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LiveRoof® Green Roof unites New Biosciences Building to CMU’s Human, Environmental Health Research
A 6700 square foot LiveRoof® green roof is being installed on the new Biosciences Building at Central Michigan University, July 22-26. The green roof provides a natural complement to the groundbreaking human and environmental health research conducted by CMU faculty and students. The building is scheduled to be completed [...]
Green Roof with Smart Irrigation System Installed at Western Technical College
Yesterday, Western Technical College's new green roof was featured on WKBT TV 8. The green roof system features an irrigation system with "smart" controls to help deliver irrigation on an as-needed basis, taking into account weather and soil moisture conditions. The green roof was custom grown by LiveRoof Licensed [...]
LiveRoof® Curved Green Roof Tops Seattle Maritime Academy’s New Building, Protects Water Quality
The Seattle Maritime Academy (SMA) at Seattle Central College is delivering a smart, new education building to the maritime industry in the Pacific Northwest Region, and it features a 6700 square foot LiveRoof®green roof. The new 24,000 square-foot building is constructed to rigorous sustainability standards, including meeting the City [...]
LiveRoof Green Roofs Help Montgomery County Public Schools Set the Gold Standard For Green Schools
A new Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) elementary school received LEED Gold certification while a revitalized MCPS high school are among the school district’s 12 buildings queued up for LEED certification in the coming months. Both schools are being constructed with a LiveRoof® brand green roof system to filter [...]
LiveRoof® Plants Its Largest Green Roof in California on New Korematsu Middle School, West Contra Costa Unified School District
A 15,000 square foot LiveRoof® green roof on the newly opened Korematsu Middle School is reducing the school’s environmental footprint, providing a living model of sustainability best practices, reducing energy costs, and improving air quality. This project is also LiveRoof brand’s largest green roof installation in California to date. [...]
NorthWestern Energy Celebrates Completion of New Building Topped with Locally Grown Green Roof
The community of Butte-Silver Bow Montana celebrated completion of its "new crown jewel," the NorthWestern Energy building located at Park and Main. The five story building features numerous sustainable features, including a green roof. The LiveRoof brand system was supplied by Intermountain Roofscapes Supply of Whitehall, Montana. The green [...]
2016 Governer General’s Medals in Architecture Recipients Include Two LiveRoof Projects
Every two years, the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts announce winners of the Governor General's Medals in Architecture. The medals recognize excellence in design by Canadian architects across the country. Two of the twelve projects honored included LiveRoof brand green roofs [...]
The Kansas Unversity School of Business Educates Students, Community on Green Roof Benefits
Today, KU's School of Business Capitol Federal Hall celebrates its public grand opening. A key feature of the sustainable building is a vegetated roof, and the university is working educate students, staff and the community on the benefits provided by their new green roof system. See our press release to [...]
Nathan Phillips Square Continues to Rack Up Design Awards
Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario has been awarded the National Urban Design Awards Medal. This honor is awarded by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Planners, and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects to individuals, organizations, and firms, and projects that "contribute to the quality [...]
Bowling Green State’s Student Green Initiative Fund Brings Big Changes to Campus
Students at BGSU are serious about sustainability. As part of this dedication they have used the Student Green Initiative Fund to add several green features to the Bowling Green State campus. Included in these features are several bike racks topped with the LiveRoof green roof system. These bike racks help [...]
LiveRoof® Green Roof Spotlights Environmental Leadership at KU’s School of Business
A 7400 square foot LiveRoof® green roof will install on Capitol Federal Hall at the University of Kansas School of Business (KU) beginning March 28. The green roof will serve as a focal point for students and faculty to examine new practices for creating economic prosperity, and maintaining social [...]
LiveRoof Global Expands Service Area of Woman-Owned Green Roof Company in Multiple Greater St. Louis Area Markets
LiveRoof Global, LLC, the leading horticultural science company in the green roof industry, is announcing the expansion of the service region of its licensed grower Roof Top Sedums for its patented living roof systems. Roof Top Sedums has custom grown more than 60 green roof projects in Iowa, Kansas, [...]