Government / Public Buildings

Kinston Nature Center

Location:  Kinston, North Carolina Roofing System:  Hydrotech Systems
Date Planted:  March, 2002 Installer:  North Carolina State University
Area Covered:  200 Sq. Ft.    

 

The Kinston green roof is a cooperative project of North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, the City of Kinston and Kinston/Lenoir Parks and Recreation.  It will be the first of its kind in Eastern North Carolina and the first in the United States to be monitored for water quality.  The Kinston site, which will serve both research and demonstration purposes, will be on public display when the planetarium is completed.

 

Pictures (Click on picture for larger view):

Kinston Drainage Layer

Here the Kinston Roof is being assembled, prior to planting. The drainage layer is exposed in this photo.

Kinston Roof Assembly

Here the soil mix is being applied above the drainage layer.

Kinston Nature Center Roof - March 2002

A view of the roof immediately after planting.

Kinston Nature Center Roof - March 2002

Another view of the roof after it was first planted.

Kinston Natire Center Roof - June 2002

Here's a view of the roof in June, just 3 months after it was planted.

Kinston Nature Center Roof - June 2002

Here a close up os a Sedum Sperium used on the Kinston roof after 3 months.

Kinston Nature Center Roof - May 2003

Kinston Nature Center Roof - May 2003

 

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West Winds Nature Center - Geauga Park

Location:  Cleveland, Ohio Roofing System:  Roofscapes
Date Planted:  March, 2002 Installer:  Lichtenfels Nusery, Inc.
Area Covered:  1,250 Sq. Ft.    

 

Links to the Geauga Park Nature Center:

http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/ecologicaldesign/greenbuilding/geauga_green_roof.html

 

Installation of West Winds Nature Center Green Roof

 

 

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Heritage Complex

Location:  Annapolis, Maryland Roofing System:  Roofscapes
Date Planted:  May, 2002 Installer:  Anne Arundel County, MD
Area Covered:  800 Sq. Ft.    

Heritage Complex

 

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Winter Road Facility - Anne Arundel County

Location:  Annapolis, Maryland Roofing System:  Custom
Date Planted:  May, 2002 Installer:  Magco
Area Covered:  500 Sq. Ft.    

 

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Skokie Public Library

Location:  Skokie, Illinois    
Date Planted:  September, 2002 Installer:   
Area Covered:  10,000 Sq. Ft.    

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Port Defiance Zoo

Location:  Takoma, Washington    
Date Planted:  June, 2002 Installer:  Roofscapes / Teufel Nurseries
Area Covered:  10,000 Sq. Ft.    

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Sanitation District Building # 1

 

Location: 

Fort Wright, KY

Roofing System: 

Roofscapes

Date Planted: 

July, 2003

Installer: 

Enviroscape

Area Covered: 

4,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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West County Library

 

Location: 

Anne Arundel

Roofing System: 

Tecta America

Date Planted: 

September, 2003

Installer: 

Magco

Area Covered: 

2,500 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Mallet Creek Public Library

 

Location: 

Ann Arbor, MI

Roofing System: 

Roofscapes

Date Planted: 

October, 2003

Installer: 

Green Roofs North America

Area Covered: 

15,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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US Department of the Interior - Center for Urban Ecology - DC

 

Location: 

Washington, DC

Roofing System: 

Green Grid / Weston

Date Planted: 

May, 2004

Installer: 

Green Grid / Weston

Area Covered: 

7,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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John Street Pumping Station

 

Location: 

Ontario, Canada

 

 

Date Planted: 

June, 2004

Installer: 

Elevated Landscape Tech

Area Covered: 

9,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Lake Whitney Water Treatment Facility

 

Location: 

New Haven, CT

Roofing System: 

Roofscapes

Date Planted: 

September, 2004

Installer: 

J. Michael Landscaping

Area Covered: 

30,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Des Moines Central Library

 

Location: 

Des Moines, IA

Roofing System: 

Roofscapes

Date Planted: 

May, 2005

Installer: 

Enviroscape

Area Covered: 

50,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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National Aquarium

 

Location: 

Baltimore, MD

Roofing System: 

Tecta America

Date Planted: 

June, 2005

Installer: 

Magco

Area Covered: 

4,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Minneapolis Central Library

 

Location: 

Minneapolis, MN

 

 

Date Planted: 

July, 2005

Installer: 

Aloha Landscaping

Area Covered: 

17,750 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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NOAA Phase 1

 

Location: 

Suitland, MD

 

 

Date Planted: 

October, 2005

Installer: 

Chapel Valley

Area Covered: 

170,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Library of Congress

 

Location: 

Culpepper, VA

 

 

Date Planted: 

October, 2005

Installer: 

 Outside Unlimited

Area Covered: 

100,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

 

            Pictures (click on picture for larger view):

Library of Congress

 

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Census Bureau Phase 1

 

Location: 

Suitland, MD

Roofing System: 

American Hydrotech

Date Planted: 

October, 2005

Installer: 

Valley Crest

Area Covered: 

35,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Food & Drug Administration

 

Location: 

Hazelton, Pennsylvania

Roofing System: 

American Hydrotech

Date Planted: 

October, 2005

Installer: 

Meyers

Area Covered: 

23,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Severn Savings & Loan

 

Location: 

Annapolis, MD

Roofing System: 

Tecta America

Date Planted: 

March, 2006

Installer: 

Magco

Area Covered: 

16,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Walter Reed Community Center

 

Location: 

Washington DC

Roofing System: 

Tecta America

Date Planted: 

April, 2006

Installer: 

Magco

Area Covered: 

10,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Gwynnette County Nature & Heritage Center

 

Location: 

Atlanta, GA

 

 

Date Planted: 

April, 2006

Installer: 

 Prolandscapes

Area Covered: 

40,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Sloth House & Asia Trail – National Zoo

 

Location: 

Washington DC

 

 

Date Planted: 

April, 2006

 Installer:

 Ruppert

Area Covered: 

6,500 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Howard Hughes Medical Center

 

Location: 

Leesburg, VA

 

 

Date Planted: 

May, 2006

Installer: 

Chapel Valley

Area Covered: 

11,000 Sq. Ft.

 

 

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Emory Knoll Farms

3410 Ady Rd.

Street MD  21154

410-452-5880