August 22, 2012 12:06 am By Mark Belko / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One by one, they stepped to the microphone Tuesday to pledge some of Downtown’s most celebrated properties — from One Oxford Centre to PNC Park — to going greener. During the course of 45 minutes, owners of 61 properties representing 23.3 million square feet…
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Pittsburgh Building Owners Pledge To Cut Energy & Water Usage
By Emily Farah Wednesday, August 22, 2012 The Green Building Alliance is challenging Pittsburgh property owners to reduce the use of water, energy, and transportation emissions by 50% by 2030. Green Building Alliance C-E-O Mike Schiller, said the property owners who have committed to the initiative are called “2030 Districts,” and others have…
Read MoreDowntown, North Shore buildings to halve energy, resource use
Published: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 5:52 p.m. Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Owners of 61 properties Downtown and on the North Shore – including major structures One Oxford Centre, BNY Mellon Center and Three PNC Plaza – on Tuesday agreed to cut energy, water and transportation consumption by 50 percent by the year 2030 as…
Read MoreOxford Development seeks an anchor for proposed Downtown Skyscraper
Oxford Development Co. has approached four to five companies about anchoring a proposed $238 million, 33-story skyscraper Downtown and is confident that it can get one to sign on. “Our project, we feel, is definitely still in play,” said Shawn Fox, director of business development for Oxford. The developer has either talked to or sent…
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