Energy Innovation Center
The Energy Innovation Center has redeveloped the former Connelley Trade School into a multi-disciplinary institution on energy research including workforce development training.
Created278New Jobs
URA Support5MDollars
Redeveloped200kSq Ft
Hill District
1435 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219The Energy Innovation Center has redeveloped the former Connelley Trade School into a multi-disciplinary institution on energy research and workforce development training.
Background
The Connelley Trade School, located in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, had a long history of vocational training since opening in 1931. The Energy Innovation Center has reimagined this legacy by transforming the former school into a “living laboratory” for energy efficiency, alternative energy, and energy production.
Schedule
The Energy Innovation Center opened in 2015.
Results
A 200,000 square foot center for industry-informed education and training programs and the co-location of collaborative university-industry partners, energy sector corporations, national energy research laboratories, and community organizations.
Facts
- Developer: Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation/Energy Innovation Center Institute
- Contractor: Mascaro Construction Company
- Architect: DLA Architecture and Interior Design
- Total Development Cost: $47,100,000
- URA Support: $5,000,000 Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives New Market Tax Credit allocation
- 200,000 square feet adaptive reuse of the former Connelley Trade School
- 53 construction jobs created
- 225 full-time equivalent jobs created
- LEED Platinum Certification