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The Tower at PNC Plaza<br />
in Pittsburgh achieves the<br />
client’s sustainable business<br />
objectives. And its execution<br />
required a degree of testing<br />
and modeling by the <strong>Building</strong><br />
Team that’s unusual for most<br />
U.S. office buildings.<br />
raising the bar<br />
CONNIE ZHOU/MICHAEL ASH PARTNERS<br />
ON HIGH-RISE GREENNESS<br />
PNC Financial Services Group<br />
is among America’s leading<br />
corporate sustainability advocates.<br />
Six years ago, when it<br />
started thinking about a new headquarters<br />
in Pittsburgh, PNC’s leadership saw the<br />
building as a means to advance the company’s<br />
three strategic pillars: to support<br />
sustainable urban growth, attract the best<br />
talent, and maximize advanced energy<br />
opportunities.<br />
The goal was no less grand than to<br />
build the world’s greenest offi ce tower. It<br />
can be debated whether PNC’s reach exceeded<br />
its grasp, but there’s no disputing<br />
that this approximately 800,000-sf tower,<br />
which rises to a height of 33 stories near<br />
the confl uence of the Monongahela and<br />
Allegheny rivers, is a testament to what<br />
can be achieved when a <strong>Building</strong> Team is<br />
in sync with an energetic owner.<br />
The Tower at PNC Plaza is designed to<br />
38 MAY 2016 BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION www.BDCnetwork.com