The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the Pittsburgh Opera will “green” its new home, the George Westinghouse Air Brake factory in the Strip District, enough to be considered for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Operations and Maintenance Certification. In order to achieve the feat, Pittsburgh Opera will install anything from occupancy sensors that regulate electricity in rooms, to low-flow water fixtures to be the first opera company in America to try to achieve the certification. The company moved into the Strip District building in April 2008 and has raised $7.7 million of an $8 million capital campaign for its purchase and maintenance. If they succeed, not only will they be the first Opera house in the country to be LEED certified but the building will be the oldest in the city to receive certification.

Feature Image of the Pittsburg Opera courtesy of the Pittsburg Post Gazette