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The Roundhouse at Hazelwood Green is an incredibly unique project that combines sustainability, adaptive reuse, and support of local artisans. Green Building Alliance and Monmade enjoyed a tour of the space recently, and Monmade’s sustainability consultant, Shayna Bodi, shares her highlights from the tour below. Here is what we learned about the building that will…

This edition of Green Building Bites brings you a green building product spotlight on hemp. In an interview with Lori Daytner, Vice President of Program Development at the DON group of companies (DON stands for Disability Options Network, the name of the group’s first non-profit) in New Castle, Pennsylvania, we learned more about regional innovations in hemp…

GBA and GBU were joined by presenters from American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) who walked us through topics on electrifying space heating in existing commercial buildings and regulatory and policy barriers and opportunities for electrification.

At our first installment of the 2021 Inspire Speakers Series, our panelists discussed vital questions surrounding the relationship between the energy systems that power our communities and the impact it has on our most marginalized neighbors.

An early adopter of sustainable building in Pittsburgh, Jack was an innovator, a change-maker, and lifelong learner.

Ken Perkins began working with the U.N. SDG Teacher Cohort in January of 2020. He uses Integrative Science to engage with students in projects regarding recycling, reuse, pollution, and climate change.

Current and former students of The Environmental Charter School (ECS) joined community members and Mayor Bill Peduto to unveil their new middle school, built out of the historic James E. Rogers Building in Garfield.

Our Green and Healthy Schools Academy took the Emerging Youth Program students to one of 17 Living Buildings in the world, Phipps Conservatory’s Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL).

Art is typically described as an individual pursuit. It’s a creative vision, a personal expression with neither bounds nor required process. Science on the other hand is highly regulated, reviewed by peers and evaluated for strict adherence to precedent.  And yet, at this unusual intersection stands one of the most influential artists of our generation…