The Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on Wednesday, has given new life to efforts in the Pittsburgh region to limit the worst impacts of climate change.
Epic Metals won the Green Building Alliance’s Enterprise Award. Other honorees are Highmark Health, Dr. Allison Robinson of UPMC, Homewood Children’s Village and the late Mike Carnahan of Scalo Solar Solutions.
The Green Building Alliance touted another year of successful benchmarking of the city's reduction in energy use and other sustainability measures of the Pittsburgh 2030 District, an ongoing campaign to reduce the city's CO2 emissions to combat the impacts of climate change.
Aurora Sharrard will leave her post as executive director of the Green Building Alliance on July 1 to become the University of Pittsburgh's first-ever director of sustainability.
