Tour of a Platinum-rated LEED Sustainable Building: The Morris Arboretum

Published: July 11, 2011, 2:30 p.m.

Get behind the scenes of a LEED-certified Platinum building in Philadelphia. Platinum is the highest rating for sustainability; LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system. Discover the amazing features of what it takes to get the much-sought, but extremely difficult Platinum rating, an honor bestowed to only a few buildings in the country. Geothermal wells heat and cool the building using pipes running 400 feet into the earth; green roofs grow a variety a plants on the roof; and all storm water is collected and used on-site.