Construction began on friday may 13 and the roof was finished and planted by thursday may 19.
Saint johns college green roof.
It has an sri rating of 30.
On a recent morning wegner stood atop the math and science center green roof aiming an infrared temperature gun at a nearby rooftop.
This 12 000 square foot green roof is located on howlett hall home to the osu department of horticulture crop science department of food science and technology and the chadwick arboretum learning.
Cmg s steel coil in classic green was used to complete this roof.
In the three weeks following the construction thousands of seeds germinated and the rootstocks seemed.
The result is a beautiful green roof that transformed an eye sore into a flowering oasis.
Green roofs or garden roofs green roofs are probably the most common example of an environmentally friendly roof as can be seen by the choice of sod roof for the seton apartments as st.
An intensive green roof will require more maintenance as it supports a variety of plants and utilises water irrigation.
On may 18 2005 five carleton college students completed building the first green roof to test 78 varieties of prairie plants native to minnesota for their viability to the green roofing industry.
In august and early september of 2013 the green roof on howlett hall was installed in the chadwick arboretum learning gardens the first retrofit green roof at the ohio state university.
In 24ga classic green comes with a 35 year finish warranty.
The roofs are most commonly planted onto sheds but can go almost anywhere.
Across campus green roofs are pulling double duty offering cooling environmental benefits as well as enjoyable places for students and staff to gather.
Such a roof not only reduces erosion through its absorption capacity but cuts down on heat reflectivity and blends in with the surrounding.
Classic green has an ultra cool rating of 30 5 for reflectivity and 85 for emissivity.
Thirty one ohio university students both graduate and undergraduate from seven colleges and 14 different majors got together nov.
After the roof was completed the building owners noticed how the tpo roof detracted from the 2nd and 3rd story views.
The green roof has added benefits by supporting student learning and engaging the ohio community in a sustainability mission.