Join the Frick Environmental Center Educator Cohort!
Throughout the 2021-2022 school year, we will be hosting Frick Environmental Center (FEC) Educator Cohorts exploring how to use the FEC Sustainability Building Dashboard data in high school classrooms. Stipends and Act 48 credit are available. Download the flyer to learn more, or contact Ellen Conrad at econrad@pittsburghparks.org if you have any questions.
A project of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the City of Pittsburgh, the Frick Environmental Center is a certified Living Building that has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum.
The videos below introduce the Frick Environmental Center and provide deeper explanations of the sustainability features of the environmental center building and campus.
Introduction
What makes Frick Environmental Center environmentally sustainable?
Water
The Sun
Harnessing solar energy!
The Earth
Using the Earth for sustainability!
Frick Environmental Center Building Dashboard.
Click on the graph below to start exploring the dashboard!
The links below provide an orientation to the Frick Environmental Center Building Dashboard and suggested lesson plans created by high school teachers.