Guides: Sustainability @ Pitt: Local & Regional Resources

Local Resources

Center for Sustainable Landscapes
The CSL is a research, education and administrative complex erected by Phipps Conservatory that generates its own energy and captures and treats all of its own water on site.
City of Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan
Strategies through which Pittsburgh can reduce greenhouse gas emissions within city limits and within City operations.
Engineers Without Borders -Pitt Chapter
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is an International, non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in developing local, and worldwide communities. EWB pledges to address problems affecting health, sanitation, economy, technology and education within these communities with an appropriate sustainable solution.
Green Building Alliance
Green Building Alliance (GBA) is devoted to helping Western Pennsylvania integrate environmentally responsible, high-performance green building practices into the design, construction, and operation of buildings throughout our region.
Green Building Certification
Types of green buildings
Higher Education Climate Consortium
Actively collaborates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Pittsburgh’s higher education institutions.
PennEnvironment
PennEnvironment is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization.
Penn Future
Great for local environmental policy issues.
Pittsburgh City Sustainability & Resilience
City government's web resource on sustainability.
Pittsburgh Today
Lots of graphs and local maps.
Sustainable Pittsburgh
Sustainable Pittsburgh affects decision-making in the Pittsburgh region to integrate economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality bringing sustainable solutions to communities and businesses.
Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge
The Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge enables organizations to compete in a friendly, yearlong challenge program against peer organizations.

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