Doyle appropriation discussion

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Pittsburgh Green Innovators Timeline
Pittsburgh Gateways involvement
Doyle appropriation discussion submission
Doyle appropriation submission
Heinz Endowments express interest
Heinz planning grant awarded
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June 19
2006
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Doyle, Ferlo meeting
Ferlo state RACP enacted into law
IUOE job training
URA Steinbrenner involvement
Working group report
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Pittsburgh Green Innovators

• Environmental Living, Learning and Earning
  Collaborative
• Presented June 19, 2008

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Mandate of Green Innovators

• Finite Federal State funds leveraged over an
  initial 5 year period
• Create a campus to house the epicenter
• Create a supportive culture
• Build water coolers physical and virtual
  synergies
• Framework for engagement
• Build a sustainable revenue stream

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Core Group Mandate

• Market economy now demanding alternatives
• Mainstream agencies in Pittsburgh now engaging
• Vibrant green community doing great work
• Not reinvent wheel what already works?

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Core Group Mandate

• We will deploy sustainability principles as our
  core business principle
• We will seek the best ROI opportunities as our
  strategy to finance early stage
• The Pittsburgh region is our target

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Vision

• SW Pennsylvania will be a clean, green, vibrant,
  innovative and hardworking Region that will be a
  global leader in sustainability. With the
  Pittsburgh Green Innovators as a catalyst, the
  Region will become the center for the tools and
  talents needed to meet the challenges of
  achieving a more sustainable economy by combining
  the best of our legendary work ethic and skilled
  labor, along with our emerging strengths in
  higher education and revolutionary technologies.

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Mission

• Create the platform that allows stakeholder
  collaboration in helping SW PA to maximize the
  opportunity to strengthen the economy though
  green jobs.

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Goals

• Applying sustainability principles, leverage the
  intellectual, financial, labor and community
  resources of the Region to
• Develop a trained green collar workforce
• Educate and engage the community
• Create K-12 learning experiences
• Promote and showcase new technologies
• Build and convert businesses
• Become financially sustainable

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Objectives

• Develop state of the art campus facility using
  highest sustainable standards
• Tip Pittsburghs culture to a sustainability
  paradigm
• Develop broad range of programs on and off
  facility grounds optimizing individual and
  collaborative efforts
• Employ an open communication system that utilizes
  feedback loops
• Identify innovation opportunities and develop for
  market growth

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Workforce Development
Research and Development
Trade Unions
K-12
Non-Profits
Advocacy
STEM Support
Pittsburgh Green Innovators Working Model
PGI
Higher Education
Public Resources Foundations
Mature and Start Up Businesses
Government
Community Resource
Tech Transfer and Product Demonstration
Business Development and Incubator
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Stakeholders

• Trade Unions
• Higher Education
• K-12
• Government
• Mature and Start Up Businesses
• Non-profits and community based organizations
• Public Resources and Foundations

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Working Stakeholders List
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Functions Programs and Operations

• Workforce Development
• Advocacy
• Community Resource
• Business Development/Incubator
• Tech Transfer and Product Demonstration
• STEM Support
• Research and Development

Campus as a teaching tool and living
demonstration Inside and Out
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Functions Programs and Operations
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Pittsburgh Green Innovators Working Model
PGI
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Business Workforce Programs

• Green Building Operators
• Corporate/Management Sustainability Training
• Incubator
• Contracted/Applied Research

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Government Programs

• Sustainable Infrastructure Academy
• Public Policy offerings
• Database Challenge Question

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Education Programs

• K-12 curriculum development
• K-12 experiential career program
• High school apprentice programs
• Design Build Engineering/Architecture
• Experiential hands on learning

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Community

• Visitor Center
• Demonstration Projects
• Building as teaching tool
• Programming and events
• Decision Theatre

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Flagship Campus Features

• Earning Space
• Business Incubator
• Contracted Research
• Living Space
• Short term
• Extended Stay
• Shared Space
• Classrooms
• Computer rooms

• Community Resources
• Visitor Center
• Demonstration Space
• Dining and Daycare
• Learning Space
• Training Rooms
• K-12 Programs
• Laboratories and workshops

Estimated need of 100,000 square feet to start
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Siting Considerations

• Location
• Site Assembly and Control
• Time to Occupancy
• Community Need and Support
• Development Costs
• Financing and Courses of Funding

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Site Selection Process

• Siting considerations defined and scored on scale
  of 1-5
• Main considerations weighted such that the sum
  of all weights equals 1
• Over 25 sites scored - based on site visits and
  publicly available information
• Sites to be grouped into Tiers 1, 2, and 3
• Tier 1 sites to be explored in more detail

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Potential Funding Sources
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Stakeholder Engagement

• Tell us about you and your organization
• Tell us about your interest in a regional
  collaboration
• What functions are of interest to you?
• How will you benefit?
• What is your interest in a centralized bricks
  and mortar facility?
• How would you like to be involved?
• Anything else you would like to share?

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Next Steps

• Your engagement form
• getting you involved
• Meeting and workshop schedule Fall 2008
  groups form around each initiative
• Working model determined
• Funded, under development by early 2009

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Thank You!

• We hope you join the challenge of the Pittsburgh
  Green Innovators.
• www.senatorferlo.com/greeninnovators.htm