Re: green roofs

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Also, Chicago Center for Green Technology:
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Chicago+Center+for+Green+Technology&entityNameEnumValue=161

and

Chicago Green Roofs
http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/greeninitiatives/greenroofs/

jems

>Penn State:
>http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu/research/greenroofcenter/
>
>Michigan State:
>http://www.hrt.msu.edu/greenroof/
>
>These two universities have green roof research centers and have
>extensive information. I've used them as resources several times for
>articles I've written. Also, GWA member Ed Snodgrass might be a
>decent source, since he has a fairly new book out on plants for green
>roofs, and might have anecdotal information about failures. I've done
>about a half dozen articles on green roofs and attended three
>conferences and not heard anything about failures. Depending on how
>far you wanted to go, you could talk Ford in Dearborn, Mich., which
>has 1 million+ square feet under a green roof.
>
>jems
>
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>>Does anyone have any information on the success rate of green roofs on
>>commercial buildings in this country?  Through a friend who has just
>>completed a green room on his garden shed, I heard of someone in a condo
>>in DC.  The association wants to redo the roof (which is in none too
>>good condition) as a green roof. The person I heard about was voting
>>"no" because he says the large commercial applications have a "high
>>failure rate." That is, they leak, and plants die out and have to be
>>constantly replaced at a great expense. My assumption is that they
>>either didn't build them properly, or chose the wrong plants?   Any
>>thoughts or information?  I know a huge percent of commercial builidings
>>in Germany have green roofs, but perhaps we are still far behind in this
>>country...
>>      Thanks,
>>      Catriona
>>
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________________________________________
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, speaker, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
Phone: (317) 251.3261
Fax: (317) 251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net
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