The new facility is an environmentally sustainable building, which has gained the distinction of gold leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED), and is the nation’s first LEED certified contemporary art museum. LEED certifications allow MCA/Denver to take a leadership role in the reduction of energy consumption, greenhouse gas emission and use of raw materials. With 20,000 square feet of exhibition, education and lecture spaces, bookshop and a roof garden for outdoor art, the new gallery is like a European ‘kunst-halle’, presenting new work from around the world.