[CPEO-BIF] Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

New building in Phipps Conservatory is greenest of its kind

David Templeton
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA)
May 24, 2012

The bright, modern building newly tucked behind the Phipps  
Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland features old-barn wood  
siding, lots of windows and a rooftop garden.

But the Center for Sustainable Landscapes, which held its grand  
opening Wednesday, is drawing attention for qualities less obvious:  
Situated on a 2.65-acre brownfield site, it represents America's  
largest green building at 24,350 square feet that can claim net-zero  
energy and water usage.

It also stands as America's current best example of green-building  
construction.

...

For the entire article, see
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12145/1234149-53.stm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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