Pitt One of 25 Organizations Honored for Leadership in Solar Energy in Allegheny County
On May 4, the University of Pittsburgh was 1 of 25 Allegheny County organizations honored honored with the prestigious Lodestar Award by the Pennsylvania Solar Center.
The Lodestar Award is a distinction given to Pennsylvania entities who are leading the way investing in clean and renewable solar energy.
Award Winners
Awardees included:
- BCI Steel
- Carnegie Science Center
- Chatham University
- City of Pittsburgh
- Eaton
- EIS Solar
- EOS Energy Storage
- Felician Sisters of North America
- Forest Hills Municipal Center
- Full Tilt Energy Systems
- Global Links
- Millvale Community Center
- Millvale Library
- New Sun Rising
- NexTracker
- Penner & Associates Architects
- Phipps Conservatory
- PITT OHIO Trucking
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
- Sankofa Village
- Scalo Solar
- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church;
- Tree Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh
“The University of Pittsburgh is committed to producing or procuring 50% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and 100% by 2037,” said Dr. Aurora Sharrard, Executive Director of Sustainability, University of Pittsburgh. “Our partnership with Vesper Energy on the 20-megawatt Gaucho Solar power facility just 25 miles from our Pittsburgh campus will generate ~18% of Pitt’s annual electricity. With a brand new rooftop 108 kW solar array on our Pitt-Bradford campus and several rooftop solar arrays in design or construction for the Pittsburgh campus, our solar present and future are bright.”
The Pennsylvania Solar Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit effort to raise the awareness of the benefits of solar energy in Pennsylvania and make available tools to transition to clean energy.