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“Completing the Loop” Plan Wins National Award for Excellence in Sustainability

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Riverlife and evolveEA were honored by the American Planning Association (APA) Sustainable Communities Division at their 2022 awards ceremony.

Riverlife Completing the Loop Plan Charts an Equitable New Future

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Pittsburgh's Completing the Loop plan is driven by an environmental justice vision to reconnect and enhance its most precious natural assets.

The B Corp Way is a Better Way

evolveEA cofounder Marc Mondor, AIA, celebrates the B Corp movement as the sustainability design and consulting firm completes recertification.

Our Infrastructure Beyond 2022

Cities need a vision for infrastructure beyond 2022: for 5 years, 20 years, and 50 years, or longer. It's a design challenge we cannot afford to squander.

evolveEA Team Updates

In the new year, our office is growing and evolving with new people, appointments, and achievements that enhance our capacity to positively impact environments and communities! Ashley Cox is promoted to an Associate, Andrew Forney joins our team, and Christine Mondor joins the AIA Pittsburgh Board of Directors.

Media Recommendations for 2022

To kickoff 2022, our team wanted to share our top media recommendations for the new year. From podcasts to films to books, this list ranges from work-related topics to guilty pleasures -- anything that helped us cope or inspired us during the past year was fair game.

Two New LEED Buildings Add to Yale University’s Ambitious Climate Goals

evolveEA is proud to be part of the team that brought two high-performance buildings online at Yale University’s New Haven, CT campus. Both 300 George Street (LEED Gold) and 2 Science Park (LEED Silver) earned USGBC's LEED v4 Interior Design and Construction Commercial Interiors certification.