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Bowling Green’s Carillon Dining Facility Topped with Green Roof
Bowling Green's dining facility is now topped with a living roof. The green roof was paid for by the students through their optional 'Green Fund' contributions made each semester. The plants were custom-grown in the LiveRoof system by Corso's Perennials of Sandusky, Ohio. According to Nick Hennessey, the campus sustainability [...]
Britannia Crossing Soars With Sustainability – New LiveRoof® System tops off Britannia Crossings list of environmentally-friendly features
Britannia Crossing located at 5119 Elbow Drive SW, is the new home to a large green roof located on the third floor surrounding the outdoor play area of one of its tenants, Kids and Company. The living roof was installed this summer and completes an enviable list of environmental [...]
St. Elizabeth Adds Third Green Roof to Hospital Campus
St. Elizabeth Hospital, continuing its commitment to providing person-centered care in a sustainable manner, is putting the final touches on its third planted roof. Contractors are wrapping up the installation of a 6,110 square-foot LiveRoof® system atop the new Fremont Tower which began earlier this week. The first 4,125 square [...]
LiveRoof’s Vegetated Roof on the University of Iowa’s Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building on the Cover of Roofing Magazine
As part of their ongoing effort to be a leader in energy conservation and sustainability the University of Iowa chose to use the LiveRoof vegetative roof system on the new Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building. The living roof uses the LiveRoof Deep system. The LiveRoof Deep system features 6" of soil [...]
Midtown Provides Residents, Visitors with Unique Community Garden Venue
Rooftop garden, vegetable garden, ornamental plants provide beauty, health and environmental benefits The Midtown, a new housing development located just five miles from downtown Denver, features purposeful gardens including a green roof on its community center, called the Garden Shed. The aptly named Garden Shed has already earned kudos for [...]
Growing Pride on a Roof Top at Velocity Apartment Community, Kirkland
To Imagine Housing, ‘”Velocity” isn’t just a trendy name for their new apartment community but an embodiment of the concept of moving forward. Velocity, and its neighbor Kirkland Crossing developed by Polygon NW, are located at the South Kirkland Park and Ride, just blocks from Lake Washington Boulevard. The new [...]
Roof Garden is Installed at The Colonel
A 4,000 square foot living roof is nearing completion atop The Colonel, a new apartment community in the rapidly transforming Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. Riverbend Nursery and MSM Roofing are putting finishing touches on the green roof that will be visible to the general public, as well as apartment [...]
Reading, Writing & Rooftops: New Albany-Plain Local Schools Take Learning to New Heights with LiveRoof Vegetated Roof
With the completion of the New Albany-Plain School District’s new 1-8 school and the arrival of warmer weather, students and staff will soon have an opportunity to explore the district’s newest learning lab, located on the school’s roof. “New Albany-Plain Local Schools has a long-tradition of incorporating environmental stewardship as [...]
Batter Up: New First Tennessee Park to Feature Green Roof on Concession Area
As Nashville Sounds baseball fans eagerly await the famous words “Play Ball,” construction crews are putting the finishing touches, including a green roof feature, on the new First Tennessee Park. The state-of-the-art ballpark is slated to open for Mayor Karl Dean’s first pitch on April 17. The First Tennessee Park [...]
LiveRoof Featured on AGC Award Winning Building
The Gable Park Plaza Tower's interesting design, reminiscent of a cruise ship, has won top honors for a building valued between $30 million and $75 million from the Austin chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. LiveRoof is proud to be a part of this award winning design. [...]
LiveRoof Featured on UTM’s New Kaneff Centre Building
The University of Toronto Mississauga features the LiveRoof system on their new Kaneff Centre. The Kaneff Centre is required to achieve LEED Silver certification per UTM's mandate. The designers selected the LiveRoof system as part of the facility's stormwater management system. Using the LiveRoof system allows for maximum LEED credits, [...]
LiveRoof Becomes Part of Historic Renovation in Chicago
Many buildings in downtown Chicago are filled with rich history, few can rival that of 850 N. Lake Shore. This historic building originally opened as an athletic club that hosted the 1928 Olympic Swimming Trials and has been updated and reinvented numerous times. It's latest reinvention has [...]