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[BOin08]

Green is the new Red. Thanks Van Jones.

[mram50]

I think our downspouts are greener than some of those. We have trees growing in them too not to mention the old roof is getting moldy. Can we win a green award for it too?

[mram50]

Stick a few plants a little dirt on a roof and you're magically saving the planet. Ringa-ding-ding.

[MikeyMike]

Ok no linky, trying again.
http://www.som.com/content.cfm/weyerhaeuser_corporate_headquarters

[MikeyMike]

More beautiful and sustainable than any of these is this building designed in the seventies:

Weyhauser Corporate HQ

[Forester]

The "green roof" on Rockefeller Center is a lawn!
Just because it is "green", doesn't make it green.
Just slap a green label on it - and you're done!

[Merckx]

I love the concept but as a former high rise maintenance engineer I'm not sure how one repairs leaks in the roof system. Does anyone know what the primary roof is made of? Is there a gap between roof and soil?
How long is a roof like that supposed to last? When it is time to repair/replace, does all of the soil need to be removed, them put back after replacing? Will that cost offset all of the energy savings from the previous 10/20/30 years?

[JScott]

There is an explantory panel and sometimes a docent explaining this at the Cal. Acad. Of Sci. (and I'll bet on their website-google it)

And this looks even better when the wildflowers are blooming on it.