Noah Shaltes
BIO
Throughout his career, Noah has dedicated himself to finding a way to build better buildings. As an Architectural Engineering PhD candidate at Pennsylvania State University, he was developing a sustainable housing model for the Northern Cheyenne nation when he realized academia was not for him. Noah joined general contractor PJ Dick in 2009 and has been a driving force in Western Pennsylvania's green building movement. He led construction of the Pittsburgh Park Conservancy's Frick Environmental Center, the first fully certified Living Building in the United States that is municipally owned, free, and open to the public. Noah has served as the President of the Board of Directors for the Green Building Alliance, chair of the Master Builders Association of Western Pennsylvania's Green Builders Committee, served on AGC of America's Task Force on Climate Change Technologies and Programs, and has worked to develop Pittsburgh as a United Nation Center of Excellence in High Performance Buildings. Noah is currently the Director of Sustainability for the Lindy Group.