Press Releases

Erie 2030 District Announces 2024 Reductions in Emissions, Energy Use

City of Reading, GBA Awarded $250K ICLEI MIF Grant

GPRO for Schools 2025

Pittsburgh 2030 District Achieves Emissions Milestone 2025

DOL WORC Grant 2024

PPS Renew America’s Schools 2024

Erie 2030 District Progress Report 2024

Meadville/Reading Resilient Communities Launch

Pittsburgh 2030 District Progress Report 2024

GBA & Center Of Life KRUNK Album

ASPN Launch 2024

GBA 2023-2025 Media Coverage Highlights

BCTV (Berks County TV)
November 11, 18, 25, 2025
BCTV “Building Green” interview with Green Building Alliance |  Resilient Reading

PA Environment Digest
October 23, 2025
PA Environment Digest Blog: Erie 2030 District Property Partners Achieve $4.5 Million In Energy Savings, 18.9% Reduction In Energy Demand

TalkErie.com
October 22, 2025
https://talkerie.com/2025/10/22/erie-2030-district-property-partners-achieve-4-5-million-in-energy-savings-18-9-reduction-in-energy-demand/

YourErie.com, WJET TV, MSN, and Yahoo News
October 22, 2025
Green Building Alliance releases report on Erie’s carbon emission reduction

WFMZ-Berks News
October 14, 2025
City of Reading Touts Progress in Renewable Energy Initiative

Reading Eagle
September 18, 2025
Reading awarded $250,000 grant to boost energy-efficient building projects

WFMZ-TV
September 17, 2025
Reading awarded grant to make energy-efficient investments | Reading Area | wfmz.com

BCTV.org
September 17, 2025
Municipal Investment Fund Awards $250,000 to Support Reading Revitalization Initiative – BCTV

Lehigh Valley Business
September 16, 2025
Reading only Pa. city to receive revitalization and electrification grant – LVB

PA Environment Digest
September 16, 2025
City Of Reading, Green Building Alliance Receive $250,000 Grant To Support Reading Revitalization Initiative From National Municipal Investment Fund

Meadville Tribune
September 16, 2025
Meadville marks one year of resiliency effort | News | meadvilletribune.com

NextPittsburgh
September 3, 2025
Pittsburgh in 2050 could mean climate justice and equitable change

Pittsburgh Business Times
September 2, 2025
Green Building Alliance hosts first Innovation Expo in Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Business Times

PA Environment Digest
August 11, 2025
PA Environment Digest Blog: Green Building Innovation Expo Set for Sept. 2 In Pittsburgh; Free Exhibit Hall

PA Environment Digest
August 11, 2025
PA Environment Digest Blog: Green Building Alliance To Provide Green Professional Operations & Maintenance Training To Pre-K To 12 School Facility Teams

PA Environment Digest
August 5, 2025
PA Environment Digest Blog: Resilient Reading Initiative, Green Building Alliance Host Aug. 12 Water Conservation Best Practices Roundtable In Berks County

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
January 18, 2025
Blind architect creates buildings you can hear and feel, including the UPMC Vision Institute | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NEXTpittsburgh 
February 13, 2025
Inside UPMC Mercy Pavilion, a space designed around vision loss

Pittsburgh Business Times
January 13, 2025
Jenna Cramer, GBA, solidifying Pittsburgh’s green building leadership

90.5 WESA 
December 3, 2024 
On an economic upswing, New Kensington embraces effort to reduce greenhouse gases

KDKA “Big K Radio Show” 
October 2, 2024 
Jenna Cramer, President & CEO of Green Building Alliance, on Green Pathways 

Jenna Cramer, President & CEO of the Green Building Alliance, joined Rich Fitzgerald and Larry Richert to discuss the organization’s “Green Pathways” workforce development program. Cramer explained how the initiative is creating job opportunities in the green building sector while fostering sustainability across Southwestern Pennsylvania. She highlighted the success of the program in connecting individuals to careers in energy efficiency, green construction, and other environmental fields. Click here to listen to the show.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
September 6, 2024 
With new multi-million dollar grants, two Pittsburgh nonprofits push to connect rural areas with job opportunities | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

PA Environmental News Daily 
September 4, 2024 
PA Environment Digest Blog: Green Building Alliance Awarded $1.48 Million Federal Grant To Launch Green Pathways Workforce Initiative In Southwest PA  

The Campus, Allegheny College 
August 30, 2024 
Meadville to benefit from Resilient Communities program     

Erie Times News/GoErie.com 
August 20, 2024 
Erie 2030 District releases 2023 energy use carbon emissions report (goerie.com) 

YourErie.com 
August 20, 2024 
Pittsburgh nonprofit working to cut Erie’s energy costs by 2030 

PA Environmental News Daily 
August 20, 2024 
Erie 2030 District Announces $4.2M in Energy Savings 

90.5 WESA 
August 9, 2024 
Pittsburgh school leaders say $15M grant will help make buildings energy efficient 

Facility Executive 
August 8, 2024 
Critical Infrastructure Updates On Deck At Pittsburgh Schools 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
August 8, 2024 
2 Pittsburgh-area school districts receive federal grant that could help cover cost of infrastructure upgrade 

Continuity Insights 
August 8, 2024 
Pittsburgh Schools Land Critical Infrastructure Upgrade Funding (continuityinsights.com) 

PA Environmental News 
August 8, 2024 
Partnership For Resilient Schools Receives $15.3 Million US DOE Grant To Support Energy Efficient, Safe Learning Environments In Pittsburgh Public Schools, Wilkinsburg School District 

Washington Post 
August 8, 2024 
Over a billion birds die after striking U.S. buildings each year — maybe many more (GBA referenced)

Meadville Tribune 
August 3, 2024 
Meadville selected for energy efficiency initiative 

Berks Weekly 
July 24, 2024 
Green Building Alliance Launches Resilient Communities Initiative in Reading  

PA Environmental News 
July 23, 2024 
With Support from Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund, Green Building Alliance Launches Resilient Communities Initiative In Reading, Meadville 

PA Environmental News 
July 22, 2024 
Green Building Alliance Thanks Sen. Fetterman For Seeking Critical Grant Support For Program To Expand Small Business Resilience In Erie, New Kensington, Westmoreland County 

Penn State News 
June 26, 2024 
Students learn about high-performance buildings during Pittsburgh summer program – Penn State 

AIA 
June 11, 2024 
As architects and developers get serious about cutting carbon, single-family home construction offers untapped potential   (interview with Jenna Cramer) 

Meadville Tribune Review 
June 12, 2024 
City Council approves motion to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Green Building Alliance (GBA) – Penelec/Met-Ed Sustainable Energy Fund  

Pittsburgh Union Progress 
June 10, 2024 
Green Building Alliance project lauds Forest Hills for its progress in reducing carbon emissions and saving energy 

WESA/The Allegheny Front 
May 29, 2024 
Pittsburgh buildings are lowering carbon emissions but more can be done – The Allegheny Front (2030 District Progress Report) 

NEXTpittsburgh 
May 23, 2024 
Pittsburgh 2030 District reduced emissions by 48% in 2023, saving $75 million 

Pittsburgh Business Times 
May 23, 2024 
New 2030 District report charts both carbon and money saved by Pittsburgh’s built environment  

PA Environmental News Daily 
May 22, 2024 
Pittsburgh 2030 District Reports Gains Toward Energy, Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals 

Pittsburgh Business Times 
May 20, 2024 
Appalachian Sustainable Products Network Names Two Pilot Companies  [ASPN] 

Pennsylvania Press Room 
April 26, 2024 
Shapiro Administration Commends Three Pennsylvania Schools for Environmental Efforts 

NEXTpittsburgh 
April 22, 2024 
10 ways Pittsburgh embraces its green roots on Earth Day and all year 

NEXTpittsburgh 
April 11, 2024 
See how Pittsburgh universities rank in the race to carbon neutrality 

Pittsburgh Business Times 
March 22, 2024 
Cramer’s Viewpoint: What the U.N. Buildings Breakthrough means for us 

WESA 90.5 FM 
March 19, 2024 
Pittsburgh’s climate emissions aren’t falling quickly enough to meet 2030 climate goals 

Tribune Review 
April 23, 2024 
KRUNK Movement Students Release Original Album with Earth Day Theme 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
April 23, 2024 
Local teen musicians of The KRUNK Movement to perform original songs in Nashville  

Pittsburgh Union Progress 
April 21, 2024 
‘Su(Stained) Reality’: KRUNK students will perform their new album in a Nashville concert  

The State Journal (West Virginia) 
April 8, 2024 
Appalachian Sustainable Products Network launches pilot program to equip Upper Appalachia  

Pennsylvania Business Report 
March 29, 2024 
Appalachian Sustainable Products Network seeks Pennsylvania manufacturers for pilot program 

Business Journal Daily 
March 27, 2024 
Collaborative effort looks to promote green building in West Virginia, Upper Appalachia 

West Virginia State Journal 
March 27, 2024 
Collaborative effort looks to promote green building in West Virginia, Upper Appalachia 

PA Environmental News Daily 
March 27, 2024 
Appalachian Sustainable Products Network Launches, Issues Call For Manufacturers In PA, West Virginia, Ohio To Participate In No-Cost Product Life Cycle Assessment; March 26 Webinar  

PA Environmental News Daily  
October 30, 2023 
Pittsburgh’s Green Building Alliance Receives $500,000 Federal ARISE Grant To Establish A Green Building Product Supply Chain, Manufacturing Hub In Upper Appalachian Region 

The Keystone – Pennsylvania News You Can Use 
October 27, 2023 
Southwestern PA receives federal grant to establish green building supply chain 

Senator Bob Casey 
October 26, 2023 
Casey, Fetterman Announce $500,000 Coming to Western PA for Green Building Supply Chain 

Pittsburgh Business Times 
September 14, 2023 
Pittsburgh wins millions in ‘smart’ energy infrastructure funding 

YouTube 
November 2023
 (2030 District partner) Mercyhurst University Unveils New Greenhouse, Sustainability Major  

Erie News Now 
September 27, 2023 (2030 District partner) 
World Tourism Day Promotes “Green Investments” in Erie Businesses  

JET-TV24 ERIE and YourErie.com 
August 23, 2023 
Over $3 million saved in energy costs across Erie: District Progress Report 

GoErie.com 
January 23, 2024  (2030 District partner) 
Erie Mayor Joe Schember reflects on the state of the city – ‘exciting stories to tell’  

CW22 The Point 
August 7, 2023 
Issues on the Point: Green Building Alliance 

Pittsburgh Business Times 
May 18, 2023 
New 2030 District report shows Pittsburgh nearing voluntary sustainability goals