The Pittsburgh region is a national leader in intelligent building design and sustainable building practices. Two of the first dozen buildings to have ever received LEED-certification were located within the Greater Pittsburgh region. Today, we have 89+ LEED-certified and 270+ LEED-registered buildings including the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, the first LEED-certified convention center in the world and only meeting venue to receive Gold LEED-certification.

The new CONSOL Energy Center, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is the first Gold LEED-certified hockey arena in the U.S.

Our region is making long-term investments in intelligent building R&D as the interest in LEED-certified construction continues to rise.

A high concentration of suppliers of electronic systems and components for building technology applications are vital to supply chain opportunities.

The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh, the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s solar-powered, net-zero-energy, net-zero-emissions EcoCommercial Building Conference Center on Bayer’s U.S. headquarters are all leading the way toward sustainability in building design and practices.