News Release: 8/5/2025

Press Release

Green Building Alliance Hosts Resilient Reading Roundtable:
Water Conservation Best Practices, August 12 at
Reading City Council Chambers
 
Free event will offer guidance on water conservation, water leak detection,
and business best practices
 
August 5, 2025 (READING, PA) – As part of its Resilient Reading initiative, Green Building Alliance (GBA) will host Water Conservation Best Practices, a free roundtable event on August 12, at Reading City Council Chambers.
 
The event will bring together sustainability leaders, commercial building owners, and community advocates to explore innovative, solutions-based strategies for reducing water waste and promoting resilient infrastructure across Reading. 
 
The agenda will focus on water conservation, the importance of water leak detection, business best practices, and networking. Speakers include Bill Murray, Executive Director, Reading Area Water Authority (RAWA), and Bethany Ayers Fisher, Sustainability Manager, City of Reading Public Works Department. 
 
Attendees will: 

  1. Receive guidance on how to read their water bill
  2. Gain insight on how potable water reaches our tap
  3. Explore strategies for conserving water 
  4. Learn more about GBA’s work in Reading
  5. Meet the Resilient Reading team
 
“Resilient Reading Roundtables bring topics to the community designed to educate, inspire, and provide examples of how building for resiliency enables communities to thrive,” says Ashley DiGregorio, GBA Senior Director, Energy and Community. “This month, we want to emphasize the importance of conserving water through smart, forward-thinking practices in efficient plumbing fixtures, landscaping, and operations “In every community, water is a vital resource, and who better to lead by example than Reading Area Water Authority, as the greater Reading area has experienced prolonged drought conditions in the past year and knows the importance of changing practices to use water as efficiently as possible.”
 
Resilient Reading Roundtable: Water Conservation Best Practices
August 12, 2 pm to 4 pm
Reading City Council Chambers
815 Washington St, 2nd fl., Reading 19601
Cost:  Free
Register:  www.gba.org/events
Questions? Reach out to GBA at info@gba.org [AS1] [LE2] [LE3] [AD4]  and learn more at www.gba.org.
 
The Resilient Reading initiative is part of GBA's broader mission to create communities where every person can thrive. Through education, collaboration, and innovation, we empower local leaders to transform the built environment and address climate change, human health, and social equity.  
 
Resilient Reading is supported by the Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund.
 
About Green Building Alliance: 
Green Building Alliance (GBA) positively transforms the world through the built environment to create a sustainable, healthy, and economically vibrant future for everyone. As Pennsylvania’s authority on high-performance building design, construction, and operations, GBA works alongside community leaders, schools, nonprofits, businesses and more while equipping designers, manufacturers, developers, and policymakers to adopt healthy, energy efficient, green building practices that are as healthy for people as they are for the environment. GBA manages the largest 2030 District in North America (the Pittsburgh 2030 District), and in 2019, established Pittsburgh as the 2nd International Center of Excellence on High Performance Building in the world. GBA works throughout Pennsylvania and across the country and world through strategic alliances including the 2030 District Network, United Nations, International Living Future Institute, and the High Performance Building Alliance (Ireland).

News Release: 8/5/2025