Boston Children's Museum case study

from Green Source Web Insider (11/20):

CASE STUDY:
Boston Children’s Museum
Boston, Massachusetts
Small Footprint, Small Clientele: Boston's children's museum broadens its green agenda with sustainable renovation and expansion
By Ted Smalley Bowen

"The plaza in front of the recently expanded Boston Children’s Museum is one of the most frenetic outdoor spaces in the downtown area--barely controlled chaos. Inside, glass, steel, and brick amplify the din of hyper-stimulated kids. The energy-harvesting potential is staggering. The museum literally put that exuberance to work, inviting visitors to help plant the trays of sedum (a hardy succulent) that make up the three green roofs on its 23,000-square-foot addition. On a more abstract level, the museum seeks to cultivate environmental awareness in its juvenile clientele. The building functions as both classroom for lessons on human and environmental health, and experiment, providing a chance to learn about and monitor the performance of a green building. Completed in the spring of 2007, the project was designed by Cambridge Seven Associates." ...

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