ECO SOLUTIONS
Pittsburgh
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Our most highly recommended route, the first leg of this trail, is a 33 mile round trip from Point State Park to McKeesport and back.
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The entire Great Allegheny Passage spans 150 miles, and cyclists are welcome to explore the entire route.
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Eco Solutions along this trail include:
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Fort Pitt Museum / John Heinz History Center
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Geothermal Heat Pump System for Heating, Cooling & Humidification
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Energy saving lighting
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Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) pumps and motors
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CO2 sensors to reduce ventilation at times of low occupancy
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Building Automation System (BAS) for HVAC, electrical and plumbing
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Remediated brownfield recreated as a tech office park
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Former site of the J&L Coke Works
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First planned inner-city industrial development for R&D
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Successful adaptive reuse of a former steel site
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A brownfield remediation pursuing LEED Gold Certification
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Has the largest solar array of its kind installed on the entire mill
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Former mill renovated into a high tech office space and incubator for university groups and new firms
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Rivers of Steel Homestead Works Pump House & Labyrinth
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Windstax vertical wind turbine funded by Epic Metals
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Beautiful art project (labyrinth) that documents all of the former steel mill sites along the Monongahela River
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