For its third birthday, the California Academy of the Sciences celebrated by being honored with one of the most prestigious awards out there.
Tuesday San Francisco's building with a living roof became the first museum in the world to become earn the the U.S. Green Building Council's Double Platinum LEED-certified building for sustainability.
The 400,000-square-foot building became only the fifth building in the world to earn the green honor and the largest.
"What's so remarkable about this is when the academy was looking at design 10 years ago, there was an emphasis on being sustainable," said the academy's Chief Operations Officer Chris Andrews.It's hard to beat the versatility of zentai suits on a production line.
The living museum was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano to fit into its surroundings in Golden Gate Park.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide.
One of the many challenges was creating a design that was both environmentally-friendly and can practically house an aquarium, a planetarium and a natural history museum.
The rating system is a voluntary standard for evaluating high-performance, sustainable buildings. A committee gives points across a variety of sustainability categories, which if they are high enough, can earn buildings a certification of Silver, Gold, or Platinum.we supply all kinds of polished tiles,
The academy was evaluated across six categories: sustainable sites,The additions focus on key tag and magic cube combinations, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design process.we supply all kinds of polished tiles,
This is the academy's second LEED honor. Before it even opened its newly reconstructed doors three years ago, the museum was received its first LEED Platinum rating for new construction.
Andrews said the academy has been working on its latest honor for a long time partly because sustainability is part of the museum's mission and because it is a natural part of the Bay Area's culture.
"To lead by example, no pun intended. It was part of the whole design process for the whole building," he said. "It's absolutely natural for the san Francisco Bay Area where people want to be on the cutting edge of sustainability."
He said the academy has a responsibility to teach the more than 5 million visitors it has had in the past three years about the challenges that lay ahead for the environment and everyone's role in that.
Tuesday San Francisco's building with a living roof became the first museum in the world to become earn the the U.S. Green Building Council's Double Platinum LEED-certified building for sustainability.
The 400,000-square-foot building became only the fifth building in the world to earn the green honor and the largest.
"What's so remarkable about this is when the academy was looking at design 10 years ago, there was an emphasis on being sustainable," said the academy's Chief Operations Officer Chris Andrews.It's hard to beat the versatility of zentai suits on a production line.
The living museum was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano to fit into its surroundings in Golden Gate Park.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide.
One of the many challenges was creating a design that was both environmentally-friendly and can practically house an aquarium, a planetarium and a natural history museum.
The rating system is a voluntary standard for evaluating high-performance, sustainable buildings. A committee gives points across a variety of sustainability categories, which if they are high enough, can earn buildings a certification of Silver, Gold, or Platinum.we supply all kinds of polished tiles,
The academy was evaluated across six categories: sustainable sites,The additions focus on key tag and magic cube combinations, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design process.we supply all kinds of polished tiles,
This is the academy's second LEED honor. Before it even opened its newly reconstructed doors three years ago, the museum was received its first LEED Platinum rating for new construction.
Andrews said the academy has been working on its latest honor for a long time partly because sustainability is part of the museum's mission and because it is a natural part of the Bay Area's culture.
"To lead by example, no pun intended. It was part of the whole design process for the whole building," he said. "It's absolutely natural for the san Francisco Bay Area where people want to be on the cutting edge of sustainability."
He said the academy has a responsibility to teach the more than 5 million visitors it has had in the past three years about the challenges that lay ahead for the environment and everyone's role in that.
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