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2024: evolveEA’s Twentieth Year!

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2024 marks the twentieth year since Christine and Marc founded evolve to better connect architecture to the environment. This is a moment for us to celebrate our success and recommit to our values as we look forward to the next twenty years of evolving with you!

Pittsburgh Steelers

evolveEA performed a comprehensive sustainability evaluation for the Steelers, covering the organization’s People, Processes, and Places.

Pittsburgh Sustainable Architecture Tour Video

PCN cable television's show, Building Pennsylvania, works with historians and architects to take you on a tour of the buildings and monuments across the commonwealth. Watch Marc Mondor, AIA, LEED Fellow, discuss sustainable architecture in Downtown Pittsburgh with local examples of projects where evolveEA has led sustainable design and operations efforts.

evolveEA Office

The evolveEA office is the only LEED v4.1 O+M: Interiors project in Pennsylvania and only the third such project nationally to achieve LEED Platinum Certification.

evolve’s LEED Platinum Office

We don't just talk about the sustainability walk, we actually walk it too. Learn more about our office's LEED Platinum certification from project manager Nicholas Rubenstein.

Our Evolving Strategies for Optimizing Existing Buildings

Even though the global pandemic brought most of the world to a halt, building operations still continued. We recognize the challenges COVID brought to building benchmark measurements and applaud two of our clients who were able to attain Energy Star certification despite the hurdles: DMI Industries headquarters in Charleroi, PA, and the historic 411 Seventh Avenue building in Downtown Pittsburgh.

How Can Building Operators Protect Public Health?

Safely reopening buildings post-pandemic is going to be a challenge. Both occupants and building owners are anxious that their spaces are clean, healthy, and risk free. There are many proven practices that, when implemented into systems correctly, reduce the overall likelihood of occupants coming into contact with pathogens in buildings. 

A New Milestone for the U.S. Steel Tower

With LEED Gold certification of four more floors by UPMC Health Plan at US Steel Tower, and Winthrop Management's previous LEED O+M certification, the Downtown Pittsburgh office building is a leader in sustainability and energy efficiency.