On Dec. 1,
The Green Building Alliance will host a tour of the new Shadyside
Giant Eagle located at 5550 Centre Avenue. Led by Marc Mondor, the project’s green building consultant, the tour will spotlight the supermarket’s sustainable design features and technologies, such as skylights and air quality sensors.
The tour is rare opportunity for people to visit the store’s 12,000 sf vegetated roof, the largest of its kind in Pittsburgh. In a
University of Pittsburgh and
3 Rivers Wet Weather study, the green roof represents a local example of nationwide research to monitor water, temperature, weather and solar absorption.
“Giant Eagle isn't afraid to try new things—they’re a very well run company,” says Mondor, principal at
evolveEA. The 79,000 square-foot market was designed by a team that included
McCormick Architects and
Mascaro Construction.
Among its numerous energy saving strategies are photometric skylights that dim fluorescent bulbs in relation to natural lighting. A filtration system brings cleaner air into the building, and all housekeeping products are
Green Seal compliant. The store provides cooking oil to
Steel City Biofuels for use as an alternative energy source.
The project hopes to obtain
LEED-CI (Commercial Interiors) certification, becoming the nation’s second market of its kind, says Mondor who worked on the Brunswick, Ohio Giant Eagle—the world’s first LEED-certified supermarket. Mondor is also working with Giant Eagle to green its
GetGo chain.
Writer: Jennifer Baron
Source: Mark Mondor, evolveEA
Image courtesy of evolveEA