Posts filed under ‘Pittsburgh Going Green’
Fall Festival November 8th 2009
Our Fall Festival at the site was on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. It was an open event for the public to get and a first look at the site and where the homes are to be built!
Two dump trucks, an excavator, a roller and a D6 bulldozer were part of the main attraction where kids and adults alike could get rides from the construction workers who work on the site at Newbury. There was also a catered brunch in a big tent along with the top rated attraction for the children, a 42 foot inflatable train!
Here are some pictures from the event. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed taking them!
Here was the inflatable train all the children enjoyed!
Side view of the train.
Generators for the caterer with the tent in the distance.
Boys admiring the D6 bulldozer.
Lines forming for rides on the excavator and bulldozer.
One of the big off road dumptrucks.
The mini school bus for transporting guests from the market location to the residential hill for activities!
Sharon, who works at the site 6 days per week, shows a little boy how to drive the roller.
Lastly here is an overall view of the equipment with the brunch tent in the distance.
If you weren’t able to join us and are interested in finding out more about the project, please let us know.
Thanks!
“Positively Pittsburgh”
Recently, Pittsburghers have been enjoying being named “Best Sports City” by the Sporting News; but over the years, Pittsburgh has become the subject of countless accolades! Whirl Magazine put together a “compendium of some of the city’s most brilliant accolades.”
Here are some of our favorites:
Pittsburgh has the best commercial real estate market in the country, according to Moody’s. (2009)
Pittsburgh is one of America’s 25 Strongest Housing Markets, according to Forbes.com. (2009)
Pittsburgh is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Top 25 Solar America Cities.
Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Livable City in America, according to the Economist Magazine. (2009)
Pittsburgh is #13 for Best Cities for Young Professionals, according to Forbes Magazine. (2008)
Pittsburgh is one of the Smartest Places to Live in America, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. (2006)
Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Livable City in America, according to Places Rated Almanac. (2007)
Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Romantic City for Baby Boomers, according to Sperling’s Best Places. (2007)
Pittsburgh is the #1 Most Affordable City to Date according to Match.com. (2009)
Pittsburgh is the #1 Tourist Destination, according to Frommer’s Travel Guides. (2008)
Pittsburgh is one of the top 10 of the World’s Cleanest Cities, according to Forbes Magazine. (2007)
Pittsburgh is #10 out of the 25 Best Walking Places in America, according to Prevention Magazine. (2009)
Pittsburgh is #16 of the Fittest Cities in America, according to the American College of Sports and Medicine’s American Fitness Index. (2009)
To read more about the great city of Pittsburgh, click here.
Newbury Featured on WPXI Channel 11 News!
Newbury was featured on WPXI Channel 11 News on the evening of September 18th!
The segment features great views of the development site and EQA Landmark Communities President, Brett Malky, spoke about all of the excitement surrounding Newbury!
To view the WPXI segment, click here.
The Benefits of a Green Home
We at Newbury are currently in the process of finalizing our agreements with four builders: one custom builder, one zero-energy builder, one product builder and one specialty builder. We look forward to announcing our builders in the next few weeks. In addition, we’ll be starting model construction this fall and winter with a model open at the Newbury homesite in the spring.
Living in a green home has many very real benefits, and every day, more and more Americans are discovering those benefits. Green homes are expected to make up 10% of new home construction by 2010! According to greenhomeguide.org, month to month, people who live in green homes save money by consuming 40% less energy and 50% less water than standard homes. In addition, the restidential cooling and heating systems alone make up 20% of the United States’ yearly energy use. Throw in household lighting, appliances and other electronic equipment, and homes are clearly a major source of energy consumption. Green homes use 40% less energy than comparable standard homes.
Look forward to another blog post by the end of the week updating our construction process on the Newbury Market site!
Make Pittsburgh Even Cooler in June: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The Black and Gold City Goes Green decided to “Make Pittsburgh Even Cooler” this month with a recycling event taking place this Saturday in the East Parking Lot of Heinz Field from 9 AM to 1 PM. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, recycling half of your trash can prevent up to 509 pounds of heat-trapping gases from being released into the air each year. Recycling takes less energy and water than using new materials, and it also saves space in landfills.
At Saturday’s event, TVs and more can be recycled for a small fee, but recycling just one computer can save up to 206 pounds of heat-trapping gases, and every five cell phones can save up to two pounds of heat-trapping gases. The fee will go towards making sure the item is recycled in a proper manner. Items welcomed at the event are as follows: electronic equipment such as televisions, computers, monitors, cell phones, other digital equipment, printers, scanners, fax machines; unopened, unexpired medical supplies such as syringes, gauze, catheters, gloves, bandages; gently used medical equipment such as nebulizers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs, walkers; and in addition compact fluorescent light bulbs, alkaline batteries and ink and toner cartridges can be brought for either reuse or recycling!
eLoop is responsible for recycling the electronic equipment in an environmentally safe way without shipping material overseas. Global Links recovers unused medical supplies and gently used medical equipment and provides them to hospitals and clinics serving poor populations in developing countries.
If you’re in Pittsburgh come out this Saturday to support a great cause and make America’s Most Livable City a little greener!
The Easiest Way to Go Green: Using Your Library Card!
The most simple and original form of “going green” is back in style! With the economy’s climate and summer months ahead of us, save some money, and trees, by heading to your local library. Newbury’s home, South Fayette, features a friendly library with countless activities like a chess club, Mother Goose story time, and a Summer Reading program.
The library is located at 515 Millers Run Road in Morgan, PA. Hours are as follows:
Monday through Thursday: 10 AM – 8 PM
Friday and Saturday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Closed on Sundays
Buy Fresh, Buy Local
Have you heard of the Pennsylvania Buy Local campaign? Southwest Pennsylvania has embraced this healthy and green trend!
By The Numbers:
45 Farmers Markets
126 Farms
36 Restaurants/Catering
5 Retail Stores
5 Wineries & Breweries
The reigional group for Southwestern Pennsylvania includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties and events are hosted weekly supporting the cause! To learn more about where you can buy and support the “Buy Fresh, Buy Local” movement for Southwestern Pennsylvania, click here.
Three Rivers Arts Festival: Zero-Waste Intiative, Year Two
The Three Rivers Arts Festival is proud to continue its Zero-Waste Initiative. Festival patrons will have the opportunity to keep a majority of the festival waste from going to landfills. Inside the Festival grounds, patrons will find “three-stream” waste receptacles that allow for separate compostables, recyclables and garbage. Volunteers will be present in order to assist patrons in the Zero-Waste campaign. In 2008, the Festival was able to divert 50 tons of waste from landfills.
To read more about the Arts Festival’s Zero Waste Initiative, as well as information on the countless activities, art viewings and performances taking place that weekend, visit the festival website at artsfestival.net
The Black and Gold City Goes Green
Pittsburgh recently became the first city to launch a citizen-driven environmentally-friendly campaign. Launched on March 17th, the goal of the campaign is for Pittsburghers to work together to reduce heat-trapping gases from global warming, with a significant measurable decrease expected by January, 2010. The campaign’s website allows users to create an account in order to keep track of their green progress and allows the user to track the city’s overall progress. Recommendations are as simple as changing an incandescent light bulb to a more energy-efficient fluorescent version.
The site also offers monthly tips that are especially appealing to Pittsburghers. This month, the site explains how to “Get Your Money’s Worth in Miles” by suggesting green precautions such as checking your tire pressure, purchasing a Pittsburgh city bus pass or biking your morning commute.
For more on “The Black and Gold City Goes Green” campaign, click here.
CMU gets grant to promote brownfield redevelopment
This article in the Post-Gazette is further proof that Pittsburgh truly is the leading city in the US in brownfield redevelopment. The state and county’s support of projects like Newbury have enabled our region to start utilizing tremendously undervalued land within a radius of the city, without sprawling further out into greenfields.
Congrats to the Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon University! Read the article here.
