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Energy Innovation Center
The Energy Innovation Center is a multi-disciplinary institution that integrates workforce development programs, green technnology research laboratories, a business incubator and collaborative university-industry projects. It is housed in the former Clifford B. Connelley Trade School, which was renovated both to accommodate diverse uses and to serve as a case study for green adaptive reuse. In 2014 the renovated building received the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania Project of the Year Award for Sustainability.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://eswp.com/about/annual-awards/ )〕 It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places〔 and on the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks,〔 making it perhaps the only LEED Platinum structure to qualify for Historic Tax Credits.
==Renovation==
The idea for a sustainability research and education center emerged from a growing concern with green economic development, led by two Pennsylvania politicians, Congressman Michael F. Doyle and Jim Ferlo. In 2008 a consortium of non-profits, unions, community organizations, universities and small businesses formed (Pittsburgh Green Innovators ), a non-profit organization with a mission to support green economic and community development. One goal was to re-establish a central educational institution for high-demand, skilled trades, with specialized curricula in green energy and sustainability, and the Connelley Trade School was suggested as a possible site. Once on the cutting edge of vocational training, enrollment at the Connelley School declined along with Pittsburgh's population, leading to the school's closure in 2004.
Recognizing that the scope of this work was beyond their capacity, Pittsburgh Green Innovators invited Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation, a local non-profit developer, to lead the project. Pittsburgh Gateways rented the vacant Connelley building from the Board of Public Education, eventually purchasing it in 2011. In Spring of the following year, with permission from the National Register of Historic Places, renovation began, according to plans designed by DLA+ Architects and design-build contractor Mascaro Construction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Energy Innovation Center )〕 Under Gateways' guidance, the Connelley school underwent a massive renovation with the aim of bringing the old building up to LEED Platinum certification standards, at an estimated cost of $40 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ura.org/pdfs/showcase/Energy-Innovation-Center.pdf )〕 (The project has not yet received certification.) Construction began February 2013. In 2014 it re-opened as the Energy Innovation Center, changing the building address in the process, from 1501 to 1435 Bedford Avenue.〔http://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2013/09/29/The-lessons-of-analyzing-energy-use-will-power-Energy-Innovation-Center/stories/201309290001〕〔http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/the-next-move/2014/07/photos-a-look-inside-the-new-energy-innovation.html?page=all〕〔http://www.nextpittsburgh.com/features/energy-innovation-center/〕
Consistent with the project's ecologically sustainable focus, renovation began with a deconstruction and salvage plan coordinated by Pittsburgh Green Innovators to divert construction and demolition debris from landfill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pghgreeninnovators.org/What_We_Are_Doing_2.php )〕 As of writing the project remains incomplete, but is reportedly on track to receive LEED Platinum NC certification, and even meet the stringent (2013 District ) energy, water and transportation emissions reduction targets.
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