Largest Pittsburgh Building Awarded LEED Gold

PITTSBURGH — BNY Mellon, an assets management and securities management firm, announced that its 525 William Penn Place facility in Pittsburgh has been awarded LEED Gold certification for existing buildings category.
 
The William Penn Place building is the largest building in Pittsburgh and one of three buildings in the region to obtain LEED EB Gold certification.

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Green Youth Education Program Launched in Northeast

PHILADELPHIA — CertainTeed, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, and YouthBuild USA announced that they will provide a three-year, $550,000 grant to YouthBuild’s Green Initiative program aimed at providing green education and job training to low-income youth.
 
The YouthBuild Philadelphia green home renovation project will renovate a dilapidated building that has stood vacant for two decades.

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Pennsylvania Company Earns LEED Platinum Award

LANCASTER, Pa. — The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded LEED Platinum certification to the corporate headquarters of Armstrong World Industries.

Built in 1998, the three-story glass-and-steel relies on wind energy for about 75 percent of its power, officials say. The facility has an energy consumption rate of 1.5 watts per square foot, which is half the average rate for comparable buildings in the United States.

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New Fairmont Hotel in Pittsburgh Will Be Green

PITTSBURGH — Slated to open in 2009, the new 780,000-square-foot Fairmont Hotel will be located at Three PNC Plaza. The mixed-use green building is being constructed by PNC Financial Services Group.

The hotel will occupy 12 floors of the 23-story building, adjacent to the Pittsburg Cultural Center . It will feature 185 guest rooms, 12,000 square feet of meeting space, a 6,000-square-foot ballroom, a lobby and lounge, an 8,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, and a restaurant.

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Alliance Launches Bid to Make W. Pennsylvania a Green Powerhouse

PITTSBURGH – Assisted by $1.25 million in seed money from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and The Heinz Endowments, the Green Building Alliance has launched the Green Building Products Initiative, an economic development program created to position Western Pennsylvania as the national center for green building innovation, production and utilization.

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