We believe that creating a sustainability ethos at the University of Pittsburgh requires strategic and tactical approaches, including using the Pitt campus as a living laboratory so that every student and employee will positively interact with and be impacted by sustainability on a daily basis.
Bridging academics and operations also creates interdisciplinary teaching and research opportunities and incentives.
Faculty are using digital twins of campus buildings to study materiality, energy use, and embodied carbon.
The Electric Power Systems Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, sponsored in-kind by Eaton, is a multi-use facility for both research and educational activities.
We work together to shape Pitt’s built environment, advance renewable energy, and create resilient landscapes that support campus life and long-term sustainability goals.
We provide course field trips to & research opportunities with 20 MW Gaucho Solar Farm, one of the largest in Western Pennsylvania.
Pitt Green Laboratories pioneer sustainable change via reduction of energy, water, and resource use.
Pitt graduate students complete the University's annual greenhouse gas inventories, work that has also produced peer-reviewed research.
The University of Pittsburgh Healthy Home Laboratory (HHL) is a community laboratory that brings the best science into home settings to maximize health, independence and safety.
The Pitt Sustainability Dashboard provides an interactive view of progress on certain Pitt Sustainability Plan goals, including greenhouse gas emissions, compostables, and food recovery.
Pitt’s 12+ rooftop solar installations offer ample physical and data analysis possibilities for student and faculty learning and research.
Pitt's interdisciplinary healthcare sustainability efforts span on-campus laboratories and local healthcare facilities, with focus areas including healthcare delivery, life cycle assessments, waste reduction, reusable items, and sustainable food systems.
