00:35 - >>HI

00:35 - >>MY NAME IS MARK MY DOOR,

00:36 - I'M AN ARCHITECT, I'M A

00:37 - PRINCIPAL WITH EVOLVE

00:39 - ENVIRONMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR A

00:40 - GREEN BUILDING AND

00:41 - SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING AND

00:42 - DESIGN FIRM HEADQUARTERED IN

00:44 - PITTSBURGH.

00:45 - WE'RE AT THE U.S.

00:47 - STEEL TOWER. US STILL TOWERS SO

00:50 - LARGE THAT STILL THE 8TH

00:51 - LARGEST

00:52 - A SKYSCRAPER. IN THE COUNTRY

00:55 - EVEN THOSE BUILT IN

00:56 - 1970. AT THE ONE OF THE VERY

00:59 - LARGEST BUILDINGS IN

01:00 - THE WORLD IT'S GOT 2.6 MILLION

01:04 - SQUARE FEET OF USABLE SPACE

01:05 - OVER 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET

01:06 - TOTAL. SO THIS BUILDING IS 64

01:09 - STORIES AND WAS BUILT FOR

01:11 - US STILL. BACK IN US

01:15 - STILL WAS ABLE TO OCCUPY ABOUT

01:18 - 55% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

01:20 - THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN

01:21 - OVER TIME. BUT THIS BUILDING

01:23 - STANDS AS A BEACON AND THE

01:26 - LARGEST BUILDING IN THE REGION

01:27 - BY FAR HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO

01:29 - SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.

01:31 - SO HERE WE ARE IN THE LOBBY OF

01:33 - STEEL TOWER.

01:35 - >>THIS BUILDING BILL LIKE A

01:37 - TRIANGLE EACH SIDE IS JUST OVER

01:39 - 200

01:40 - FEET LONG. SO TO TRIANGLE

01:43 - ITSELF MAKES ABOUT JUST OVER AN

01:45 - ACRE OF GROSS SPACE.

01:47 - NOW WITHIN THAT OF COURSE YOU

01:48 - HAVE THE ELEVATORS AND THE

01:49 - PLUMBING AND SO FOR THAT GOES

01:51 - UP THE ELEVATOR START TO TAPER

01:53 - OFF AS YOU GO UP AND SO THE

01:54 - UPPER FLOORS END UP HAVING

01:56 - ACTUALLY MORE USABLE SQUARE

01:58 - FOOTAGE.

02:00 - THIS BUILDING WAS NOT BUILT

02:01 - WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR

02:03 - SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS IN MIND

02:04 - BACK IN THE 1960'S

02:06 - AND 70'S.

02:07 - >>BUT OVER TIME AS THE COST OF

02:10 - ENERGY AND THE DESIRE TO RUN A

02:12 - BUILDING MORE EFFICIENTLY AND

02:14 - THE DESIRE FOR MORE HEALTH,

02:15 - HEALTHY SPACES AND MORE

02:17 - PRODUCTIVE SPACES CAME ABOUT

02:20 - IN THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO THIS

02:22 - BUILDING HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS

02:23 - TRANSFORMATION WHERE IT STARTED

02:25 - WITH ONE TENANT DESIRING TO

02:27 - LEED CERTIFICATION FOR THEIR

02:29 - SPACE AND THEN ANOTHER AND

02:30 - ANOTHER AND ANOTHER

02:32 - TO WHERE ULTIMATELY HAVE OVER

02:33 - 27 LEAD CERTIFIED FLOORS.

02:36 - AS TIME GOES AND SO WITH EACH

02:38 - OF THESE FLOORS HAVING MORE

02:40 - EFFICIENT LIGHTING. BETTER A

02:43 - WORKPLACE FURNITURE, BETTER

02:45 - QUALITY HEALTHY MATERIALS,

02:47 - BETTER AIR QUALITY.

02:49 - THEN THE LANDLORD STARTED

02:50 - GETTING ON BOARD WITH ENERGY

02:52 - REDUCTIONS ON THEIR OWN

02:54 - TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ENERGY

02:55 - EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS TO A DATE

02:58 - THE EQUIPMENT MUCH OF WHICH

03:00 - HAVE BEEN OUTDATED AND

03:01 - REPLACING IT WITH BRAND NEW

03:03 - MORE EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT.

03:04 - SO WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS THE

03:06 - TENANT FLOORS AND THE BUILDING

03:08 - ITSELF AND BALANCE

03:10 - WHERE YOU HAVE A MUCH MORE

03:11 - EFFICIENT BUILDING THAN

03:12 - ORIGINALLY STARTED AS SO THE

03:14 - NICE THING ABOUT THIS BUILDING.

03:15 - IT WAS VERY WELL BUILT STATE OF

03:16 - THE ART 1970.

03:18 - BUT IN SOME WAYS IT'S LIKE A

03:20 - SWISS WATCH IN WHERE IT GETS

03:21 - BETTER AND BETTER

03:22 - OVER TIME. AND IMPROVEMENTS

03:24 - OVER THE NEXT YEARS ARE GOING

03:25 - TO ALLOW THIS BILL TO IMPROVE

03:27 - EVEN MORE. NOW THIS BUILDING IS

03:29 - FAMOUS FOR ITS APPEARANCE AND

03:31 - IT'S MADE OUT OF STEEL BECAUSE

03:33 - IT WAS BUILT AS HEADQUARTERS

03:34 - FOR US STEEL.

03:36 - THE BIG EXTERNAL COLUMNS ON THE

03:38 - OUTSIDE ARE ACTUALLY FILLED

03:39 - WITH WATER IN CASE THERE'S FIRE

03:42 - GOD FORBID

03:43 - THAT'S A NATURAL FIRE

03:44 - SUPPRESSION SYSTEM RIGHT THERE

03:46 - WITH WATER ABLE TO POUR IN

03:48 - THE OTHER THING ABOUT COURT AND

03:49 - STILL IS A KURD CORRODES ON THE

03:50 - OUTSIDE NOT THE INSIDE. SO

03:53 - THAT ROSETTE COLOR THAT YOU SEE

03:54 - IS ACTUALLY RUSHED.

03:55 - BUT IT'S CAREFULLY CONTROLLED

03:57 - SO THAT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY

03:58 - DESTROY THE MATERIAL THAT

03:59 - ACTUALLY KEEPS IT ON THE

04:01 - OUTSIDE. RIGHT HERE IN THIS

04:03 - SPACE WHICH IS A GRAND LOBBY

04:05 - SPACE WHERE WE'VE HAD EVENTS

04:06 - AND PRESENTATIONS OF

04:08 - VARIOUS KINDS. THIS IS A GOOD

04:10 - EXAMPLE WHERE THE LIGHT

04:11 - FIXTURES USED TO BE A 1000

04:13 - WATTS AND NOW WHAT YOU'RE

04:14 - SEEING THERE ABOUT

04:15 - 26 WATTS LED A PERFECT EXAMPLE

04:18 - OF A WAY TO UPGRADE THINGS.

04:20 - SO AS THIS BUILDING CONTINUES

04:22 - ON. YOU'VE GOT IMPROVEMENT THAT

04:25 - STEADY MAKING THINGS

04:27 - MORE APPEALING. AND MORE

04:30 - RESPONSIVE TO THE DEMANDS OF

04:32 - THE MODERN AND FUTURE OFFICE

04:35 - WORKER.

04:36 - AND NOW WE'RE ON THE 35TH FLOOR

04:38 - ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE BUILDING.

04:40 - AT THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCING

04:41 - CENTER. SO THIS IS A SPACE THAT

04:43 - THIS FLOOR WAS BUILT AS AN

04:44 - AMENITY FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING

04:47 - TO USE IF THEY LIKE SO THIS

04:49 - IS HOW SKYSCRAPERS

04:51 - ARE NOWADAYS WITH REGARDS

04:54 - FLEXIBLE SEATING. THE ABILITY

04:55 - TO CO-WORKING CO LOCATED THE

04:57 - ABILITY FOR FLASH MEETINGS AND

05:00 - BREAKOUT SESSIONS THE ABILITY

05:01 - TO RENT OUT A BOARDROOM OR HAVE

05:03 - A SPEAKER COME IN OR JUST THE

05:05 - ABILITY TO HUDDLE

05:06 - AND SO FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING

05:08 - THIS FLOOR AND THEN THERE'S A

05:09 - COUPLE MORE FLOORS UNDER WAY

05:11 - THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE READY

05:12 - IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO

05:13 - SO THIS IS THE WAY THE 21ST

05:15 - CENTURY WORKPLACE MEETS A

05:17 - VERITABLE 1970 JOHN ICAHN

05:20 - BUILDING LIKE THIS.

05:22 - >>SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON THE

05:23 - 63RD FLOOR, AND THIS IS WHERE

05:25 - THE HPC SYSTEMS ARE THAT HEAT

05:28 - FOR THE BUILDING AND KEEP THE

05:29 - AIR FLOWING ROUTE

05:31 - SO THEREFORE FLOORS LIKE THIS

05:33 - BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE

05:35 - BECAUSE IT'S ALSO ATTACHED TO

05:36 - THE ROOF TOP KILLERS.

05:38 - SO YOU HAVE A FEW ELEMENTS WHEN

05:39 - YOUR HEATING AND COOLING A

05:40 - BUILDING LIKE THAT A KILLER'S

05:43 - THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP THE

05:43 - BUILDING COOL UP FOR ALERTS

05:45 - THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP THE

05:46 - BUILDING AND THEN YOU HAVE

05:47 - PUMPS THAT CIRCULATE THE WATER

05:49 - AND YOU HAVE FANS THAT GO TO

05:51 - AIR THROUGH AND SO YOU HAVE TO

05:53 - THINK ABOUT 2 AND A HALF

05:54 - MILLION SQUARE FEET AND YOU CAN

05:56 - SEE ALL GETTING THE AMOUNT OF

05:58 - ELECTRICITY. IT IN COOLING AND

06:00 - VENTILATION THAT THEY

06:01 - ALL MEAN ONE OF THE HAPPY

06:03 - SURPRISES OF THIS BUILDING WAS

06:05 - THAT IN 1970 IT WAS BUILT SO

06:07 - WELL WITH THE BEST THAT WAS

06:09 - AVAILABLE AT

06:10 - THE TIME OVER TIME AS SOME OF

06:13 - THE SYSTEMS BECAME LESS

06:14 - EFFICIENT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE

06:15 - REPLACED WITH A MORE EFFICIENT

06:17 - SYSTEM. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A

06:19 - FAIRLY EASY TRANSITION IN FACT.

06:22 - A NEW EQUIPMENT IS SMALLER THAN

06:23 - THE OLD EQUIPMENT. SO IF

06:25 - ANYTHING THERE WAS SOME SPACE

06:26 - LEFT OVER. SO THE AREA BEHIND

06:28 - ME LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BIT

06:29 - JUST HEARD IT, THAT'S WHY A

06:31 - NEW EQUIPMENT IT TAKES A LOT

06:33 - LESS ROOM AND IT'S A LOT MORE

06:34 - EFFICIENT FOR EXAMPLE. THE

06:37 - ORIGINAL LIGHT FAULT IN THE

06:38 - LOBBY. WE'RE ABOUT

06:40 - 1000 WALKS A REPLACEMENT BALL

06:42 - TO REPLACE IT ABOUT

06:44 - 26 WATTS SO JUST LIKE THAT

06:46 - YOU'VE GOT ABOUT AN 85% AN

06:48 - URGENT REDUCTION AND ON THINGS

06:50 - LIKE THAT.

06:52 - UNABLE TO HAVE A LOT ENERGY

06:54 - EFFICIENCY. JUST BY VIRTUE OF

06:56 - CHANGING THINGS OUT.

06:59 - RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF CONSTANT

07:00 - VOLUME. A CONSTANT SPEED.

07:03 - COX AND FANS, THEY'RE ABLE TO

07:05 - BE VARIABLE SPEED AND THESE ARE

07:07 - ABLE TO NOW BE AT THIS. THE

07:09 - REQUIRED SPEED AND VOLUME

07:11 - THAT'S NECESSARY. FOR THE

07:13 - OCCUPANCY IN REAL TIME

07:15 - IS THIS BUILDING HERE HAS ABOUT

07:17 - 10,000 PEOPLE WHEN IT'S FULLY

07:18 - OCCUPIED. THAT'S LIKE A SMALL

07:20 - CITY. SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS

07:22 - TO KEEP STRAIGHT. SO

07:24 - ONE OF THE THINGS WERE ABLE TO

07:26 - DO WITH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

07:27 - IS IT TO ENERGY

07:28 - STAR CERTIFICATION.

07:31 - CERTIFICATION FOR US EPA.

07:33 - THAT LOOKS AT THE ENERGY

07:34 - EFFICIENCY. BUT AT THE SAME

07:36 - TIME COMBINES IT WITH AIR

07:37 - QUALITY LIFE ALREADY AND

07:39 - VENTILATION.

07:44 - >>AND NOW WE FIND OURSELVES ON

07:46 - THE ROOF TOP. WE'RE

07:48 - 841 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

07:50 - SO THIS RIGHT HERE.

07:52 - THIS SPACE IS ACTUALLY THE

07:55 - ENTIRE 45,000 SQUARE FEET IT IS

07:58 - THE LARGEST ONE ACRE SPACE.

08:01 - THIS HIGH ANYWHERE IN THE

08:02 - WORLD. SO THIS WAS ORIGINALLY

08:04 - DESIGNED AS A HELIPAD NOT TO

08:07 - MENTION. EXACT EXTRUDED ROOF OF

08:10 - THE BUILDING.

08:11 - THE HELIPAD WHEN THE BUILDING

08:13 - WAS OPENED IN 1970

08:14 - IN ORDER TO ALLOW HELICOPTERS

08:16 - OR THE FUTURE AIRCRAFT

08:18 - OF TOMORROW TO TAKE THOSE

08:20 - VERTICAL TAKE OFFS THAT WERE IN

08:21 - VISION

08:22 - BACK DOWN. SO WE'RE HERE AT THE

08:24 - VERY TOP AND WE HAVE A 360

08:26 - DEGREE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE

08:28 - ENTIRE CITY. THE ENTIRE REGION,

08:31 - IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE.

08:33 - YOU'VE GOT THE STADIUMS AND THE

08:34 - OHIO RIVER DOWN THAT WAY YOU'VE

08:36 - GOT THE SOUTH HILLS AND NOW

08:38 - WASHINGTON THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT

08:41 - EAST HILLS YOU'VE GOT OAKLAND

08:43 - YOU'VE GOT THE UNIVERSITY IS

08:44 - THAT WAY AND YOU'VE GOT THE

08:46 - NORTH HILLS THAT WAY.

08:49 - 360 DEGREES OF GREEN HORIZON,

08:51 - IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC.

08:53 - SO THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE AT

08:54 - THE TOP OF THE BUILDING HERE IS

08:56 - THE AIR INTAKES. EVENTS TAX

08:58 - AND THE COOLING TOWERS. SO

09:01 - THIS BUILDING ESSENTIALLY 2.6

09:04 - MILLION SQUARE FEET

09:05 - IT HAS.

09:07 - >>FOR MECHANICAL LEVELS THAT

09:08 - ARE GROUPED INTO 3 AREAS SO THE

09:10 - VERY TOP ONE IS HERE.

09:12 - THERE'S 2 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

09:13 - BUILDING AND THERE'S ONE NEAR

09:14 - THE BOTTOM OF THE BUILDING.

09:16 - SO THE COOLING TOWERS ARE HERE

09:17 - AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE

09:18 - ENOUGH COOLING FOR THE

09:19 - ENTIRE BUILDING. YOU ALSO HAVE

09:21 - ALL THE DIFFERENT VENT STACKS

09:23 - HERE AND THIS IS WHERE ALL

09:25 - PLUMBING CHASES BUT ONLY UP TO

09:27 - THE TOP.

09:28 - WHAT YOU ALSO HAVE HERE AND I'M

09:30 - SURE YOU'VE NOTICED BY NOW THIS

09:31 - WHITE ROOF. THIS

09:33 - WHITE ROOF HELPS REFLECT THE

09:35 - HEAT THAT THE BUILDING DOESN'T

09:37 - WANT OTHERWISE THAT HEAT MAKES

09:39 - THE BUILDING HAVE TO AIR

09:39 - CONDITION TO GET RID OF THE

09:41 - HEAT. SO IT'S IT'S MUCH MORE

09:43 - ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE TO HAVE

09:45 - THE HEAT REFLECTING OFF.

09:46 - FOR THAT SO THIS IS CALLED AN

09:47 - ENERGY STAR ROOF, IT'S WHITE

09:50 - AND READ WHAT.

09:52 - AS IT IS NOW THIS BUILT THIS

09:53 - ROOFTOP IS NOT USED FOR VERY

09:55 - MUCH OTHER THAN THAT THAT'S

09:56 - LIKE THIS. JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO

09:59 - WINDY UP HERE, BUT IT IS A

10:00 - FANTASTIC

10:04 - AND EVERY GREAT CITY HAS A

10:05 - GREAT CONVENTION CENTER AND

10:07 - PITTSBURGH'S

10:07 - NO EXCEPTION.

10:09 - >>WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW AT

10:10 - THE DAVID LAWRENCE CONVENTION

10:11 - CENTER NAMED AFTER THE FABLED

10:13 - 1950'S PITTSBURGH'S MAYOR.

10:15 - THE STORY OF THIS CONVENTION

10:17 - CENTER STARTS BACK IN ABOUT

10:18 - 1981 WHEN THE ORIGINAL DAVID

10:20 - LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER WAS

10:22 - BUILT AND THAT HAD A DIFFERENT

10:24 - CONCEPT IT WAS REALLY

10:25 - A LARGE FOR LARGE CUBES THAT

10:28 - WERE STACKED AGAINST EACH OTHER

10:30 - JUST BARELY TOUCHING EACH

10:31 - OTHER. IT WAS A STRUCTURAL FEET

10:33 - FOR THE TIME.

10:34 - BUT BEFORE LONG IT BECAME A

10:35 - LITTLE BIT OUTMODED AND

10:37 - CERTAINLY TOO SMALL. SO THE

10:39 - IDEA FOR A NEW CONVENTION

10:41 - CENTER CAME ABOUT AND THE LATE

10:44 - 1990'S. AND

10:47 - THIS CONVENTION

10:48 - CENTER HERE THE IDEA WAS TO

10:50 - RENOVATE THE EXISTING

10:51 - CONVENTION CENTER AND ADD ON TO

10:53 - IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

10:55 - RIGHT AROUND THAT AND OUR EARLY

10:57 - 2000 LATE 1990'S,

10:59 - PITTSBURGH WAS REALLY STARTING

11:00 - TO INVOLVED

11:02 - IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ONE OF

11:04 - THE RATING SYSTEMS THAT COME

11:05 - OUT AROUND THAT TIME WAS LEED

11:07 - CERTIFICATION. BUT THE IDEA OF

11:08 - REUSING THE BUILDING.

11:10 - MADE. SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES

11:13 - PART OF WHAT WAS GOING TO THE

11:16 - THIS CONVENTION CENTER.

11:17 - SO THIS CONVENTION CENTER

11:19 - RATHER THAN A LOT OF OTHER

11:20 - PROJECTS THAT WERE.

11:22 - TYPICALLY HAND IT TO A STABLE

11:24 - OF ARCHITECTS SO FOR THEM TO

11:25 - BID ON TO TO WORK.

11:29 - IT BECAME INSTEAD A NATIONAL

11:31 - COMPETITION. THIS WAS

11:32 - THE FIRST COMPETITION FOR A

11:35 - CIVIC BUILDING IN PITTSBURGH

11:36 - AND OVER A

11:37 - 100 YEARS, I'M NOT SINCE TO

11:40 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURTHOUSE HAD

11:42 - THERE BEEN A PUBLIC COMPETITION

11:43 - FOR A LARGE A PROJECT THAT WAS

11:45 - PUBLIC HERE. A LONG STORY

11:48 - WINNER OF COMPETITION A NEW

11:51 - YORK ARCHITECT IMRE FIELD IN

11:53 - YULEE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF

11:55 - A STRUCTURAL SYSTEM THAT WAS

11:57 - BASED ON A CAT NARY A CABLE.

11:59 - IF YOU PICTURE A STRING THAT

12:01 - YOU'RE HOLDING OUT IS BASICALLY

12:03 - WHAT YOU HAVE HERE INSTEAD

12:04 - THESE STRINGS. WE HAVE ABOUT

12:07 - 5 MILLION POUNDS OF FORCE IN

12:08 - EACH OF THEM. THESE CABLES THAT

12:10 - YOU SEE AND

12:11 - THEY'RE SPACED ALL THROUGHOUT

12:13 - THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF OF THE

12:15 - BUILDING MAKING IT THAT THE

12:17 - ROOF HAS THIS ELEGANT JUST ARE

12:19 - AS A MATTER OF FACT WHEN YOU

12:20 - LOOK AT IT FROM THE AIR IT

12:21 - MIMICS THE BRIDGES AND WE HAVE

12:23 - THE 3 SISTERS BRIDGES RIGHT

12:25 - HERE. AMONG PITTSBURGH'S 446

12:28 - BRIDGES. SO IT ACTUALLY FITS

12:29 - RIGHT IN SKYLINE, WISE IT FITS

12:31 - RIGHT IN CONTEXT TOO EARLY AND

12:33 - WHAT YOU HAVE IS THIS WHOOPED

12:35 - THAT MAKES IT THAT THE SPACE

12:36 - THAT YOU'RE INSIDE THEN DOESN'T

12:38 - HAVE TO HAVE COLUMNS BASICALLY

12:40 - BY PULLING STRUCTURE TO THE

12:41 - OUTSIDE. YOU HAVE A FREE WIDE

12:43 - OPEN SPACE IN THIS CASE WE HAVE

12:45 - ABOUT

12:46 - 300,000 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN

12:49 - EXPO SPACE FOR THE CONVENTION

12:50 - CENTER. SO THIS CONVENTION

12:52 - CENTER WAS DESIGNED WITH THESE

12:54 - PRINCIPLES IN MIND.

12:56 - THIS BROAD SWOOP ALLOWED FOR

12:57 - SUNSHINE OR DAYLIGHT TO COME IN

13:00 - AT THE TIME THE CONVENTIONAL

13:01 - WISDOM WAS TO NOT HAVE ANY

13:03 - DAYLIGHT COMING INTO THE

13:04 - CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE THE

13:05 - IDEA WAS TO TREAT THEM LIKE.

13:07 - JEWEL BOXES ARE CASINOS WHERE

13:09 - YOU COULD KEEP THE OUTSIDE OUT

13:10 - IN THE INSIGHT IN

13:12 - SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY

13:13 - PRINCIPLES AT THE TIME THAT

13:14 - WERE EMERGING THAT ARE VERY

13:16 - COMMONPLACE NOW WAS TO LET

13:18 - DAYLIGHT COME IN

13:19 - AND ACTUALLY ELIMINATE THE

13:20 - SPACES, IT'S HEALTHIER FOR THE

13:22 - PEOPLE AND IT SAVES ENERGY

13:24 - ANYWAY. SO YOU HAVE DAYLIGHT TO

13:25 - THE SOUTH. AND TO THE NORTH YOU

13:28 - ACTUALLY HAVE THEY'RE THE RIVER

13:30 - AT THE

13:30 - ALLEGHENY RIVER BEAUTIFUL

13:32 - VIEWING PLAZAS WHERE YOU'RE

13:34 - ABLE TO LOOK OUT ON THE RIVER

13:35 - PEOPLE INSIDE COMING OUT OF THE

13:37 - CONFERENCES ARE THE SESSIONS

13:38 - ARE THE EXPO CAN LOOK OUT ON

13:40 - THE RIVER. BUT ALSO THAT COOL

13:42 - RIVER AIR COULD COME INTO EXPO

13:44 - HALL IT AS WELL. SO BETWEEN THE

13:47 - HEATING AND VENTILATION YOU

13:49 - HAVE A LOT OF ABILITY FOR THIS

13:51 - CONVENTION CENTER TONIGHT NEED

13:52 - TO BE ARTIFICIALLY HEATED OR

13:53 - COOLED. SO BY HAVING THESE

13:55 - PASSIVE SYSTEMS YOU'RE ABLE TO

13:57 - HAVE SOMETHING CALLED DAYLIGHT

13:58 - AUTONOMY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE

14:00 - LIGHTING. WITHOUT HAVING TO

14:03 - USE ELECTRICITY AND YOU CAN

14:04 - HAVE HEATING AND COOLING

14:05 - WITHOUT HAVING USE ELECTRICITY

14:07 - AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT IN A

14:08 - NORMAL BUILDING. SO IN 2003

14:11 - WHEN THIS BEEN LEAGUE BUILDING

14:12 - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT ACHIEVED

14:14 - LEED CERTIFICATION. LEAD IS

14:16 - LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND

14:18 - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN IS A GREEN

14:19 - BUILDING RATING SYSTEM GIVES

14:23 - POINTS.

14:24 - IS SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES THAT

14:26 - ARE EMPLOYED IN A BUILDING.

14:27 - >>BASICALLY THE IDEA OF SAVING

14:29 - ENERGY SAVING WATER BEING A

14:31 - LIGHT ON THE SITE HAVING GOOD

14:33 - INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

14:35 - DAY LIGHTING CONTROL ABILITY OF

14:36 - SYSTEMS LOW TOXIC FINISHES AND

14:38 - SO FORTH AND THE MORE THINGS

14:40 - YOU DO THE MORE POINTS YOU GET

14:41 - THEREFORE THE HIGHER THE RATING

14:43 - THAT YOU HAVE BETWEEN BRONZE AT

14:45 - THE TIME SILVER GOLD OR

14:46 - PLATINUM SO THIS PROJECT

14:48 - ACHIEVE LEED GOLD WHICH WAS A

14:50 - HUGE FEAT IT WAS THE LARGEST

14:52 - LEED CERTIFIED BUILDING IN THE

14:53 - WORLD FOR A FEW YEARS

14:55 - AFTER THAT. SO THIS BUILDING

14:57 - REALLY HELPED PUT PITTSBURGH ON

14:59 - THE MAP WITH REGARDS TO

15:00 - SUSTAINABILITY AS A FOREBEAR OF

15:02 - STEEL TOWER. ANY OF

15:04 - OUR OTHER SUSTAINABILITY

15:06 - ACCOLADES THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED

15:08 - SINCE THEN SO MOVING ON WORDS

15:11 - THAN THIS CONVENTION CENTER

15:12 - PERFORMED VERY WELL IN A FEW

15:14 - YEARS LATER. THE THE OWNERSHIP

15:17 - TO SPORTS AND EXHIBITION

15:18 - AUTHORITY. I WANTED TO TRY TO

15:19 - FIGURE OUT HOW WELL THE

15:21 - BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY

15:22 - PERFORMING AND WASN'T LIVING UP

15:24 - TO THE EXPECTATIONS.

15:26 - AT THAT TIME THEY ENGAGED A

15:28 - POST OCCUPANCY SURVEY SEE HOW

15:30 - WELL THE BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY

15:31 - PERFORMING AND FOUND THAT IT

15:33 - WAS PERFORMING VERY WELL IN

15:34 - CERTAIN WAYS AND THAT THERE ARE

15:36 - WAYS TO IMPROVE AS WELL

15:38 - WHICH LED TO RENEWED EFFORT TO

15:39 - GET THIS BUILDING CERTIFIED FOR

15:41 - LEAD LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND

15:43 - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FOR

15:44 - EXISTING BUILDINGS. SO BEFORE

15:46 - LONG ABOUT A 2015 OR SO THIS

15:49 - BUILDING ACHIEVED LEAD FOR

15:51 - EXISTING BUILDINGS. PLATINUM

15:53 - CERTIFICATION FOR EXISTING

15:54 - BUILDINGS. SO BECAME THE FIRST

15:56 - CONVENTION CENTER TO HAVE

15:57 - ACHIEVED LEED FOR NEW

15:58 - CONSTRUCTION AND THEN LEAVE FOR

16:00 - EXISTING BUILDINGS AND ON IT

16:02 - GOES BECAUSE NOW THIS

16:04 - CONVENTION CENTER. IT IS A

16:06 - VIABLE DESTINATION FOR ANYONE

16:08 - WHO WANTS TO SEE SUSTAINABILITY

16:09 - IN ACTION. YOU HAVE THESE

16:11 - PASSIVE STRATEGIES.

16:12 - >>AT PLAY WITH REGARDS TO

16:14 - DAYLIGHT COMING IN AND FENNEL

16:16 - ATION COMING THROUGH AND CLEAN

16:18 - INTERIOR SPACES

16:20 - WHILE AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE

16:21 - A BUILDING THAT'S GETTING

16:22 - BETTER AND SMARTER AS THE

16:24 - TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS. SO IT'S

16:26 - REALLY A DELIGHT TO SEE IT'S A

16:28 - LOT OF FUN TO BE HERE,

16:29 - ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A A

16:31 - VERY EXCITING EXPO SHOW GOING

16:33 - ON OR A GOOD CONFERENCE.

16:35 - SO IT'S RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF

16:36 - PITTSBURGH'S GOLDEN TRIANGLE

16:37 - RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RIVER AND

16:39 - IT FACES RIGHT AGAINST

16:40 - DOWNTOWN.

16:44 - >>HELLO TO GENERAL MANAGER OF

16:46 - THE DAVID LAWRENCE CONVENTION

16:47 - CENTER RIGHT NOW WE'RE STANDING

16:49 - ON OUR RECENTLY COMPLETED

16:50 - ROOFTOP A BILLION. WE'RE VERY

16:52 - PROUD OF THIS SPACE

16:53 - WE SET OUT THAT REALLY CREATE

16:54 - SOME OF THE MOST UNIQUE

16:57 - EVENT SPACE IN THE ENTIRE

16:58 - INDUSTRY AND THE

16:59 - PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY. UP ALSO

17:02 - WITH ALL EVERYTHING WE DO WE

17:03 - HAVE A. SUSTAINABILITY EFFORT

17:05 - IN MIND FOR US

17:07 - NUMBER ONE WE'RE READY REALLY

17:09 - EXCITED AFTER COVID TO SELL

17:11 - THIS SPACE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE

17:12 - GO TO A CONVENTION NOW THEY'RE

17:13 - NOT JUST LOOKING TO SIT

17:14 - IN THAT IN A CLASSROOM ALL DAY

17:16 - THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT

17:18 - PITTSBURGH HAS

17:18 - TO OFFER RIGHT NOW UP IN THIS

17:20 - ROOFTOP FROM ONE DIRECTION YOU

17:22 - SEE THIS GREAT VIEW OF OUR CITY

17:23 - AND THEN YOU SEE THE RIVERS

17:25 - WHICH HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF

17:26 - OUR COMMUNITY AND THE HISTORY

17:28 - OF PITTSBURGH. BUT ALSO WITH

17:30 - THIS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL

17:31 - PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE'VE DONE

17:33 - HERE IS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY

17:35 - DIVERTING OVER A 100,000

17:36 - GALLONS OF WATER THAT WOULD RUN

17:38 - INTO OUR OUR SEWER SYSTEM

17:41 - THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE TO THE

17:42 - ICE AS A COMMUNITY.

17:44 - AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD DAY,

17:45 - BUT A LARGE CONVENTION CENTER

17:46 - WE'VE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON

17:48 - BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF THOSE

17:50 - EFFORTS.

17:51 - AND PHASE 2 OF OUR OUR PROJECT

17:53 - WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE

17:54 - SPRING OF NEXT YEAR PART OF

17:56 - THAT PROJECT IS TO BUILD 2400

17:59 - SQUARE FEET OF GARDEN SPACE

18:01 - THAT OUR CHEFS ARE GOING TO USE

18:03 - IN PREPARATION OF FOOD THAT WE

18:05 - SERVE DOWNSTAIRS AND OUR

18:06 - EXHIBIT HALL. YOU WE TALK ABOUT

18:08 - FROM FARM TO TABLE. WHAT'S

18:10 - BETTER THAN ROOF. THE TABLE.

18:12 - AND ALSO THIS IS GOING TO GIVE

18:13 - THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO

18:14 - VISIT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND

18:16 - OUR ROOFTOP WE'RE GOING TO

18:18 - DEFINITELY PARTNER WITH SOME

18:20 - COMMUNITY. AND FOR THE

18:21 - COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

18:23 - AND ALSO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY

18:25 - SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE

18:26 - PART IN SOME GARDENING

18:27 - INITIATIVES IN SOME GARDENING

18:29 - TRAINING. THESE ARE THINGS

18:31 - THE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE

18:32 - COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE JUST SUPER

18:33 - PROUD OF AND WE THINK THEY'RE

18:35 - GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO

18:36 - THE PITTSBURGH MARKET.

18:39 - >>SO NOW HERE WE ARE IN ONE OF

18:40 - THE TERRORISTS AT THE

18:42 - CONVENTION CENTER. SO WHEN

18:43 - PEOPLE SPILL OUT OF THE ROOMS

18:45 - ARE THE PRE FUNCTION SPACE THEY

18:46 - CAN ACTUALLY COME OUT HERE HAVE

18:48 - A NICE CONVERSATION GET A

18:49 - BREATH OF FRESH AIR

18:51 - WHERE YOU HAVE HERE IS A GREEN

18:52 - ROOF THAT'S ACTUALLY AN

18:54 - INTENSIVE GREEN ROOF WITH HIGH

18:55 - PLANTINGS AND IT IT'S ABOUT

18:57 - 13,000 SQUARE FEET. THIS WHEN

18:59 - THIS WAS FIRST DONE ABOUT 10

19:00 - YEARS AGO IT WAS REALLY A

19:02 - LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF ITS TIME.

19:04 - BUT THIS BRINGS AN ELEMENT OF

19:06 - SUSTAINABILITY THAT THE

19:07 - CONVENTION CENTER WAS GOING FOR

19:08 - A CALLED BY

19:10 - THE IDEA OF BRINGING THE

19:11 - OUTSIDE IN AND THE IDEA OF

19:12 - BEING AT ONE WITH NATURE.

19:14 - SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A A

19:15 - BUTTERFLY WAY STATION WHERE YOU

19:17 - ACTUAL

19:19 - ABILITY FOR FOR THERE TO SOME

19:21 - BIODIVERSITY HERE THAT'S

19:23 - ACTUALLY A PART OF OF WHAT YOUR

19:25 - PEOPLE. YOU CAN RELAX BY IT

19:28 - ENJOYING THE OUTSIDE HERE

19:29 - COMING OUT FOR A A STRAW

19:32 - IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT COULD BE

19:34 - AN INTENSE DAY INSIDE OF THE

19:35 - CONVENTION CENTER. WHEN THE

19:37 - POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION WAS

19:39 - PERFORMED ONE OF THE THINGS

19:40 - THAT EMERGE WAS THAT THIS

19:42 - ROUTE.

19:42 - THIS ROOF I ACTUALLY MADE THESE

19:44 - ROOMS MORE DESIRABLE THAN THE

19:46 - ONES NEXT TO THE BALLROOM

19:47 - BECAUSE THE SPACE WAS LIKE RUNS

19:49 - TO THEM. SO IT'S VERY ENJOYABLE

19:51 - TO BE OUT HERE. THE OTHER THING

19:52 - YOU'LL NOTICE IS THE ACTUAL

19:54 - CABLES THAT

19:55 - COME DOWN.

19:56 - >>THESE 5 MILLION POUNDS OF

19:57 - FORCE THAT COMING ON EACH OF

19:59 - THESE CADBURY TABLES MAKE THEIR

20:01 - WAY DOWN THROUGH HERE. SO YOU

20:02 - ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ASPECT OF IT

20:04 - TO THIS AL AGAIN STRUCTURAL

20:06 - SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE

20:08 - AND WALK AROUND.

20:09 - >>SO WHAT THIS GREEN ROOF WAS

20:11 - ABLE TO DO IS REALLY SOLVE 2

20:12 - PROBLEMS AT ONCE GIVING THIS

20:15 - BEAUTIFUL SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO

20:16 - ENJOY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME

20:18 - SOLVING WHAT WAS A REALLY KEY

20:20 - ROOF AND THE FIRST PLACE WHEN

20:22 - THIS GREEN ROOF WAS CONCEIVED.

20:24 - SO WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE MAKE IT A

20:25 - WIN-WIN SO THERE'S ANOTHER

20:27 - GREEN ROOF AND THE OTHER SIDE

20:28 - OF THE CONVENTION CENTER NOT

20:29 - QUITE AS BIG AS THIS ONE BUT AS

20:31 - SKYLIGHTS IN IT WHICH IS A

20:32 - BEAUTIFUL LOOK AND WITH REGARDS

20:34 - TO

20:34 - WATER EFFICIENCY. WHAT OTHER

20:36 - THINGS THE CONVENTION CENTER

20:37 - DOES HERE TOO IS IT RECYCLES

20:39 - THE WASTEWATER EVEN THE WATER

20:41 - COMING FROM

20:41 - THE TOILET AND ACTUALLY USES

20:43 - THAT FOR FOR ULTIMATE RECYCLING

20:46 - AND REUSE AND THE LANDSCAPES SO

20:49 - IT ACTUALLY AS BLACKWATER

20:50 - REMEDIATION WHICH IS A VERY

20:52 - ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S

20:54 - HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

20:55 - SO THERE'S REALLY A LOT TO SEE

20:57 - AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY GOES

20:58 - HERE.

21:01 - >>SO HERE WE ARE STANDING IN

21:02 - THE COURTYARD OF THE ALLEGHENY

21:03 - COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

21:05 - THIS COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN

21:07 - 1888. AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY

21:10 - THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS HH

21:12 - RICHARDSON. SO FAMOUS AS AN

21:15 - ARCHITECT THAT HE ACTUALLY HAS

21:16 - A STYLE NAMED AFTER HIM.

21:18 - THE RICHARD SONY AND ROMAN

21:19 - ASKED AND SO THE HEAVY BRICKS

21:22 - THAT YOU SEE BETTER A TYPICAL

21:24 - OF HIS PROJECTS. ARE BASICALLY

21:26 - HAS BUILDINGS THAT THAT YOU'LL

21:28 - SEE IN OTHER CITIES NOTABLY IN

21:30 - THE NORTHEAST OF THE U.S.

21:32 - SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY

21:34 - A COMPETITION AND HEARD BY A

21:36 - NUMBER OF PROMINENT NATIONAL

21:38 - ARCHITECT.

21:39 - HH RICHARDSON WON THIS

21:41 - COMPETITION BY HAVING A A

21:43 - STRAIGHT FORWARD THOSE ARTS,

21:45 - CLASSICAL STYLE. A PLAN

21:48 - BASICALLY 6 SYMMETRICAL PIECES

21:51 - THAT ARE AROUND THE

21:52 - COURTYARD HERE. WHAT YOU SEE

21:53 - BEHIND ME AND WHERE WE'RE

21:54 - STANDING. SO AROUND THAT THEN

21:57 - YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC COMING IN

21:58 - FROM THE STREET.

21:59 - WHEN COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT

22:01 - PEOPLE HAD TO COME UP THE STEPS

22:03 - TO GET TO THE COURTHOUSE.

22:04 - IT WAS A VERITABLE. NOW OF

22:06 - COURSE

22:08 - CIVILIZATION. THE STREET LEVEL

22:11 - IS PRETTY MUCH EVEN WITH THE

22:12 - ENTRANCE COMING OUT.

22:14 - SO YOU'RE ABLE TO COME IN AND

22:15 - THERE'S SOME GRAND MURALS

22:16 - INSIDE REALLY LOVELY BUT YOU

22:18 - SEE THE U.S. ROMANESQUE ARCHES

22:19 - AND THIS HEAVY STONE

22:21 - THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN

22:22 - TERMS OF ESTABLISHING ALL AGAIN

22:23 - IN COUNTY. AS AS

22:25 - A A A LEVEL OF PERMANENCE WITH

22:28 - A LEVEL LEVEL OF DURABILITY

22:30 - THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT

22:32 - ESTABLISHING

22:34 - A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND A

22:35 - SENSE INSTITUTIONAL A DATE.

22:38 - WHAT YOU HAVE HERE AS WELL THE

22:40 - WAY THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT

22:41 - VERY THOUGHTFULLY IS THAT YOU

22:43 - HAVE 6 LEVELS AN.

22:46 - IT WAS DESIGNED SO THAT AIR CAN

22:47 - FLOW UP THROUGH THE LEVELS AND

22:49 - THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THESE A

22:50 - TALL TOWERS HERE. ONE BIG ONE

22:53 - FACING THE STREET 2 SMALLER

22:55 - ONES BEHIND ME AS THOSE

22:57 - TALL TOWERS STAND THEY HAVE

23:00 - DENSE AT THE TOP. SO THE HOT

23:02 - AIR WANTS TO RISE UP AND

23:03 - ESCAPED AND SO ON HOT SUMMER

23:05 - DAYS, THIS WOULD DRAW ON THE

23:07 - COOL AIR UNDERNEATH ESPECIALLY

23:08 - FROM A FOUNTAIN LIKE THIS BRING

23:10 - IT THROUGH THE SPACES AND THEN

23:12 - EXHAUST OUT AT THE TOP WHICH

23:14 - MADE THINGS MUCH MORE

23:15 - COMFORTABLE AND SOME OF THE

23:17 - COURTHOUSE SPACES HERE ARE 2

23:18 - STORIES TALL. SO YOU HAVE A YOU

23:20 - KNOW LIKE I SAID THE 6 LEVEL.

23:23 - BUILDING ON BOTH SIDES

23:24 - SO THAT REALLY HELPED TO MAKE

23:26 - IT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE

23:27 - COMFORTABLE. THIS IS SOMETHING

23:29 - THAT LOOK TO WITH REGARDS TO

23:31 - THE RESILIENCE OF BUILDINGS.

23:33 - BUILDINGS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE

23:35 - ARTIFICIALLY HEATED OR COOLED

23:37 - OR LIST AND CAN ACTUALLY

23:38 - SURVIVE THROUGH AS SOME KIND OF

23:41 - SHOCK OR DISRUPTION ARE NOTABLY

23:43 - DURABLE AND WHAT WE CALL

23:44 - RESILIENT. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS

23:46 - BUILDING WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT

23:47 - A 150 YEARS AGO.

23:49 - IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF

23:51 - RESILIENT ARCHITECTURE WHERE

23:53 - THE DURABILITY OF THE MATERIAL

23:54 - AS WELL AS THE WAY THAT IT WAS

23:56 - DESIGNED AND BOTH. A BUILDING

23:59 - THAT'S GOING TO BE

24:01 - OCCUPY IT. NOW OF COURSE IN

24:03 - MORE RECENT YEARS THE

24:04 - RENOVATIONS. AND

24:06 - OFTEN WHEN JUDGES COME IN THEY

24:08 - WANT A RENOVATION OF THEIR OWN

24:10 - COURT COURTHOUSE. THERE ARE 14

24:12 - COURTHOUSES HERE IN THIS

24:13 - BUILDING.

24:16 - TIME GOES THERE ARE RENOVATIONS

24:18 - THAT OCCUR AND SO OVER TIME

24:20 - THINGS GET LEFT BEHIND AND SO

24:22 - THESE CHIMNEYS DON'T WORK THE

24:24 - WAY THAT THEY ONCE DID THAT

24:26 - BEEN BLOCKED OVER FROM TIME BUT

24:28 - ONE THING THAT COULD BE DONE IS

24:30 - SO REOPENING THOSE AGAIN

24:32 - IN ADDITION TO THE DURABILITY

24:34 - OF THE STONE YOU ALSO HAVE A

24:37 - STONE ROOF.

24:39 - YOU KNOW THAT ACTUALLY A LENS

24:41 - VERY WELL TO WHAT WE CALL A

24:42 - STRONG ON BELOW THE BUILDING ON

24:44 - BELOW THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS

24:46 - ARE ABLE TO WITHSTAND.

24:48 - HOT SUMMERS AND THE COLD SNOWY

24:51 - WINTERS. SO YOU HAVE A BUILDING

24:53 - HERE THAT'S.

24:55 - PERHAPS

24:55 - ARGUABLY OUR IMPRESSIVE CHIME

24:59 - IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE.

25:00 - THAT'S DEBATABLE. BUT IT'S

25:02 - DEFINITELY IN THE TOP 5.

25:04 - SO HOPEFULLY GET A CHANCE TO

25:05 - VISIT THIS A GRAND COURTHOUSE

25:07 - ON YOUR OWN THAT AT SOME POINT

25:08 - IT'S BEAUTIFUL.