Pennsylvania senator Jim Ferlo, Carnegie Mellon University architecture professor Stephen Lee and PPG Industries researcher Mike Rupert will received the 2007 Shades of Green Leadership Awards at a conference March 15th at the Western Convention Center Hotel.
The awards, presented by the Green Building Alliance (GBA), recognize individuals in Western Pennsylvania who are leaders in green building. GBA is a non-profit organization that works to advance resource-efficient, environmentally sensitive projects.
“The collective efforts of these individuals are helping to establish our region as a world leader in green building,” says Marco Cardamone, a board member of the Green Building Alliance and a member of the jury for this year’s winners. “These individuals represent the vision, leadership, innovation, and ability to collaborate and influence others.”
Ferlo won in the government category for his leadership role on several projects that support sustainability. He led the creation of the Allegheny River Towns Enterprise Zone, which addresses industrial blight and encourages brownfields redevelopment in Aspinwall, Blawnox, Etna, Millvale, O’Hara, Shaler, and Sharpburg.
Lee won in the non-profit category for his role as an advocate at Carnegie Mellon University where he studied inner-city energy efficiency projects in South Oakland and Manchester during his undergraduate days. Rupert won in the business category where, as director of technical services and product development for PPG’s Performance Glazings business, he lead a team that developed Solarban 70 XL solar-control low-e glass.
Writer: Debra Diamond Smit
Source: Green Building Alliance
Image of Stephen Lee courtesy of Green Building Alliance