Green Roof San Francisco Museum

The california academy of sciences features a living green roof with native plants insulation made from.

Green roof san francisco museum.

Our living roof is a marvel of engineering and a testament to the academy s commitment to sustainability. The 2 5 acre green roof will be planted with native california species to provide habitat for birds and butterflies while also serving as an exhibit on environmental sustainability and. Like the museum it shelters it is designed to respect the natural world even as it appropriates it serving at once as a wildlife habitat and a first rate work of art. San francisco green roof for a green museum california academy of sciences will be a growing concern in more ways than one julian guthrie chronicle staff writer sep.

Aside from its green roof the building is a feat of institutional green building. The california academy of sciences is the largest public leed platinum rated building and the greenest museum anywhere. Situated in the heart of one of the country s largest urban parks the world s first and largest double leed platinum museum the california academy of sciences cas stands proudly with exhibition space education conservation and research beneath one roof in san francisco s golden gate park. From famed architect renzo piano s u.

One of san francisco s most exciting green projects is the construction of. The undulating green roof that sits atop the new california academy of sciences building in san francisco s golden gate park tries to strike a similar balance. A building heralded as the greenest museum in the world opens saturday in san francisco. Rolling hills and 1 7 million plants create an oasis for native species atop the academy s 2 5 acre living roof.