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Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) is a 24,350 sf. LEED Platinum building at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It serves as Phipps Conservatory's research, educational and administrative facility, and focuses on "the important intersection between the built and natural environments, and demonstrating that human and environmental health are inextricably connected."
It boasts compliance with not just one, but four highly rated green building certifications; The Living Building Challenge, LEED Platinum Standard, WELL Building Platinum Standard and the Four Stars Sustainable SITES Inititive for landscape projects.
Living Building Challenge
LEED® Platinum
First and only Four Stars Sustainable SITES Initiative™ (SITES™) for landscapes project (pilot)
First WELL Building Platinum project (pilot)
- Address: Pittsburgh, PA
- Project Size: 2.9 acres
- Project type: Open Space- Garden
- Site Context: Urban
- Former Land Use: Brownfield
- Terrestrial Biome: Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Project overview:
The Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens was designed to be the first project in the world to simultaneously achieve LEED Platinum, SITES four-star certification, and The Living Building Challenge. Built on a previously paved-over city maintenance yard and documented brownfield, the nearly 3-acre site supports a new 24,350-square foot education, research, and administrative building; manages all sanitary waste and a 10-year storm event on site using a range of green infrastructure strategies; has successfully reintroduced 150 native plant species; and is designed to be net-zero energy and water. The CSL is open to the public and its building and landscape performance is being extensively researched and monitored to inform the design and construction of similar projects that restore ecosystem services, generate their own energy, and clean and re-use their own waste water.
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