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LiveRoof® Green Roof Brings Beauty to the Rooftop of Bearden Hill Office Building in Knoxville, Tennessee
Visitors of the Bearden Hill Office Building enjoy the new green roof. Photos by Andrew Gresham, Asen Marketing Courtesy of George Armour Ewart, Architect McCamy Development has added a 1,300-square foot LiveRoof brand green roof to its new building located at 6450 Kingston Pike in Knoxville, installed by [...]
LiveRoof welcomes bluebirds to control insect populations naturally
LiveRoof, LLC is building 30 new Bluebird houses at our West Michigan LiveRoof® production facilities, as part of our commitment to using biological methods as a first line of defense against controlling pest populations. The Eastern Bluebird could have 2-3 families per season and they eat insects such as caterpillars, [...]
Rabine Group Completes Roofing Design Center
The final phase of the Roofing Design Center at the Rabine Group headquarters in Schaumburg, IL is completed. This feature enables Roofing Solutions America, a company of the Rabine Group, to better educate its partners and the industry on various roof types. An easy access walk path allows observers to [...]
Loyola’s Green Roof Gives Lake Michigan a Break
Loyola University (Chicago, IL) is serious about protecting water quality. The campus is on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and the university has committed to reduce the quantity and improve the quality of runoff from its buildings through the installation of seven green roof systems to date. The latest, Cuneo [...]
Green Roof System Selected for Chattanooga City Council
Press Release — link for images and more details In December 2011, the Chattanooga City Council voted to authorize a green roof for the City Council Building. The green roof is part of a re-roof project for the building. The LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System from LiveRoof, LLC (Spring Lake, [...]
Greensboro’s New Green Roof
The City of Greensboro chose LiveRoof to top it's new green transit authority office. The building is going for LEED Gold, and the 16,500 green roof is a stunning symbol of the city's commitment to sustainability.
Gary Comer College Prep earns Annual Design Review Citation
Gary Comer College Prep has been recognized by the 2011 Annual Design Review. The project earned a Citation in the "Grow" category. The Chicago project was designed by local firm John Ronan Architects. The green roof was designed by Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, also a Chicago design firm. Gary Comer [...]
LiveRoof Supports City of Farmington Hills in “Keeping Michigan Beautiful”
The Farmington City Hall green roof system restores lost habitat and helps reduce the buildings' energy costs. The City of Farmington Hills was honored with a "Keep Michigan Beautiful Award" for the City Hall Revitalization Project, which features a LiveRoof® hybrid green roof system and a photovoltaic panel [...]
Toronto City Hall’s Nathan Phillips Square Wins 2 More Awards
The green roof on Toronto City Hall has won multiple awards. PLANT Architects and Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architect chose LiveRoof for the iconic project. The Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization Podium Green Roof Garden has won several awards, including a 2011 Regional Honour Award from the Canadian Society of [...]
Two Recipients of AIA Chicago 2011 Distinguished Building Awards Feature LiveRoof Installations
Two buildings earning 2011 Distinguished Building Awards from AIA Chicago are topped with LiveRoof® brand hybrid green roof systems. One Haworth Center, designed by Perkins + Will, received an Honor Award. According to one juror the green roof stood above other similar approaches, "because this takes the green roof and [...]
SOKA University Green Roof Controls Stormwater Run-Off and Harnesses the Power of the Sun
When stormwater run-off issues presented a challenge for Soka University's new performing arts center, the designers incorporated a green roof into the project to mitigate runoff. The 14,800 SF green roof system also complemented a solar panel array, which presented some new challenges in plant selection. Florasource, Ltd. worked [...]
LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System Selected for Five New Green Roof Projects in North Carolina
LiveRoof®, LLC, the top horticultural science company in the green roof industry, and Riverbend Nursery, Inc., a wholesale container nursery in LiveRoof’s national network of licensed regional growers, announced that the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System has been chosen for five new green roof projects in North Carolina. The new [...]