Returning from the Food Marketing Institute’s Energy and Store Development Conference in Atlanta, I pondered the unique role that supermarkets play in our daily lives. Trends unveiled at the conference include a blurring of the lines between restaurant and store, as well a move away from hydrocarbons towards natural refrigerants, such as CO2, that cause no ozone depletion. This would be a welcome transition, as Keilly Whitman, Manager of the EPA’s Greenchill program, noted that a typical store’s refrigerant leakage alone has more environmental impact than the store’s... 

We’ve been excited to participate in the Living Building Challenge as we help guide the Phipps Conservatory Center for Sustainable Landscapes toward meeting its requirements. Now that construction has begun, we’re excited to see some of the sustainable strategies take shape. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens has been involved in in an ongoing effort to develop a sustainable campus that has included an implementation of organizational sustainability throughout their operations and facilities over the last decade. evolveEA has helped Phipps successfully integrate... 

Dick’s Store Support Center in Findlay Township, PA, houses merchandising rooms, executive offices, staff work areas, an athletic facility, an auditorium, a café, and a full size store mock-up for Dick’s Sporting Goods. Built on a wooded site, this $125 million complex is the first phase in a multi-phase corporate campus, which has been designed to fit into the local topography. Some noteworthy green features: Sustainable Sites. The project is on target to earn 8 of a possible 14 points in this category by focusing on: bike friendliness (82 storage spaces and 16 showers);... 

Rising 841 feet above Grant Street, the US Steel Tower’s triangular roof is the largest roof for a building of its height in the world, and has nearly an acre of rooftop. evolveEA was engaged to develop a strategy for the audacious project of turning the roof into a park in the sky–the highest, largest roof park in the world. As a “first day” visitor’s attraction for the view and location, the roof would also be a park that showcases the innovation in green technologies and materials. evolveEA established the design and technical parameters and outlined a robust... 

Carnegie Mellon University has a strong record of creating and implementing environmental initiatives that come from both top-down mandates and bottom-up efforts.  These initiatives result from the creative collaboration between the faculty and students, the facilities team, and leading professionals in the field.  evolve has been a strong partner in these efforts, working with the university since 2004 to be a significant driver of University-wide environmental change. evolveEA has helped in the design, construction and operation of over 100,000sf of facilities renovation...