Date: October 01, 2011

The goal of this study is to identify the primary policy and legal-related process factors in the Greater Philadelphia Area that foster or impede the retrofitting of commercial buildings to improve energy efficiency (“EE”).2 For the purpose of this study, policy factors include the structure of government, specific laws and regulations, government funded or mandated incentives and other financing mechanisms. Processes include legal-related factors that impact EE construction transactions, like contracts, public bidding process, accounting, etc.