Being proud of what you do and how you impact the world through your work is a powerful feeling. Just ask Andreas Faber, Product Manager with Saint-Gobain North America. Ever since watching a rocket take off in Cape Canaveral as a kid, he has been passionate about aerospace, and today has a career directly involved in this important industry!
Saint-Gobain is an industry leader with thousands of talented team members who are dedicated to one unified purpose: Making the World a Better Home. With more than 160 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada, there are so many robust and fulfilling career opportunities available. You’ll have the opportunity to work with colleagues from a wide range of businesses, cultures, and experiences.
About Success in the Making
Anyone can be a manufacturer! Whether you are just starting out or transitioning your career path, the manufacturing industry presents opportunities for success. Saint-Gobain North America’s Success in the Making series features the stories of team members who built their careers in manufacturing and thrived!
Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The Group, celebrating its 360th anniversary in 2025, remains more committed than ever to its purpose “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”.
€46.6 billion in sales in 2024 More than 161,000 employees, locations in 80 countries Committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Being proud of what you do and how you impact the world through your work is a powerful feeling. Just ask Andreas Faber, Product Manager with Saint-Gobain North America. Ever since watching a rocket take off in Cape Canaveral as a kid, he has been passionate about aerospace, and today has a career directly involved in this important industry!
Saint-Gobain is an industry leader with thousands of talented team members who are dedicated to one unified purpose: Making the World a Better Home. With more than 160 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada, there are so many robust and fulfilling career opportunities available. You’ll have the opportunity to work with colleagues from a wide range of businesses, cultures, and experiences.
About Success in the Making
Anyone can be a manufacturer! Whether you are just starting out or transitioning your career path, the manufacturing industry presents opportunities for success. Saint-Gobain North America’s Success in the Making series features the stories of team members who built their careers in manufacturing and thrived!
Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The Group, celebrating its 360th anniversary in 2025, remains more committed than ever to its purpose “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”.
€46.6 billion in sales in 2024 More than 161,000 employees, locations in 80 countries Committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050
When one of the most severe winter storms our region has seen in more than 30 years tore through New Jersey, it didn’t just bring snow. It brought blizzard conditions, record-breaking snowfall and punishing winds that tested all of us. Winter Storm Hernando came in fast and fierce.
In a matter of hours, two to three feet of snow buried neighborhoods across the state. Wind gusts of 50 miles per hour snapped branches, toppled trees and triggered widespread power outages. Schools and businesses closed. Roads disappeared. Travel and transit came to a standstill.
It was the kind of storm New Jersey hadn’t seen in decades. And it was exactly the kind of moment we prepare for.
Because being Jersey Ready isn’t a slogan. It’s how we show up — especially when conditions are at their worst.
Ready to respond
More than 3,000 employees mobilized across our service territory, working around the clock in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
That included over 1,150 line workers, 400 tree trimmers, 472 mutual aid contractors, and hundreds of other field personnel focused on one thing: restoring service safely and quickly.
Over the course of the storm, our employees:
Restored power to 56,800 customers — helping kitchens warm up, phones recharge and homes feel like home again.
Responded to 1,259 no-heat calls — a heating outage isn’t an inconvenience, it’s urgent.
Responded to 327 gas emergency calls — because safety doesn’t pause during a storm, and neither do we.
This all happened during a storm that intensified rapidly in just 24 hours.
Before any repairs could even begin, our teams had to dig out buried equipment and carve safe paths through drifts reaching several feet high just to access poles, wires and underground systems. That’s tough work in tough conditions — but it’s work they train for year-round.
Our employees made steady progress on restoration, which allowed us to release our mutual aid contractors to assist neighboring utilities as recovery efforts continued across the region.
At the same time, we stayed connected with you — answering nearly 13,000 calls within seconds and sending more than 200,000 proactive outage notifications. In addition, 7,900 customers reported outages through our customer service platforms, including via text and ourmobile app.
When the weather tests us, we respond — keeping you informed every step of the way.
Proactively trimming trees to reduce outages before storms hit.
Conducting regular storm drills and emergency response exercises.
Analyzing performance after every major event to look for ways to improve.
And that’s just a small part of the work happening behind the scenes every day to strengthen our systems.
This winter has delivered multiple storms and extended periods of dangerous cold. But no matter how relentless the weather, the resolve of our Jersey Ready workforce never wavers.
These are neighbors helping neighbors. People who live here, raise families here and take pride in keeping their communities powered safely and reliably.
That’s the kind of grit New Jersey is known for — and we’re proud to be part of it.
Partners in the storm
Major storm response is never a solo effort. During Hernando, we worked closely with our state and municipal partners to coordinate snow removal and response efforts so roads could be cleared, and conditions remained safe for our teams to reach affected areas.
Storms like these remind us how interconnected we all are — utilities, municipalities, first responders and residents working together to get through it.
Thank you, New Jersey
We know how stressful it is to lose power or heat — especially during frigid temperatures. Thank you for your patience and for staying connected with us throughout the storm.
When the next storm barrels toward New Jersey, know that we’ll be steady, focused and Jersey Ready.
When one of the most severe winter storms our region has seen in more than 30 years tore through New Jersey, it didn’t just bring snow. It brought blizzard conditions, record-breaking snowfall and punishing winds that tested all of us. Winter Storm Hernando came in fast and fierce.
In a matter of hours, two to three feet of snow buried neighborhoods across the state. Wind gusts of 50 miles per hour snapped branches, toppled trees and triggered widespread power outages. Schools and businesses closed. Roads disappeared. Travel and transit came to a standstill.
It was the kind of storm New Jersey hadn’t seen in decades. And it was exactly the kind of moment we prepare for.
Because being Jersey Ready isn’t a slogan. It’s how we show up — especially when conditions are at their worst.
Ready to respond
More than 3,000 employees mobilized across our service territory, working around the clock in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
That included over 1,150 line workers, 400 tree trimmers, 472 mutual aid contractors, and hundreds of other field personnel focused on one thing: restoring service safely and quickly.
Over the course of the storm, our employees:
Restored power to 56,800 customers — helping kitchens warm up, phones recharge and homes feel like home again.
Responded to 1,259 no-heat calls — a heating outage isn’t an inconvenience, it’s urgent.
Responded to 327 gas emergency calls — because safety doesn’t pause during a storm, and neither do we.
This all happened during a storm that intensified rapidly in just 24 hours.
Before any repairs could even begin, our teams had to dig out buried equipment and carve safe paths through drifts reaching several feet high just to access poles, wires and underground systems. That’s tough work in tough conditions — but it’s work they train for year-round.
Our employees made steady progress on restoration, which allowed us to release our mutual aid contractors to assist neighboring utilities as recovery efforts continued across the region.
At the same time, we stayed connected with you — answering nearly 13,000 calls within seconds and sending more than 200,000 proactive outage notifications. In addition, 7,900 customers reported outages through our customer service platforms, including via text and ourmobile app.
When the weather tests us, we respond — keeping you informed every step of the way.
Proactively trimming trees to reduce outages before storms hit.
Conducting regular storm drills and emergency response exercises.
Analyzing performance after every major event to look for ways to improve.
And that’s just a small part of the work happening behind the scenes every day to strengthen our systems.
This winter has delivered multiple storms and extended periods of dangerous cold. But no matter how relentless the weather, the resolve of our Jersey Ready workforce never wavers.
These are neighbors helping neighbors. People who live here, raise families here and take pride in keeping their communities powered safely and reliably.
That’s the kind of grit New Jersey is known for — and we’re proud to be part of it.
Partners in the storm
Major storm response is never a solo effort. During Hernando, we worked closely with our state and municipal partners to coordinate snow removal and response efforts so roads could be cleared, and conditions remained safe for our teams to reach affected areas.
Storms like these remind us how interconnected we all are — utilities, municipalities, first responders and residents working together to get through it.
Thank you, New Jersey
We know how stressful it is to lose power or heat — especially during frigid temperatures. Thank you for your patience and for staying connected with us throughout the storm.
When the next storm barrels toward New Jersey, know that we’ll be steady, focused and Jersey Ready.
When one of the most severe winter storms our region has seen in more than 30 years tore through New Jersey, it didn’t just bring snow. It brought blizzard conditions, record-breaking snowfall and punishing winds that tested all of us. Winter Storm Hernando came in fast and fierce.
In a matter of hours, two to three feet of snow buried neighborhoods across the state. Wind gusts of 50 miles per hour snapped branches, toppled trees and triggered widespread power outages. Schools and businesses closed. Roads disappeared. Travel and transit came to a standstill.
It was the kind of storm New Jersey hadn’t seen in decades. And it was exactly the kind of moment we prepare for.
Because being Jersey Ready isn’t a slogan. It’s how we show up — especially when conditions are at their worst.
Ready to respond
More than 3,000 employees mobilized across our service territory, working around the clock in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
That included over 1,150 line workers, 400 tree trimmers, 472 mutual aid contractors, and hundreds of other field personnel focused on one thing: restoring service safely and quickly.
Over the course of the storm, our employees:
Restored power to 56,800 customers — helping kitchens warm up, phones recharge and homes feel like home again.
Responded to 1,259 no-heat calls — a heating outage isn’t an inconvenience, it’s urgent.
Responded to 327 gas emergency calls — because safety doesn’t pause during a storm, and neither do we.
This all happened during a storm that intensified rapidly in just 24 hours.
Before any repairs could even begin, our teams had to dig out buried equipment and carve safe paths through drifts reaching several feet high just to access poles, wires and underground systems. That’s tough work in tough conditions — but it’s work they train for year-round.
Our employees made steady progress on restoration, which allowed us to release our mutual aid contractors to assist neighboring utilities as recovery efforts continued across the region.
At the same time, we stayed connected with you — answering nearly 13,000 calls within seconds and sending more than 200,000 proactive outage notifications. In addition, 7,900 customers reported outages through our customer service platforms, including via text and ourmobile app.
When the weather tests us, we respond — keeping you informed every step of the way.
Proactively trimming trees to reduce outages before storms hit.
Conducting regular storm drills and emergency response exercises.
Analyzing performance after every major event to look for ways to improve.
And that’s just a small part of the work happening behind the scenes every day to strengthen our systems.
This winter has delivered multiple storms and extended periods of dangerous cold. But no matter how relentless the weather, the resolve of our Jersey Ready workforce never wavers.
These are neighbors helping neighbors. People who live here, raise families here and take pride in keeping their communities powered safely and reliably.
That’s the kind of grit New Jersey is known for — and we’re proud to be part of it.
Partners in the storm
Major storm response is never a solo effort. During Hernando, we worked closely with our state and municipal partners to coordinate snow removal and response efforts so roads could be cleared, and conditions remained safe for our teams to reach affected areas.
Storms like these remind us how interconnected we all are — utilities, municipalities, first responders and residents working together to get through it.
Thank you, New Jersey
We know how stressful it is to lose power or heat — especially during frigid temperatures. Thank you for your patience and for staying connected with us throughout the storm.
When the next storm barrels toward New Jersey, know that we’ll be steady, focused and Jersey Ready.
Cordant™ 26.1 brings together asset strategy, health insights and AI‑driven risk intelligence to reduce unplanned downtime and support faster, higher‑value decisions
Expanded platform capabilities deliver greater usability, global flexibility and scalability
Strong demand across energy and industrial sectors resulted in a 20% increase in software orders in 2025
FLORENCE, Italy February 26, 2026 /3BL/ – Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced the latest release of Cordant™ (Release 26.1) industrial software, featuring expanded capabilities to help customers improve operational reliability, enhance performance consistency, and support sustainability initiatives. Cordant™ 26.1 enhances energy and industrial operators’ enterprise-wide visibility across assets, delivering improved access to decision-grade data, and empowering a broader range of users through an increasingly open, composable and scalable platform architecture. The announcement was made at the 2026 Baker Hughes Annual Meeting in Florence.
“Energy and industrial operators are being asked to deliver more, with greater speed, precision and accountability,” said Aravind Yarlagadda, senior vice president of Industrial Solutions, Industrial & Energy Technology at Baker Hughes. “This release advances Cordant’s ability to connect asset insights, risk and operations data in a single environment, designed to reduce unplanned downtime, prioritize capital more effectively, and improve day-to-day operational performance across complex assets.”
Expanding Asset Performance Management for Greater Reliability and Risk Visibility This release strengthens reliability and risk visibility by integrating asset strategy, integrity and health insights into a unified workflow. Updates include enhanced Failure Mode Analytics, waveform analysis and KPI drilldowns. These now connect directly torisk modelling, capital planning and integrity workflows, enabling teams to quantify asset risk more clearly and align on actions that reduce downtime. New AI-enabled capabilities, such as failure mode mapping between domains and automated risk alignment, aims tocut manual effort and help organizations drive consistent long-term asset strategies.
Process Optimization designed to Maximize Efficiency and Margin Cordant™ Process Optimization introduces a flexible objective function that enables operators to evaluate multiple operational scenarios, whether maximizing production, reducing energy use or optimizing both. Real-time, context-aware recommendations provide users with clear pathways to impact throughput, efficiency, and margin performance. These enhancements support customers in navigating increasingly dynamic market and operational environments, while embedding sustainability into process decisions. Outcomes depend on site conditions, configurations and user choices.
Enabling Sustainability at Scale A new integration between Baker Hughes Energy & Emissions Management (EEM) and Cordant™ FastLCA, helps customers centralize emissions and energy data across assets and sites. This unified view can help operators identify hotspots, optimize energy use, and prioritize decarbonization actions based on consistent, auditable methodologies. By embedding trusted lifecycle data into day-to-day operations, Cordant™ supports compliance efforts and advances customers’ sustainability goals without adding complexity for users.
Enhancing Usability, Security and Global Flexibility Foundational platform updates improve usability, adaptability, and enterprise readiness across all Cordant™ applications. Multi-language support, notifications, self-guided walkthroughs, and customizable reporting tools support faster onboarding and broader coverage across diverse roles and regions.
With a 100-year heritage of energy innovation, Baker Hughes is integrating digital solutions such as Cordant™ with the company’s proven technologies to help customers achieve greater efficiency, extend asset life, and maximize returns. Learn more about the company’s end-to-end digital portfolio here.
About Baker Hughes Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
Cordant™ 26.1 brings together asset strategy, health insights and AI‑driven risk intelligence to reduce unplanned downtime and support faster, higher‑value decisions
Expanded platform capabilities deliver greater usability, global flexibility and scalability
Strong demand across energy and industrial sectors resulted in a 20% increase in software orders in 2025
FLORENCE, Italy February 26, 2026 /3BL/ – Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced the latest release of Cordant™ (Release 26.1) industrial software, featuring expanded capabilities to help customers improve operational reliability, enhance performance consistency, and support sustainability initiatives. Cordant™ 26.1 enhances energy and industrial operators’ enterprise-wide visibility across assets, delivering improved access to decision-grade data, and empowering a broader range of users through an increasingly open, composable and scalable platform architecture. The announcement was made at the 2026 Baker Hughes Annual Meeting in Florence.
“Energy and industrial operators are being asked to deliver more, with greater speed, precision and accountability,” said Aravind Yarlagadda, senior vice president of Industrial Solutions, Industrial & Energy Technology at Baker Hughes. “This release advances Cordant’s ability to connect asset insights, risk and operations data in a single environment, designed to reduce unplanned downtime, prioritize capital more effectively, and improve day-to-day operational performance across complex assets.”
Expanding Asset Performance Management for Greater Reliability and Risk Visibility This release strengthens reliability and risk visibility by integrating asset strategy, integrity and health insights into a unified workflow. Updates include enhanced Failure Mode Analytics, waveform analysis and KPI drilldowns. These now connect directly torisk modelling, capital planning and integrity workflows, enabling teams to quantify asset risk more clearly and align on actions that reduce downtime. New AI-enabled capabilities, such as failure mode mapping between domains and automated risk alignment, aims tocut manual effort and help organizations drive consistent long-term asset strategies.
Process Optimization designed to Maximize Efficiency and Margin Cordant™ Process Optimization introduces a flexible objective function that enables operators to evaluate multiple operational scenarios, whether maximizing production, reducing energy use or optimizing both. Real-time, context-aware recommendations provide users with clear pathways to impact throughput, efficiency, and margin performance. These enhancements support customers in navigating increasingly dynamic market and operational environments, while embedding sustainability into process decisions. Outcomes depend on site conditions, configurations and user choices.
Enabling Sustainability at Scale A new integration between Baker Hughes Energy & Emissions Management (EEM) and Cordant™ FastLCA, helps customers centralize emissions and energy data across assets and sites. This unified view can help operators identify hotspots, optimize energy use, and prioritize decarbonization actions based on consistent, auditable methodologies. By embedding trusted lifecycle data into day-to-day operations, Cordant™ supports compliance efforts and advances customers’ sustainability goals without adding complexity for users.
Enhancing Usability, Security and Global Flexibility Foundational platform updates improve usability, adaptability, and enterprise readiness across all Cordant™ applications. Multi-language support, notifications, self-guided walkthroughs, and customizable reporting tools support faster onboarding and broader coverage across diverse roles and regions.
With a 100-year heritage of energy innovation, Baker Hughes is integrating digital solutions such as Cordant™ with the company’s proven technologies to help customers achieve greater efficiency, extend asset life, and maximize returns. Learn more about the company’s end-to-end digital portfolio here.
About Baker Hughes Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
Cordant™ 26.1 brings together asset strategy, health insights and AI‑driven risk intelligence to reduce unplanned downtime and support faster, higher‑value decisions
Expanded platform capabilities deliver greater usability, global flexibility and scalability
Strong demand across energy and industrial sectors resulted in a 20% increase in software orders in 2025
FLORENCE, Italy February 26, 2026 /3BL/ – Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced the latest release of Cordant™ (Release 26.1) industrial software, featuring expanded capabilities to help customers improve operational reliability, enhance performance consistency, and support sustainability initiatives. Cordant™ 26.1 enhances energy and industrial operators’ enterprise-wide visibility across assets, delivering improved access to decision-grade data, and empowering a broader range of users through an increasingly open, composable and scalable platform architecture. The announcement was made at the 2026 Baker Hughes Annual Meeting in Florence.
“Energy and industrial operators are being asked to deliver more, with greater speed, precision and accountability,” said Aravind Yarlagadda, senior vice president of Industrial Solutions, Industrial & Energy Technology at Baker Hughes. “This release advances Cordant’s ability to connect asset insights, risk and operations data in a single environment, designed to reduce unplanned downtime, prioritize capital more effectively, and improve day-to-day operational performance across complex assets.”
Expanding Asset Performance Management for Greater Reliability and Risk Visibility This release strengthens reliability and risk visibility by integrating asset strategy, integrity and health insights into a unified workflow. Updates include enhanced Failure Mode Analytics, waveform analysis and KPI drilldowns. These now connect directly torisk modelling, capital planning and integrity workflows, enabling teams to quantify asset risk more clearly and align on actions that reduce downtime. New AI-enabled capabilities, such as failure mode mapping between domains and automated risk alignment, aims tocut manual effort and help organizations drive consistent long-term asset strategies.
Process Optimization designed to Maximize Efficiency and Margin Cordant™ Process Optimization introduces a flexible objective function that enables operators to evaluate multiple operational scenarios, whether maximizing production, reducing energy use or optimizing both. Real-time, context-aware recommendations provide users with clear pathways to impact throughput, efficiency, and margin performance. These enhancements support customers in navigating increasingly dynamic market and operational environments, while embedding sustainability into process decisions. Outcomes depend on site conditions, configurations and user choices.
Enabling Sustainability at Scale A new integration between Baker Hughes Energy & Emissions Management (EEM) and Cordant™ FastLCA, helps customers centralize emissions and energy data across assets and sites. This unified view can help operators identify hotspots, optimize energy use, and prioritize decarbonization actions based on consistent, auditable methodologies. By embedding trusted lifecycle data into day-to-day operations, Cordant™ supports compliance efforts and advances customers’ sustainability goals without adding complexity for users.
Enhancing Usability, Security and Global Flexibility Foundational platform updates improve usability, adaptability, and enterprise readiness across all Cordant™ applications. Multi-language support, notifications, self-guided walkthroughs, and customizable reporting tools support faster onboarding and broader coverage across diverse roles and regions.
With a 100-year heritage of energy innovation, Baker Hughes is integrating digital solutions such as Cordant™ with the company’s proven technologies to help customers achieve greater efficiency, extend asset life, and maximize returns. Learn more about the company’s end-to-end digital portfolio here.
About Baker Hughes Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
Partnership Promotes Healthier, Greener Spaces in Downtown Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gresham Smith, a premier architecture, engineering, and consultancy services firm, and the University of Louisville (UofL) Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute have entered a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate as part of the Greenprint Initiative, a 10-year program in partnership with Metro Louisville to develop a systemic, evidence-based approach to making downtown Louisville healthier and greener.
The partnership aims to combine scientific research, design coordination and shared learning to transform underutilized areas into healthier, greener public and private spaces. The Greenprint Initiative applies the latest science on how nature influences human health and strengthens environmental resilience.
“The strength of this collaboration lies in establishing reliable environmental baselines before development and assessing outcomes after construction and planting,” said Kathryn Cardarelli, Executive Vice President and Provost of UofL. “This data-driven approach will inform future design decisions and investments to maximize community health and environmental benefits.”
Under the MOU, Gresham Smith will partner with the Envirome Institute to address research needs and develop design strategies for various projects within the Greenprint footprint—a segment of downtown Louisville bounded by the Ohio River to the north, York Street to the south, 9th Street to the west, and Hancock Street to the east. This collaboration aims to integrate environmental and health goals into urban redevelopment. The Envirome Institute will conduct research, maintain environmental and human activity data and provide timely findings to support effective design strategies. Both organizations are committed to aligning design and research to enhance the partnership’s impact on downtown.
“This collaboration sets a precedent for how cities can use data-driven green design to improve quality of life,” said Louis Johnson, Executive Vice President of Land Planning at Gresham Smith. “We are excited to work alongside UofL to realize the vision of a greener, healthier Louisville.”
The new agreement builds on years of work and collaboration between Gresham Smith and the downtown Louisville community on projects like the Trager MicroForest, LOUMED, Broadway All the Way and more.
About Gresham Smith
We are a premier architecture, engineering and consultancy services firm providing integrated, comprehensive solutions for private- and public-sector clients. With $354 million in annual gross revenue and 27 offices throughout the United States, our expertise encompasses eight strategic sectors: aviation, building engineering, healthcare, industrial, land planning, life and work places, transportation, and water and environment. Throughout all of our work, we focus on providing exceptional client experience and outcomes.
Repeatedly recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies and consistently listed as a “Best Place to Work,” we are committed to delivering on our Core Purpose—to plan, design and consult to create healthy and thriving communities—through our brand promise of Genuine Ingenuity.
Founded in 1798 as one of the nation’s first city-owned, public universities, the University of Louisville (UofL) is a vital ecosystem that creates thriving futures for students, community and society. As one of only 13 universities in the United States to earn recognition by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research 1, Opportunity College and Community Engaged university, we impact lives in areas of student success, research and innovation, while our dynamic connection with our local and global communities provides unparalleled opportunities for students and citizens alike. The university serves as an engine that powers Metro Louisville and the commonwealth and as a classroom for UofL’s more than 25,000 students, who benefit from partnerships with top employers and a wide range of community service opportunities. Through the university’s approach to education, innovation and connection, Cardinals make impacts that make a difference, shaping a better future for all.
Partnership Promotes Healthier, Greener Spaces in Downtown Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gresham Smith, a premier architecture, engineering, and consultancy services firm, and the University of Louisville (UofL) Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute have entered a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate as part of the Greenprint Initiative, a 10-year program in partnership with Metro Louisville to develop a systemic, evidence-based approach to making downtown Louisville healthier and greener.
The partnership aims to combine scientific research, design coordination and shared learning to transform underutilized areas into healthier, greener public and private spaces. The Greenprint Initiative applies the latest science on how nature influences human health and strengthens environmental resilience.
“The strength of this collaboration lies in establishing reliable environmental baselines before development and assessing outcomes after construction and planting,” said Kathryn Cardarelli, Executive Vice President and Provost of UofL. “This data-driven approach will inform future design decisions and investments to maximize community health and environmental benefits.”
Under the MOU, Gresham Smith will partner with the Envirome Institute to address research needs and develop design strategies for various projects within the Greenprint footprint—a segment of downtown Louisville bounded by the Ohio River to the north, York Street to the south, 9th Street to the west, and Hancock Street to the east. This collaboration aims to integrate environmental and health goals into urban redevelopment. The Envirome Institute will conduct research, maintain environmental and human activity data and provide timely findings to support effective design strategies. Both organizations are committed to aligning design and research to enhance the partnership’s impact on downtown.
“This collaboration sets a precedent for how cities can use data-driven green design to improve quality of life,” said Louis Johnson, Executive Vice President of Land Planning at Gresham Smith. “We are excited to work alongside UofL to realize the vision of a greener, healthier Louisville.”
The new agreement builds on years of work and collaboration between Gresham Smith and the downtown Louisville community on projects like the Trager MicroForest, LOUMED, Broadway All the Way and more.
About Gresham Smith
We are a premier architecture, engineering and consultancy services firm providing integrated, comprehensive solutions for private- and public-sector clients. With $354 million in annual gross revenue and 27 offices throughout the United States, our expertise encompasses eight strategic sectors: aviation, building engineering, healthcare, industrial, land planning, life and work places, transportation, and water and environment. Throughout all of our work, we focus on providing exceptional client experience and outcomes.
Repeatedly recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies and consistently listed as a “Best Place to Work,” we are committed to delivering on our Core Purpose—to plan, design and consult to create healthy and thriving communities—through our brand promise of Genuine Ingenuity.
Founded in 1798 as one of the nation’s first city-owned, public universities, the University of Louisville (UofL) is a vital ecosystem that creates thriving futures for students, community and society. As one of only 13 universities in the United States to earn recognition by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research 1, Opportunity College and Community Engaged university, we impact lives in areas of student success, research and innovation, while our dynamic connection with our local and global communities provides unparalleled opportunities for students and citizens alike. The university serves as an engine that powers Metro Louisville and the commonwealth and as a classroom for UofL’s more than 25,000 students, who benefit from partnerships with top employers and a wide range of community service opportunities. Through the university’s approach to education, innovation and connection, Cardinals make impacts that make a difference, shaping a better future for all.
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