The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC) for Energy-Efficient Buildings is a consortium of academic institutions, federal laboratories, global industry partners, regional economic development agencies and other stakeholders that secured $130 million in federal grants, including $122 million from the Department of Energy, to establish an Energy Innovation Hub. The goals of GPIC, located at The Navy Yard, are to transform the building retrofit industry towards integrated systems methods, to improve design tools, building systems, public policies, market incentives, and workforce skills needed to achieve a 50% reduction of energy use in buildings, and to stimulate private investment and quality job creation in Greater Philadelphia and beyond.
