The Barnes Foundation’s Philadelphia Campus Awarded the Highest Level of Environmental Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council

The Barnes is the first institution of its kind to receive this award USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi to Honor the Barnes with its LEED Platinum Award on September 27th at 2pm at the Barnes on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in PhiladelphiaSeptember 27, 2012, Philadelphia—The Barnes Foundation’s new building will be the first major art and education institution in the country to achieve the highest level of environmental certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The building will be certified as Platinum under the USGBC’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental