2015 ANNUAL REPORT Working with You to Build a Healthier, Higher Performing Region 1 that support the creation of buildings and places that are environmentally responsible, socially just, and economically viable. Some of GBA’s 2015 INTRODUCTION highlights include: • We shared knowledge with over 3,700 participants through 115 education and networking opportunities. Our 2015 Inspire Speakers Series brought nationally and locally renowned presenters like Will Allen, Charles Montgomery, Jeremy Rifkin, and Toni Griffin. We launched InspireSpeakersSeries.com as an archive of all four inspirational seasons to date. • We worked closely with K-12 partners in our Green & Healthy Schools Academy cohort to help them make lasting change in their buildings, curriculum, culture, leadership, and communities. • We celebrated our Pittsburgh 2030 District partners, who have committed 435 buildings to 2030 Challenge goals. Our partners achieved a 12.5% reduction in energy consumption, 10.3% reduction in water use, and a 24.2% reduction in transportation emissions (below baselines). We created Make My Trip Count, the region’s most comprehensive transportation survey to date, which generated 20,710 responses related to Pittsburgh’s commuter patterns. • We continued to increase the capacity of our networks to undertake new issues by reconvening a Policy Committee and laying the groundwork for a 2016 Health Committee and Pittsburgh 2030 District Advisory Committee. • We reached new audiences with nearly 100 blog posts, a 44% increase in web users, and over 10,000 tweets @go_gba. We are excited to realize future innovations and opportunities captured in our It is with great pride that we present 2015-2017 Strategic Plan, which competitively positions GBA and the region by prioritizing and advancing green building. We are assisting with citywide building Green Building Alliance’s 2015 benchmarking legislation, p4 Pittsburgh measures, and many other regional initiatives. Together with you, our members and stakeholders, we are propelling REVENUE GBA HONORS: the region through collaboration and evolving transformative ideas from concept Annual Report, summarizing our Total: $1,531,660 to reality. We look forward to many more years of partnering with you to effect 22nd successful year of green > 2015 International lasting change and create places we’re proud of in Western Pennsylvania. Downtown Association, Grateful for your individual and organizational support, building advocacy and action, the Downtown Achievement Award for Business and vision embodied in our strategic Economic Development Foundations: 71% Events: 2% (Pittsburgh 2030 District) Contracted plan, and our enthusiasm with our Sponsorships: 17% Services: 1% Government USGBC: 1% Grants: 4% > Dr. Aurora Sharrard, executive director’s leadership. Membership: 4% Other: <1% 2015 Athena Young Christine Mondor, AIA, LEED AP Aurora Sharrard, PhD, LEED AP BD+C Professional Award Finalist Chair, Board of Directors, Executive Director & Vice President of As one of the oldest green building organizations in the United States, GBA and EXPENSES Green Building Alliance Innovation, our stakeholders are creators of green building history regionally and nationally. Total: $1,579,812 Principal, evolveEA Green Building Alliance We’ve helped shape national frameworks such as LEED and the Living Building > Anna Siefken, [email protected] [email protected] Challenge, while helping raise our region’s leadership role via implementation. We continue to be national innovators through the Pittsburgh 2030 District Pittsburgh Business Times, and advocacy for full-spectrum healthy green buildings like those pursuing the Energy Leadership Awards WELL Building Standard. Winner While frameworks are a way to begin the conversation, we remain committed Operational & to advancing broader regional knowledge and achievements through our Personnel: 69% Business: 9% Travel & programs, initiatives, trainings, and events. At many levels, we work with Events: 9% Meetings: 4% partners like you to expand tools, knowledge, and available resources Contracted Services: 9% 2 3 EDUCATION & EVENTS GBA works to generate awareness, interest, and commitment to healthy and high performing places through events, communications, an online presence, and enthusiasm. By offering presentations, building tours, webinars, lunch and learns, LEED test preparation courses, and a plethora of in-person and online resources, we seek to prepare current and future green building leaders of all interest and experience levels. events hosted WHAT MEMBERS SAY: 115 “I have met so many like- 3,708 event participants engaged minded professionals through my membership 925 people reached via Inspire Speakers Series with GBA. I have also learned so much about 519 member attendees green buildings and have gotten to visit some really 232 continuing education units reported fascinating buildings around Pittsburgh!” 67 newspaper, radio, and television appearances 50 presentations made by GBA staff, reaching 1,649 people 4 go-gba.org/events WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA We love to share stories about high performing buildings and projects in the region, while keeping stakeholders abreast of our fast-paced marketplace. Did you know that GBA has 4 websites, 15 social media accounts, an electronic newsletter, and a blog? In 2015, we joined Instagram, created a Pittsburgh 2030 District LinkedIn page, saw a 44% increase in GBA web users, and surpassed 10,000 tweets! TOP TWEET of 2015 GBA page views Take a look at some of the 212,727 top #LEED projects from 98 blog posts authored or shared the last 15 years via @USGBC 1,422 LinkedIn followers TOP POST of 2015 1,936 Facebook page likes Very Cool! Portland has replaced a section of 3,620 Twitter followers its existing water supply 358 Northwest PA Twitter followers network with Lucid Energy pipes containing four forty- 439 Pinterest followers two inch turbines. 233 Instagram followers HASHTagS #InspireSpeakersPgh 135 YouTube subscribers #GHSA #Pgh2030 6,130 e-newsletter subscribers 75 e-newsletters sent twitter.com/go_gba 5 INSPIRE SPeaKers Series GBA’s hallmark lecture series, the Inspire Speakers Series, offers national and local expert perspectives on various topics related to sustainability. The series inspires new projects, partnerships, and ideas to make our region’s businesses, communities, government, schools, and places healthy and thriving. Planned in conjunction with the Green & Healthy Schools Academy (GHSA), our speakers present public lectures to a regional audience, lead private workshops for GHSA’s School Sustainability Culture Program, and spend time in the community during shoulder events. 6 Inspire Speakers Series lectures in 2015 PRESENTING ParTNER: featuring: Will Allen, Arlene Blum, John Fetterman, Jennifer Flanagan, Bill Generett, Toni Griffin, Chris Koch, Debra Lam, Charles Montgomery, Jeremy Rifkin, Stephen Ritz, and Michael Slaby SERIES ParTNERS: > Chatham University > Environmental Charter 12 national and local experts shared ideas and School perspectives > FedEx Ground > Forbo > Fourth Economy Consulting 18 co-presenting partners, sponsors, and funders > Grow Pittsburgh > GTECH Strategies 925 total lecture attendees > Hill House Association > Homewood Children’s Village 11 shoulder events engaging over 290 individuals > Laurel Foundation > NEXT Pittsburgh 166 tweets used #InspireSpeakersPgh > Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows Program > Repair the World > Sustainable Pittsburgh > The Heinz Endowments > Urban Innovation21 > WESA and WYEP 6 inspirespeakersseries.com GREEN & HealTHY SCHOOLS ACADEMY The Green & Healthy Schools Academy promotes vibrant, just, inspiring, healthy, and high performing schools and communities by working with educators, administrators, students, and community members. Our programs assist schools with embedding sustainability values – environmental impact, human health and social equity, and economic vitality – into mindsets, culture, facilities, teaching and learning, and operational practices. Programs include the School Sustainability Culture Program, Healthy Schools Technical Assistance, Innovative Learning, and Green Apple Day of Service. We strive to catalyze systemic change through a comprehensive approach of fostering trust, seeding inspiration, delivering education, and supporting implementation. WHAT WE VaLUE: 8 schools and districts in the School Sustainability Love, Empathy, nd nd Beauty, Collaboration, Culture Program’s 2 cohort entered their 2 year Connectedness, Equity, Health & Wellbeing, 35 school personnel engaged in the Culture Systems Thinking, Civic Program, impacting 993 staff and 9,946 students Engagement, & Community. 5 schools and districts from the Founding Class of the Culture Program continue progress on aspirational building, education, and culture projects 95 facility managers and community partners educated through workshops 275 school bus drivers educated about health impacts of vehicle idling 14 partner organizations attended Green Apple Day of Service Idea Exchange greenandhealthyschoolsacademy.org 7 PITTSBURGH 2030 DISTRICT The Pittsburgh 2030 District is an internationally recognized, locally driven, voluntary initiative that encourages business owners and facility managers in Downtown and Oakland to work collaboratively toward 50% reductions in energy use, water consumption, and transportation emissions (below baselines) by the year 2030. Throughout 2015, the Pittsburgh 2030 District continued to lead the 12 North American 2030 Districts in square