Fourth Round Brings Total Disbursements to $978,000 PITTSBURGH, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Green Building Alliance (GBA) announced the final four recipients of its Product Innovation Grants who will share a total of $150,000. These winning Pennsylvania projects, selected through a competitive process, all seek to develop and introduce new and enhanced building products to the fast-growing green marketplace. This is the fourth round of Product Innovation Grants awarded since GBA began its Green Building Products Initiative in 2006. Overall, 19 Pennsylvania projects have received more than $978,000. Previous grants were awarded in December 2007, June 2008, and December 2008. "In times of economic uncertainty, everyone is searching for greener products to help reduce operating costs, improve employee productivity and satisfaction, and optimize economic and environmental life cycle performance," said Holly Childs, GBA's executive director. "For the past two years, our Product Innovation Grant program has encouraged collaborations between private-sector companies and university teams throughout Pennsylvania that support the marketplace for greening new and existing buildings. As Pittsburgh claims the seventh-largest number of LEED(R)-certified buildings in the U.S. and a strong, innovative local green building product market, the city continues to be a green building thought and practice leader."
