PLATINUM FOR CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, AGAIN, San Francisco
Photos by ©Kim Steele for San Francisco Magazine
The U.S. Green Building Council presented the Academy this fall, with its second LEED Platinum award, making the California Academy of Sciences the world’s first “Double Platinum” museum and the world’s largest Double Platinum building.
The Academy’s operations and maintenance practices were evaluated and earned points across six different categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources. They excelled in all three categories to earn this prestigious rating.
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Designed by award winning Italian architect Renzo Piano, the Academy building houses an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, and world-class research and education programs under one living roof, standing as an embodiment of its 158-year-old mission to explore, explain, and protect the natural world.
