Following in the footsteps of many other large buildings in urban centers, the Nashville Convention is installing a green roof on its new convention center. The green roof is being installed in an effort to drastically reduce storm water runoff. This green roof is massive, and will total about 4 acres once complete. As always, it’s great to see more and more urban buildings reducing storm water flow through green roof installation.
More on the roof, here.
Here is a link to an article about the growing success of Sempergreen in Virginia. They are now, according to this article, the largest grower of green roof plants in the United States. Oscar Wamerdam has been a friend of ours here at Greensulate for a few years and it’s great to see them doing so well!
The picture above was taken by Christian Toebe when he was down there for a visit a few weeks ago.
Job Description below:
Greensulate, the premier designer/installer of green roofs in New York City, is looking for summer interns during the busy summer green roofing season. Interns will be responsible for meeting daily in the office or on the job site and helping to install and maintain green roofs throughout New York City. Interns will work closely with certified Green Roof Professionals (http://greenroofs.org/index.php/eduprogram/grnroofpro-grp/accreditationfaqs) to learn the basic elements of green roof design and installation. Green roof learning seminars are also included. Through this process team members will learn the best practices of green roofing as well as the roofing, engineering and horticultural elements.
Come be a part of a growing company that is making New York City cleaner and greener, one roof at a time; join Greensulate, a vibrant green roofing start up headquartered in NYC.
Requirements:
- Must be willing to work in a physically demanding environment.
- Team player who excels in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, challenging work environment.
- Background or interest in green roofing.
- Experience with landscaping or construction preferred.
-Experience with Photoshop, AutoCAD, sketch up a plus.
This internship will take place over 2-4 months during the summer of 2012. This is an unpaid internship and we encourage students to seek course credit for the work completed during the summer. Interns will be reimbursed for an unlimited monthly MTA card during their time on the job.
For additional information, please see our website www.greensulate.com, and our blog www.livefromtheroof.com. For internship information, please send an email to info@greensulate.com. To apply please send letter of interest, your available dates and a cover letter to info@greensulate.com.
Roanoke adds its name to the list of cities that have installed green roofs on City Hall buildings, joining Rochester and Chicago! The installation was done using “LiveRoof” trays and is expected to lengthen the life of the roof by 40 years, a great savings for the taxpayers of Roanoke.
Lisa Jackson, of the Environmental Protection Agency was in Portland recently for the “River Rally”, a gathering of of river activists, where she was interviewed by Scott Learn of the Oregonian. This conference was put on by the River Network and the Waterkeeper Alliance so most of it involved cleaning up our Nation’s rivers and other waterways, but she also was able to touch on a few more relevant issues.
Click Here for her thoughts on green infrastructure and what still needs to be done in cities across America.
We at Greensulate are happy to see green roofs becoming a much more prevalent way of mitigating storm water runoff!
The City of Rochester just installed a green roof on it’s City Hall building in an effort to reduce storm water runoff. Using grant money awarded by the Department of Environmental Conservation, they covered the 8,700 square feet of roof with various types of sedum. They also plan to pave an adjacent parking lot with permeable pavement in order to maximize their storm water retention.
Rochester joins Chicago with green roofed city halls… who is next?
We put up an article a few weeks back about the new green roof being installed at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and today just read another article saying that Loyola University Chicago is installing another one as well. This will be the University’s 7th green roof, and they have plans to do another. Of the many benefits they list, reducing drainage into Lake Michigan is the main focus and top priority.
Click here for more information on the project as well as the others they’ve installed.
A recent report from the GRHC announced that the green roof industry grew 115% over the course of 2011, a significant rise from the 28.5% growth in 2010. Among the reasons listed for the aggressive jump is the number of Green Roof Professionals driving sales across the country. The GRHC announced that there are over 500 currently out in the field. We at Greensulate are happy to represent 1% of them!
Another for the growth is the passing of pro-green-roof legislation which has increased substantially over the last year. We’ve reported before about the green roof legislation in NYC, and many other cities are following suit. The growth leader in Metropolitan Areas was Washington DC with more than 800,000 sf installed in 2011. Mayor Vincent Gray says he is committed to maintaining first place next year as well.
The undisputed leader however remains Chicago with over 5 million square feet of green roofs installed over the last decade. With many American cities following in Chicago’s footsteps, this growth can only continue!
For the full article, click here. For more information about the GRHC, check out their website here.
Click Here to check out Greensulate founder Amy Norquist’s latest article on the Huffington Post. It covers the difference between the East and West Coasts regarding green infrastructure. It’s a pretty important topic in many cities and will only become more so.
Let us know what you think!
Johns Hopkins University has been “going green” for some time now, reducing their water consumption by 114,070 gallons annually while still growing in size. They have also reduced electricity consumption and installed 2,908 solar panels which will produce 1million kilowatt hours of electricity when finished. Another great step will be the installation of a green roof on the new Cordish Lacrosse Center which will open later this year.
With two Baltimore natives on staff, Greensulate is proud to see Johns HopkinsUniversity leading the progressive front. Here is some more information from the University’s website.
