Center for a Sustainable Future

LISD CSF campus with LEED Platinum seal

As Michigan’s first net-zero energy, LEED Platinum certified school building, the Lenawee Intermediate School District’s (LISD) Center for a Sustainable Future (CSF) provides students of all ages with hands-on learning opportunities through product development, demonstration, and active research in the rapidly growing areas of sustainable agriculture and alternative energy production.

LISD CSF is home to 3 LISD TECH Center CTE student programs:

CSF Campus

  • 75 acres of fields, forest, and wetlands

  • 8,600 sq ft, net-zero energy school building

  • 68 kW output of solar array

The SEED House
The SEED (Sustainable Energy-Efficient Demonstration) House is a state-of-the-art residential cut-a-way concept built on the LISD CSF Campus. This innovative and unique educational resource will embody proven building science and technologies highlighting new construction, remodeling, and energy retrofit approaches designed to promote healthy indoor air quality, comfort, and energy efficiency. The SEED House project is a partnership between the LISD and Midwest Energy Cooperative and will be open to the public in the near future. 

Campus Benefits and Details

The site is home to two structures, a maintenance/storage building and a greenhouse, which were constructed in 2001. The campus is also home to an 8,600 square foot, state-of-the-art, net-zero energy classroom building, which was completed in June, 2013.

Background
In March, 2011, the LISD Board of Education approved the campus master plan and feasibility study. In the summer of 2011, the LISD commissioned the services of the Collaborative, Inc., a Toledo architectural and engineering firm to design the new school building. In the spring of 2012, the Board of Education approved the design and authorized the letting of bids for construction. Bids were accepted and contracts authorized in June, 2012. In August of 2012, construction began on the new school building. Construction continued through June, 2013, when a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the site.

Project Partners
The LISD Center for a Sustainable Future has benefited from the following donors:

  • The DTE Energy Foundation

  • The Consumers Energy Foundation

  • The Robert Price Family Foundation

  • Midwest Energy Cooperative

Contact

LISD Center for a Sustainable Future
4260 Tipton Hwy, Adrian, MI 49221
517-263-2108