KU Resources is not only committed to providing innovative solutions and outstanding support to our clients, but reducing our environmental impacts and bettering our communities.  Our overall green initiative focuses on recycling, reducing our energy consumption, bettering our local communities, and employing green strategies in our services.  Green practices incorporated into our company culture include:  offering recycling bins for paper, glass, plastics, and aluminum; utilizing dishes and glassware opposed to paper and plastic products; encouraging employees to print double-sided and do work electronically when possible; and utilizing recycled office supplies when applicable.  Employees are encouraged to reduce energy consumption by turning off lights, computers, and other electronics when not in use.  Our employees also participate in various community-based green initiatives, including a number of park and river cleanups and our recent adoption of the Duquesne section of the Great Allegheny Passage.

KU Resources also utilizes green practices in our services and offers many green solutions to our clients.  Our green remediation techniques range from utilizing direct-push technology when possible to minimizing waste volumes for disposal, to using subcontractors local to the project site.  Additionally, whenever possible, KU Resources incorporates best management practices into site development that utilize design techniques that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain water runoff.  These stormwater management approaches involve low-impact development practices that are modeled after nature by mimicking a site’s predevelopment hydrology. 

KU Resources will be continually re-evaluating the way we do business to minimize our waste and reduce our company’s energy and resource consumption, so please check back often to see our advancements in going green! 

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KU Resources is pleased to announce that Mark Urbassik recently became qualified as a LEED^® Accredited Professional for Neighborhood Development. The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) designates these specialists through established standards of expertise, experience, and knowledge, measured through written exams. These accredited professionals are recognized as having the particular skills necessary to incorporate energy efficiency and environmentally friendly practices into community development projects. Some of these practices include strategically placing buildings to minimize vehicle usage, reusing existing land and buildings, designing communities that promote the reduction of energy and resource usage, and emphasizing developments as mixed-use.

 

Being the first LEED AP ND in Western Pennsylvania, Mark now has the capabilities to offer our community development clients: 

• Advice on the LEED-ND Rating System
• LEED-ND Project Registration
• Prerequisite or Credit Interpretation Rulings from GBCI
• LEED-ND Certification Strategies

If you have any questions or need more information on this new capability, please contact KU Resources at (412) 469-9331 to see how we can better serve your development needs.

 

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