sustainability

Woman riding bike in a Pitt shirt
The League of American Bicyclists has bestowed Pitt with its Bicycle Friendly University status.
graphic of water going into a gray area with a gear in it
Pitt plans to purchase 100 percent of the power from a low-impact hydroelectric plant to be built on the Allegheny River. The facility, expected to open in 2022, will generate enough power to supply a quarter of the Pittsburgh campus electricity needs.
Moran in a salmon shirt, wearing a diamond-patterned tie and a sport coat
Panther Grille food truck details showing its logo
New food options, locations and services bring more choice to the campus community, aiming to make sustainability synonymous with Pitt dining.
Red tractor trailer parked beside solar and wind power facilities
All amenities in the docking terminal of PITT OHIO’s Harmar facility — including lights, electric forklifts, computers and battery chargers — operate from power supplied by an on-site microgrid designed by Pitt’s Gregory Reed and a cohort of Swanson School of Engineering graduate students.