AEWORLDMAP.COM (2,600+ posts)

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Building: Center for Sustainable Landscape
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Client: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Architects: The Design Alliance Architects
Landscape Architect: Andropogon Associates
Construction Manager: Turner Construction
Civil Engineering: Civil and Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: CJL Engineering
Structural Engineering: Atlantic Engineering Services
Size: 24,350 sq ft
Cost: $15,656,361.00
Completed: 2012

AEinterests: Living Building Challenge, LEED platinum, Four Stars Sustainable SITES initiative, and WELL building platinum project certificates. Net-zero energy achieved through passive solar design, geothermal heating and cooling, and wind turbines. Net zero water building. Treats and reuses waste water as flush water, collects rainwater for irrigation. 96.74% of materials used in construction were diverted from disposal.

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