Phipps Conservatory

PROJECT: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens' Centre for Sustainable Landscapes

LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

PURPOSE: Designed to help free the centre from reliance on off-site energy. This facility is part of an overall initiative at Phipps that will simultaneously meet or exceed the following three standards of sustainable construction: the International Living Future Institute's Living Building Challenge; the US Green Building Council's highest level of certification, LEED Platinum; and the four-star certification of the SITES landscape rating system, also called the Sustainable Sites Initiative.

POWER: 125kW

PV PANELS: 500 SolarWorld 250w

SOLAR FLEXRACKS: 5 ground-mount; 66 roof-mount

CONTRACTOR: Energy Independent Solutions

QUOTE: "We selected the Solar Flexrack for our Phipps Conservatory Center for Sustainable Landscapes project in Pittsburgh and are very happy with the results. The racking is well designed, has a clean look when completed and was delivered on time.

"As promised, it was a big labor saver. This project was a ‘Living Building Challenge’ which is a difficult standard to meet. The Solar FlexRack team was great to work with, and made several design changes to comply with the program requirements. We are very happy we selected Solar Flexrack, and we intend to use them for future projects."

Joe Morinville –
Energy Independent Solutions

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