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AWARDS
April
2005
Shades
of Green Leadership Award
3 Rivers Wet Weather is proud to be a winner of
the inaugural Shades of Green Leadership Awards sponsored by the
Green Building Alliance. 3RWW won the award in the Public Works
category for helping to lead the way in greening Pittsburgh’s
built environment.
The Shades of Green Leadership Award is designed to highlight the
efforts of a distinctive person or team within the built environment
who:
Demonstrates a visionary impact on
the greening of Greater Pittsburgh through work on buildings,
developments, infrastructure or other built factors of our environment
Possesses proven leadership skills that exhibit
creativity and innovative results
Diligently partners with others in the region
to facilitate positive change
Consistently influences others to improve
the environment
A couple of 3 Rivers Wet Weather’s most notable green
projects include:
Green
Roof Demonstration Projects. 3 Rivers Wet Weather recently
awarded a total of $386,000 in grants for four local green roof
projects.
Rain
Barrel Project. To demonstrate how rain barrels can be integrated
into a comprehensive program to reduce extraneous storm water
flow in the municipal sewer system, 3RWW teamed up with the
Nine Mile Run Watershed Association to conduct a pilot rain
barrel project.
Shades of Green Leadership Award Winners, L to R:
Barbara Kviz, of the Carnegie Mellon Green Practices Committee;
Gary Jay Saulson, Director of Corporate Real Estate for PNC
Financial Services Group; Ann Gerace, Executive Director of
Conservation Consultants, Inc.; Bob Kobet, President of Sustainaissance
International; Joan Blaustein, Project Manager for the 3 Rivers
Wet Weather team
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