Presenters at this year’s conference will discuss these innovative practices and their significant, tangible benefits for cost savings, the environment and social equity. These technologies span many applications, including energy grids, transportation, water utility systems, waste management, air quality, and public safety. Engineers, city planners, and scientists are implementing innovations such as predictive modeling, interconnected systems integration, and near-real-time smart infrastructure data analytics.
Come learn how Pittsburgh and other leading cities are positioning to reap the benefits of smart infrastructure for greater efficiency and quality of life.
Keynote: Remaking Post-Industrial Cities via Smart Infrastructure
Director of Remaking Cities Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Grant Ervin and City of Pittsburgh Officials – Chief Resilience Officer, City of Pittsburgh
Anna Siefken ­- Executive Director, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Is your municipality or county planning to complete or update a climate action plan (CAP), sustainability plan, or energy action plan? The 2019 CAP Cohort Training Session is a structured technical assistance program to guide local governments through outlining and being prepared to develop their CAP. The Training Session is available as an ICLEI member benefit at no additional cost.
The 12-week Training Session will run from approximately March 1st through the end of May (exact dates TBD). Participants should not expect to complete their CAP during the cohort session; rather they will complete the training with a clear scope for what their CAP will focus on and cover, an understanding of how to use the ClearPath tool to support their CAP, and a clear set of next steps.
Apply here by February 8th
SAVE THE DATE: May 14th SCDN Forum - Local Food Production Fosters Community Resilience and Economic Development
Please join Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Community Development Network and Local Government Academy on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Sharpsburg for a discussion about what your community can do to improve the local food system. Grow Pittsburgh, The Greater Pittsburgh Food Policy Council, and the Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant program are working with us to create a program exploring numerous topics, including: workforce development, land use and reuse, the farm to table experience, restaurant incubators, urban agriculture, and a related model ordinance. We will end the day with an optional kitchen/restaurant incubator tour, and a chef-prepared private dinner!
Submissions open for conference sessions addressing the issues that face our communities, providing ideas and strategies that practitioners will be able to take away with them. Submissions due by February 22.
Wolf issued an executive order that commits his administration to meeting certain targets, putting the state in a league with 20 other states that already set targets.
Pennsylvania and eight other northeastern states have agreed to craft a regional plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and use money from the new carbon market to invest in cleaner transportation infrastructure.
12-part series dispelling the most common myths heard from transportation agencies with regard to safety.
This session covers the best strategies for planning and successfully engaging the public on difficult-to-win topics like infrastructure investments, tax increases, and municipal compliance activities.
Join the Pennsylvania Resources Council and its Zero Waste Pennsylvania team to learn how your business or institution can advance its solid waste and recycling goals with fiscally responsible strategies.
Join PennTAP for the second of three Building Re-Tuning (BRT) workshops. The February workshop will focus on the fundamentals of BRT including how to use low-cost tools and workbook calculations for an energy-conscious facility.
SAVE THE DATE! SCDN Forum - Local Food Production Fosters Economic Development and Community Resilience.
Please join Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Community Development Network and Local Government Academy on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Sharpsburg for a discussion about what your community can do to improve the local food system.
Due 2/14 - ACCD Conservation Leadership & Innovation Program (CLIP)
Funding for projects to reduce the impacts of nonpoint source pollution, improve health of water resources, and/or habitat restoration. Open to 501c3, state and local gov't, school districts, and legally established authorities. 20% match req'd.
Due 2/15 - EPA's Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
Grants for nonprofit and tribal organizations to support communities working on 1-year projects for local environmental and public health issues. Grants up to $30,000.