In 2018, Major Schember and Erie County Executive\u00a0Kathy Dahlkemper partnered with the Green Building Alliance to bring the 2030 District to Erie.<\/p>\n
The 2030 District is a national initiative to reimagine the city\u2019s infrastructure in a more environmentally sustainable way, achieving a 50% reduction of carbon emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n
\u2018Kindness is everything\u2019 \u2013 Barber Institute spreads bullying awareness for Unity Day <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe work all across Western Pennsylvania and actually into the center of the state a little bit. We try to bring coaching, advice, inspiration, celebration, education for building owners, facilities managers, architects, engineers to help them think about how the built environment can contribute to community resilience and sustainability,\u201d said Chris Cieslak, the COO of the Green Building Alliance.<\/p>\n The 2030 District is a national plan to reimagine infrastructure in a more environmentally sustainable way, with the goal of a 50% reduction of carbon emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n \u201cMy team and I were lucky enough to be involved with this right from the very beginning and it was really nice to see today all that they\u2019ve accomplished over the last several years and we want to keep being involved and keep helping to move things forward,\u201d said Mayor Schember.<\/p>\n Representative Bob Merski emphasized that how despite skeptics, efforts towards sustainability, like the 2030 District, are proven to work, \u201cWe already know from the success that we\u2019ve had, that these green initiatives work. They save money, they create jobs. We\u2019re not an early adopter here in the United States; this is already being done in Asia and Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n