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Eat’n Park to install wind turbine at Pittsburgh unit

Eat’n Park to install wind turbine at Pittsburgh unit

The city of Pittsburgh has approved Eat’n Park’s plan to install a wind turbine at an environmentally focused unit of the family-dining chain slated to open at the end of this month.

The restaurant, in the borough of Fox Chapel northwest of Pittsburgh, is seeking a LEED Gold designation, a higher rating than basic certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.

In addition to the turbine, which is expected to generate about 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, the restaurant will use Energy Star-rated appliances and recycled construction materials as part of its move to achieve LEED Gold designation.

The machine will be Pennsylvania’s first restaurant-based wind turbine and is part of the 76-unit chain’s “EcoSteps” program, which also includes buying locally-grown produce, recycling its fryer oil into bio-fuel and other environment-focuses measures.

Contact Bret Thorn at [email protected].
 

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