Green Tree Hill Office Building Follows Solar Trend « CBS Pittsburgh
Follow KDKA-TV : Facebook | Twitter GREEN TREE (KDKA) — It’s hard to miss if you drive on the Parkway West – over- hanging solar panels atop the new Bentley Building constructed by Burns & Scalo, a company committed to sustainability from parking lot to rooftop. “This was an opportunity to feature sustainability,” CEO Jim Scalo told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Friday. “Solar is a component of the building, and we cantilevered the solar as part of the architecture of the building so people could recognize the tangibility of it.” As you enter the building, a chart shows how much energy the building is actually producing. And forget the notion that Pittsburgh is too cloudy for solar panels, says Mike Carnahan, general manager of Scalo Solar Solutions . Delano: “Pittsburgh has a reputation for being a very cloudy city.” Carnahan: “Sure it does. Sure it does.” Delano: “Not true?” Carnahan: “Not true at all. Pittsburgh gets as much light as many places in the country.” Carnaha...