215.790.3778 or ahorn@SelectGreaterPHL.com.

Join Green Building United, the Sustainable Business Network, and the Philadelphia Energy Authority for an overview of the recently-launched Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program in Philadelphia.

Learn more and register HERE

From the Energy Efficiency Alliance – The Industry Forum on Energy Efficiency is on April 3rd from 8am-4pm. For more information and to register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-industry-forum-on-energy-efficiency-tickets-88024267955

Location: Philadelphia Navy Yard, 4960 S 12th, Philadelphia, PA 19112.

The SEI Energy Briefing is scheduled for February 4th at 8am. Bentley Systems in Exton is our host! The breakfast briefing will cover state and national data in the framework of the mid-Atlantic region, including recent energy finance legislation, RGGI Cap and Trade 101, PA solar energy plan, nuclear energy news, natural gas and alternative fuels.

Thank you to our event sponsor, PECO.

To learn more and to register go to https://seienergybriefing2-4-20.eventbrite.com

Hello and happy Holidays from the Smart Energy Initiative of Southeastern Pennsylvania! Let’s make 2020 one of the best years ever!

SEI – the Smart Energy Initiative exists to help grow your business and improve success. We also have cash grants to award for your employee trainings

We invite you to attend and participate in the next WORKING GROUP Meetings on January 15^th starting at 4:30pm at the CCEDC offices in Exton. We are located at 737 Constitution Drive, Exton, PA 19341 (in the Eagleview Corporate Center). Every time we meet, the feedback is excellent and we are told that the time is well spent (and that the beer and food is good too!).

*snow date is Jan 20^th*

See the agenda below and note that the purpose is to improve your business and grow your bottom line. Also note that in addition to cash grants SEI also has $ 20,000 to spend in marketing of SEI and your business sector. This will be one of the topics of discussion.

Please RSVP by emailing Sherry scockerham@ccedcpa.com.  Include the first name, last name and company name of the person who will attend from your business.

Agenda

4:30 – 4:50pm Welcome and introductions

4:50 – 5:50pm – The four groups breakout have a 15 minute brainstorm / gathering of topics that matter to these companies ( including how to market their firms and SEI and a review of SEI Advisory Services) 25 minutes of brainstorming solutions; 10 minutes of assigning (and capturing) a quote; and your group’s To Do list

5:50 – 6:30pm each group takes 10 minutes to report out to the large group with beer, food and beverages available during this segment

6:30 – 7:00pm continue to drink, eat and network for those interested.

The four groups are GeoThermal, Solar, Natural Gas Use, and Energy Efficiency. Last year we had close to 50 people so a great deal of work was accomplished.