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When the International Living Future Institute announced its Living Product Challenge in 2015, finding manufacturers to participate seemed like a tall order.
PNC is fine-tuning the features of its almost-complete, ultra-green tower in Pittsburgh with a full-scale mock-up. The Tower at PNC Plaza, designed by Gensler, is nearing completion in Pittsburgh. The 33-story building is expected to rely on natural ventilation for more than 40 percent of working hours and use only half of the energy of a standard office building. A squat 1,200-square foot outdoor mock-up erected in a Pittsburgh industrial park is helping PNC Financial Services Group refine The Tower at PNC Plaza, which the company claims will be the world’s greenest skyscraper. Scheduled to open this fall in downtown
Image courtesy Andropogon/Riverlife The steep banks and industrial history of the Allegheny River pose challenges to ecological restoration. Railroad tracks, the site of an 1877 strike, run along the river to the Strip District, a landmark marketplace on the river’s southern shore. An early plan by Andropogon for the Allegheny Riverfront Green Boulevard proposes strategies for stabilizing the failing riverbank and slowing stormwater runoff. The scheme calls for a continuous 95-foot setback for public use. A proposal by the Buncher Company for a mixed-use development on a 55-acre site that is part of the area covered by the boulevard plan