Pittsburgh outlines energy strategy in new document
Pittsburgh’s energy strategy now has been extended to private developers.
In a document released Saturday, the city says it wants private entities to submit climate and energy-efficiency plans along with building plans.
Consider a Passive House
Passive House standard is widely utilized in Europe, but to a much smaller extent here in the US; it achieves approximately 80% reduction in heating and cooling energy.
Passive building is designed and built in accordance with these five building-science …
Which buildings in Pittsburgh emit the most greenhouse gases? See how they compare.
Pittsburgh’s biggest challenge to meeting its climate change goals is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from its buildings. Buildings in the city produce four times as many emissions as …
Two PA Colleges Hit Carbon Neutrality Goals
By Rachel McDevitt | WITF • May 4, 2020. 90.5 WESA.
Two Pennsylvania colleges are now carbon-neutral — joining only a handful of other schools with the same achievement nationwide. Allegheny College in northwestern Pennsylvania and Dickinson College in central
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