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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, [...]
Newly renovated Milwaukee Art Museum installs a green roof as part of important renovation and reinstallation project
The newly renovated Milwaukee Art Museum is drawing rave reviews for the art on the walls, but most patrons don’t realize they’re also enjoying a cutting-edge redesign of what’s right over their heads – a 3,840 square foot green roof. The new LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System was installed [...]
LiveRoof Living Roof Helps Bridgepoint Health Win International Award
Bridgepoint Active Healthcare was awarded a 2016 Civic Trust Award from the UK based built environment awards program. The LiveRoof green roof was highlighted as one of the key factors in selecting Bridgepoint for the award. In addition to the vegetated roof, a meditative labyrinth, a therapy pool, and [...]
101 Seaport’s Sweeping Views Include LiveRoof Green Roof
As the long-anticipated 101 Seaport – a 17-story, 440,000 square-foot office building– nears completion, it’s being topped off with 5,000 square feet of LiveRoof living roof. Skanska USA has made sustainability a key building feature by reducing energy and water use. The vegetative roof will reduce the need for [...]
Georgia Heights Collegiate Housing Opens as a Model of Eco Responsibility
What once was a hot surface parking lot in downtown Athens, Georgia, is now the environmentally responsive Georgia Heights collegiate housing community. EdR, one of the largest developers, owners and managers of high quality collegiate housing, has thoughtfully designed and engineered the recently opened Georgia Heights to be an [...]
LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof Installed by BGSU’s Campus Sustainability on Bike Shelters, Carillion Dining Center to Manage Stormwater, Support Reduce Carbon Footprint
Bowling Green State University’s Office of Campus Sustainability has used a $50,000 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Education Fund (OEEF) to purchase bicycle shelters featuring LiveRoof brand living roofs. These shelters add more green space to the increasingly sustainable campus, where the Carillion Dining Center was [...]
New Green Roof Makes Big News in Moorestown New Jersey
A team of volunteers recently installed a green roof on the Moorestown Municipal Building in Moorestown, New Jersey. The green roof is part of the city's Sustainable Moorestown initiative which aims to promote social equity, economic vitality, and environmental quality. The team used a water resource grant from Rutgers University [...]