Representatives from\u00a0UGI\u00a0Utilities, Inc., recently presented\u00a0an energy efficiency\u00a0rebate check for $100,000 to The University of Scranton.<\/p>\n
The check was presented in the lobby of Robert S. ’68 and Marilyn A. Weiss Hall, a four-story, nearly 90,000 square foot academic and workforce development facility that opened in August.<\/p>\n
Weiss Hall was designed to meet Silver LEED Certification standards, highlighting the University’s commitment to environmentally responsible construction and long-term operational efficiency.\u00a0Weiss Hall uses 96% efficient boilers for heating and 96% water heaters. A computer-controlled building automation system monitors all room temperatures, air flows and occupancies to optimize the University’s natural gas and electricity usage.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1888, The University of Scranton is a Catholic and Jesuit university with 70 majors across the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management and the Leahy College of Health Sciences, as well as 40-plus graduate programs tailored for part-time and full-time students. It has been recognized by publications, including The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Forbes<\/a>, U.S. News and World Report<\/a> and the Princeton Review<\/a>, as one of the nation’s best colleges.<\/p>\n Headquartered in Denver, Lancaster County, UGI Utilities, Inc., is a natural gas and electric utility company with more than 760,000 customers throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Representatives from\u00a0UGI\u00a0Utilities, Inc., recently presented\u00a0an energy efficiency\u00a0rebate check for $100,000 to The University of Scranton. The check was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,1128,274,15968,5499],"class_list":["post-180601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sustainability","tag-the-university-of-scranton","tag-ugi","tag-weiss-hall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}