Tags: operations & maintenance

Highlights from 2025

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2025 saw evolveEA's work featured in the news from Wyoming to West Virginia and beyond. Here are a few highlights from the past year.

Andrew Forney, AIA is a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD)

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Read all about it! Andrew Forney, AIA is now a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD)

Pittsburgh Steelers

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

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.

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.

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.

U.S. Steel Tower WELL Health-Safety Rating

The US Steel Tower is managed by Winthrop Management, who has been working with evolveEA since 2013 to incrementally retrofit systems and improve operations. The US Steel Tower achieved LEED V4 Silver Certification under the Operations + Maintenance (O+M): Existing Buildings rating system in 2019. One of the most unique aspects of this effort has been the Tenant Sustainability Committee created by Winthrop with help from evolveEA, which meets quarterly to collaborate on green initiatives for the whole building, with tenants and management leveraging each other's efforts.

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.