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Bronx County Courthouse
Bronx County Courthouse: Extensive green roof built in 2006, covers 10,000 sqft.
BRONX, NEW YORK - In September 2006 Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) unveiled New York’s first green roof on a municipal building.
This has quickly become the center of attention for a lot of people and New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg has chosen this green roof for many of his press conferences.
Green Roof Technology designed, specified and supervised installation and maintenance of the green roof. Green Roof Technology also conducted a two-year scientific monitoring program on the roof to measure storm water retention and temperature.
Carnegie Mellon Doherty Hall
Carnegie Mellon Doherty Hall: Extensive and intensive green roof built in 2006, covers 2,600 sqft.
PITTSBURGH, PA – Doherty Hall is a laboratory building fitted with an outdoor class room/green roof. The green roof features a mixture of sedums and low growing grasses accented with a meandering path and classroom patio.
Carnegie Mellon Hamerschlag Hall
Carnegie Mellon Hamerschlag : Extensive green roof with semi-intensive islands built in 2005, covers 4,500 sqft.
PITTSBURGH, PA - This project won the “Excellence in Design Award 2006” by the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA). The Excellence in Design Award recognizes those who design long-lasting, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly roof systems according to accepted industry practices.
The project includes a natural looking green roof with high biodiversity. This naturalistic set up incorporates a comprehensive energy and water monitoring system replacing the former river stone ballast. The project was initiated by students, who were also involved in the design, planting and research program.
W.P. Hickman was the general roofing contractor. Unfortunately W.P. was bankrupt in 2008. In the newly formed company Viridian Systems has this project list as their reference but this doesn't seem correct because they certainly have nothing to do with. Actually the client paid W.P. Hickman for a long term warranty that is no worthless and the new company is not will continuing it. In the roofing business we often see these almost criminal practices that are against any respectable business behavior.
Celebrity Eclipse
Celebrity Eclipse: Extensive green roof depth with intensive components built in 2010, covers 20,000 sqft.
EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, CARIBBEAN - Like the Solstice, the Eclipse offers sea faring guest the best in out door luxury providing a location for picnics, golf, bocce, croquet and other lawn activities. The Eclipse is also as tough as it is beautiful. The lawn is able to withstand the change in climate as it travels as far north as St. Petersburg Russian to sunnier locations in Roatan Honduras.
Click here to watch a video about the Celebrity Cruise Lawn Club.
Celebrity Equinox
Celebrity Equinox: Extensive green roof depth with intensive components built in 2009, covers 20,000 sqft.
EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, CARIBBEAN – The Equinox is the product of research trials done on the previous two ships. The Equinox offers the same luxury as the other two ships complete with space for picnics, golf, bocce, croquet and other lawn activities. Like the previous two ships the Equinox also endures 100 mile an hour plus winds as part of its sea trials. All three ships have passed this test with flying colors which shows potential for green roofs to be used as roof protection against hurricane damage.
Click here to watch a video about the Celebrity Cruise Lawn Club.
Celebrity Solstice
Celebrity Solstice: Extensive green roof depth with intensive components built in 2008, covers 22,000 sqft.
EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, CARIBBEAN - Most people find the idea of a garden or lawn on a 15-stories building quite unusual. Now imagine a grassy playing field, 15-stories on the deck of an ocean-going cruise-ship.
That is exactly what 2009's GRHC Special Recognition award winner is; at 122,000 tons and 1,033 feet long, the Celebrity Solstice was a revolutionary addition to the Celebrity Cruises fleet. The Lawn Club provides the perfect venue for guests to enjoy bocce, croquet, a picnic or a round of golf – all while cruising on the ocean.
This green roof withstands all harsh nature elements on Oceans around the globe plus foot traffic of 100,000 guests every year.
Click here to watch a video about the Celebrity Cruise Lawn Club.
Chicago City Hall
City Hall of Chicago: Semi-intensive green roof built in 2001, covers 20,300sqft.
CHICAGO, IL - This project has been tremendously successful and saves $5,000 annually in utility bills and in 2002 it was the winner of the American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Merit Award. The green roof is composed of rolling hills and walkways featuring over 20,000 plants and representing over 150 plant species. This green roof was the first big step for the city of Chicago in their mission to become the greenest city in the country.
This was Green Roof Technology's debut project for the United States. Jorg Breuning who had been working with green roofs for 20 years at this point was contacted by Roofscapes to act as a consultant for the project. Green Roof Technology worked with the landscape architects to provide detail specifications, plant selections, and growing media recipe to make the design possible as well as supervising the installation. A unique aspect about this project was that the main installation had to be done at night so as to avoid disturbing the people in the offices below.
Chicago Green Technology Center
Chicago Green Technology Center: Extensive green roof built in 2002, covers 2,600 sqft.
CHICAGO, IL - This is the only renovated building in the nation to achieve the distinction of a LEED Platinum rating. One of the aspects of this project that helped it achieve this rating was the addition of its solar green roof which is independent of an irrigation system. By combining the solar panels with the green roof the solar panels are able to run more efficiently that on a regular roof since the risk of overheating is reduced.
Dansko
Dansko: Extensive and intensive green roof built in 2007, covers 16,100sqft.
WEST GROVE, PA - This LEED Gold certified project has three different green roofs. The first roof is an amenity for employees featuring a large patio with a pergola bordered by a meadow of low growing plants. The second roof is a basic extensive green roof established for its many ecological functions. The third green roof has a semi-intensive system with shrubs and tall grasses which are visible from the retail store and other parts of the building.
Essinglingen Nursing Home
Essinglingen Nursing Home: Semi-intensive green roof built in 1987, covers 30,000 sqft.
ESSINGLINGEN, GERMANY - The building is a houses both assisted living area and a nursing home. Located in a downtown area, the task was to create a useable garden space for the inhabitants.
Goodman Residence
Goodman Residence: Extensive green roof built in 2005, covers 2,500 sqft.
GREAT FALLS, VA – This residence was imported from Norway in 1971 and was originally built with a sod roof. Later this sod roof was replaced with terracotta tiles. When the new owner acquired the house and the roof started to leak he decided to have it changed to a green roof. The green roofs were built on a 6% sloped roof using a Rooflite TM drainage system and growing medium. The goal was to create a natural looking green roof with high biodiversity and low maintenance yet built to last. This green roof will help to reduce energy cost and increase roof longevity and was specially designed to eliminate gutter cleaning. All components abide by the German FLL Guidelines for green roofs.
Heinz 57 Corporate Headquarters
Heinz 57 Corporate Headquarters: Extensive green roof built in 2001, covers 12,000 sqft.
PITTSBURGH, PA – This project was the recipient of the 2005 Award of Excellence from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. The project was part of a renovation of a large department store that would become home to the Heinz 57 headquarters. The goal was to create a pleasant view for the executives that would replace the former concrete roof scape. Each executive suit has access to a deck and paved patio surrounded by an ever-changing sea of wildflowers and grasses.
Hinterweil Middle School
Hinterweil Middle School: Extensive and intensive green roof built in 1984, covers 6,200 sqft.
STUTTGART, GERMANY - This was one of the first projects whose main focus was to create a natural habitat on a roof. The project is extensive and intensive because it has both a low maintenance green roof without irrigation allowing for the growth of a large variety of succulents, grasses, perennials, and also an area that supports, shrubs, and evergreens. Scientific research performed on this roof at its 20 year mark showed a tremendous variety of animals living here as a permanent population.
Kriegbaum Logistics Center
Kriegbaum Logistics Center: Extensive green roof built in 1995, covers 600,000 sqft.
KRIEGBAUM, GERMANY - This was a pilot project for using green roofs as a storm water management tool. The entire complex containing the two huge warehouses and adjacent parking areas has no run-off to the sewer system. All rainwater is retained, treated and reused on-site.
Installation of this 14 acre green roof was a special challenge since it had to be completed within 10 weeks. This could only be achieved by having 4 state of the art blower trucks on site working constantly to apply the 10,000 cubic yards of growing media on the roof.
LBBW Bank
LBBW Bank: Intensive green roof built in 1994, covers 97,000 sqft.
STUTTGART, GERMANY - When the state owned LBBW Bank built their new headquarters in downtown Stuttgart, green roofs for every roof were incorporated into the design. One of the main reason for this was that by using green roofs as a storm water management tool the building owner could avoid the need to build a very costly retention reservoir within the building complex.
The image shows a view out of a conference room at the top floor, which is used by the management.
Manida Brownstone
654 Manida Brownstone: Extensive green roof built in 2007, covers 1,000 sqft.
BRONX, NY - This project was one of the first green roofs done on a brownstone in the Bronx and coverage of this project was featured on the Sundance Channel. During this project we worked with the Sustainable South Bronx and used this project to train their Green Stewards.
Oaklyn Branch Library
Oaklyn Branch Library: Intensive green roof built in 2002, covers 17,250 sqft.
EVANSVILLE, IN – When the Oaklyn Branch of the Evansville Public Library needed to expand the decision was made to incorporate a green roof into the design. The green roof features a prairie meadow that blends into the hillside accented by a local creek and woods. Even though the new building is three times larger than the previous building the combination of building into the hill and use of a green roof have kept utility costs to a comparable rate. This project has received several awards including the 2003 American Institute of Architects Honor Award and the 2004 Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Award of Excellence.
Peggy Notebaert
Peggy Notebaert: Extensive and intensive green roof built in 2002, covers 17,700 sqft.
CHICAGO, IL - This project was the recipient of the 2003 Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Award of Excellence for a Retrofit. The museum's mission is to provide education for and to act on protecting and conserving the environment. Through the installation of several green roofs the museum acts as a role model for storm water management. The green roof features a variety of landscapes ranging from wetlands to semi intensive areas.
Penthouse Geisel
Penthouse Geisel: Extensive and intensive green roof built in 1992, covers 2,400 sqft.
SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - This is an example of a private rooftop garden surrounding a penthouse atop of an office building. The building owner is an architect who built his private home above his company offices.
The garden is surrounded by a high parapet wall and offers complete privacy. It is a unique combination of extensive and intensive green roof systems and incorporates a large patio. Special features are a pergola with vines and a fountain.
Philadelphia Free Public Library
Philadelphia Free Public Library: Semi-intensive green roof built in 2009, covers 4,200 sqft.
PHILADELPHIA – PA. The new green roof replaces the existing ballast stone roof. The vegetated part of the roof occupies both sides of the roof top patio and rests above the main entrance of the building. This public accessible green roof is Philadelphia’s demonstration project for modern green roof technology and is the city’s first green roof on a municipal building.
Resource Conservation Technology Honey Bee High Rise
Resource Conservation Technology Honey Bee Green Roof: Semi-intensive green roof built in 2010, covers 5,500 sqft.
BALTIMORE, MD. – This was one of the first roof top gardens designed specifically for honey bees and was installed atop the historic American Ice Company building in northwest Baltimore. The green roof features an ever-blooming array of plants and a water source for the bees that will live on the roof while offering all of the benefits of green roof technology. This green roof will slow and store contaminated storm-water runoff, reduce air-borne pollutants, and mitigate the urban heat island effect, thus benefiting the urban environment and the bay.
To create the habitat the 5,500 square feet semi-intensive green roof was covered with densely planted perennials and shrubs that are attractive to honey bees. The green roof garden was specially designed with plants to provide blooms from February to November. Volunteers interested in learning about green roof technology and honey bees helped plant a variety of flowering plants including sedum, crocus bulbs, caryopteris, aster, goldenrod and boltonia that will help sustain the hive.
Swarthmore Alice Paul
Swarthmore Alice Paul: Extensive green roof with semi-intensive islands built in 2004, covers 5,100 sqft.
SWARTHMORE, PA – The Alice Paul Residents Hall at Swarthmore was one of the first residence halls in the US to feature a green roof and is the recipient of the 2006 National Roofing Contractors Association Roof of the Year Award, 2007 AIA New England Chapter Design Excellence Honors Award, AIA Boston Chapter Education Facility Design Excellence Honor Award, and the 2010 AIA Housing Award. The building was designed to be LEED certified however, due to cost restrictions, it was deemed to be more productive to keep the LEED specifications but forego the cost of getting LEED certified and instead use the money to build a green roof. Because of the addition of the green roof the campus reduced its building foot print and was able to add more buildings to the campus. This has become a very successful project has been used for green roof research.
Swarthmore College David Kemp Hall
David Kemp Hall, Swarthmore College: Extensive green roof, built in 2008, covers 8,500 sqft.
SWARTHMORE, PA. - The green roofs have been installed on two new dormitories as a showcase of modern green roof technology. Jeff Jabco, Swarthmore College’s Director of Grounds, is very enthusiastic about green roofs and has shown tremendous support in promoting green roofs throughout the campus.
Target Center
Target Center: Extensive green roof built in 2009, covers 113,000 sqft.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The City of Minneapolis Target Center Arena green roof covers a 2.5 acre area or 113,000 square feet and is the recipient of the 2010 Green Roofs for Healthier Cities Award. This arena is home to the NBA Timberwolves and host to concerts and other events. When the roof needed to be redone the center chose replace it with a green roof that would to set a green example for the city. The green roof captures up to 1 million gallons of storm water annually preventing that water from running off into the Mississippi River. Green Roof Technology advised Skyland on growing media blend and installation.