Source: The California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences is building a dynamic new facility that will transform the museum into one of the world's leading scientific and cultural institutions. The new design, which features a living roof, will integrate the Academy more sensitively into Golden Gate Park and make nature a part of the building's structure. With its environmentally-sensitive design, the new building will be an expression of the Academy's mission to explore, explain, and protect the natural world.
 
There are varying shades of green as measured by the U.S. Green Building Council through its LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system. Through all aspects of design and construction, the Academy will strive to achieve the highest rating: LEED platinum. When it opens in 2008, the Academy expects to be the largest public LEED platinum building in the world.
 
The new Academy is one of ten pilot "green building" projects of the San Francisco Department of the Environment, part of a vanguard initiative to develop models for workable, sustainable public architecture and will consume 30-35% less energy than required by code.

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Source: The California Academy of Sciences 

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