Top 10 Hot Green Roof Design Trends 2008

Session 2.
4: Designing Specialized Green Roofs

THE 2008 TOP 10 HOT TRENDS IN GREENROOF DESIGN
Linda S. Velazquez, ASLA Associate, LEED AP, Publisher/Editor & Design

Consultant and Haven Kiers, MLA, Design Editor & Design Consultant
Greenroofs.com
Authors’ Note: This is the final, updated 2008 paper reflecting the actual PowerPoint
presentation we offered in Baltimore, MD on May 2, 2008. As of press time for the conference
paper, we were still accumulating late-breaking project information and receiving feedback from
our readership with commentary. Some projects found on the 2008 Conference CD were
deleted while others were added.
Would you like to revisit our 2007 Top Ten Hot Greenroof Design Trends? See here:
http://www.greenroofs.com/top10hottrends.htm (Velazquez & Kiers, 2007).
Abstract
Last year we delivered the 2007 Top Hot Trends in Design: Chic Sustainability, Unique Driving
Factors & "Boutique" Greenroofs which showcased the important, newsworthy and exciting
greenroof projects from around the world. Established but trailblazing designers, building
owners and municipalities were highlighted along with their trendsetting projects, as were the
newcomers and visionaries who are raising the architectural standard for today's designers and
stakeholders. We based our very subjective selections from our own design experience and
from published multimedia accounts from TV, the Web, magazines, and newspaper article
sources.
In 2008 we will once again deliver our fast-paced Top Ten List of case study vignettes
representing the very best of the new - whether they are based on traditional applications with a
twist or avant-guard projects combining living roof, energy, or other green technologies. What
are the market drivers? Which built innovative projects have informed clients and spurred
additional market interest? What type of greenroofs are clients now demanding? What are the
directions sweeping our design profession? From older, time-honored examples from which we
designers can draw inspiration, to current conceptual, high-profile media grabbing greenroofs
which stimulate the senses, we promise another fun-filled visual cruise through the world of
vegetated roofing!
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How will we decide the 2008 Top Hot Trends in Greenroof Design? New for 2008 will be the
inclusion of and interaction with the greenroof community at large – a Design Trend Survey will
be widely distributed to solicit opinions and examples of high performance and sometimes
thought-provocative greenroof projects which should be recognized. We’ll register the feedback
and modify our following “working” Top Ten List for 2008.
The Initial “Working” 2008 Top Ten Hot Trends in Greenroof Design:
10) Client-Specific Boutique Greenroofs

9) Do-It-Yourself Greenroofs
8) Pre-Fab Modular Homes are Fabulous
7) Greenroofs as Art and Architecture
6) Parks, Zoos & Botanical Gardens - Outdoor Living & Research
5) Solar and Vegetative Roofs as High Performance Buildings
4) Museum and Corporate Greenroofs - Setting the Example
3) Luxury Green Homes, Eco-Communities & Eco-Cities
2) Cool Green Schools of Higher Education
1) The Influence of LEED on Government and Design Professionals
Introduction
The rise of green, eco-friendly agendas continues to proliferate across global industries and
boundaries. Increasingly, green design practices and sustainable technologies are influencing
architectural design and setting standards within the international construction industry, resulting
in a variety of high performance buildings. As people become more concerned about reducing
their carbon footprints, properties are being planned to act as models for the future and new
homes are being built to be "zero carbon" and produce no planet-harming carbon dioxide.
Gearlog, 2007, says, ‘The current buzzword in the world of environmentalism is "offset." Many,
if not most of us, are concerned about the environment, and while the recent exponential
increase in coverage of topics like global warming has spurred some change on the part of
consumers, a lot of people still aren't willing to risk even the tiniest amount of comfort, in order to
help impede the seemingly inevitable collapse of the world around them. The idea behind
offsetting is that, while at present, it's almost impossible to lead a zero-emission lifestyle and still
be a functioning member of modern society, there are certain actions that we can take to help
minimize our harmful contributions to our environment’.
And encouraged by successful programs such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™, the present day
benchmark for the design, construction and operation of our built environment has been raised
substantially from just even a decade ago.
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‘Amidst growing media interest and demand from public and private sectors, multidisciplinary
professionals - from architects to environmental engineers, city planners to landscape architects
and beyond - are redefining sustainability in the context of building design. We’re examining our
environmental impacts on the Earth from a more integrated, holistic approach and using
technologies which encourage energy efficient and environmentally friendly building envelopes,
including the ubiquitous “fifth façade” – the rooftop’ (Velazquez, 2007).
And how ecologically better, in terms of the highest and greatest ecological use of space, than
to cover these generally unused fifth façades than with living, breathing, vegetative roofs?
Living roofs are true workhorses of the roofing world in that they offer such a wide spectrum of
environmental benefits and opportunities for Earth’s flora, fauna, and human communities – all
while pleasing our economic, aesthetic, and psychological sensibilities, too.
As such, greenroofs are fast becoming green staples of chic sustainability in mainstream
architecture and high performance building with a hip environmental sheen that is attractive to
young and old. And we all know that greenroofs are vibrant and exciting alternatives to the
average unused, hot, and often downright ugly black tar or concrete roofs that we see covering
the world, but what and where are the new and exciting projects on the boards? In 2008 we will
once again deliver our fast-paced Top Ten List of case study vignettes representing the very
best of the new - whether based on traditional applications with a twist or avant-guard projects
combining living roofs, energy, or other green technologies. From older, time-honored
examples from which we designers can draw inspiration to current conceptual, high-profile
media grabbing greenroofs which stimulate the senses, we promise another fun-filled visual
cruise through the world of vegetated roofing!
How will we decide the 2008 Top Hot Trends in Greenroof Design? Aside from our own
editorial and experiential input, new for 2008 will be the inclusion of and interaction with the
greenroof community at large through a Greenroof Design Trends Survey. We’ll gather public
opinion and experience of the latest and greatest international greenroof design trends, tabulate
the feedback, and include it along with our own ideas for the second yearly installment of our
"2008 Top Ten Hot Trends in Greenroof Design."
The 2008 Greenroof Design Trends Survey
The 2008 Greenroof Design Trends Survey is open-ended to allow those who thoroughly want
to participate the opportunity to do so, but brief answers are also welcome! The following actual
survey, in quotations, will be sent out to thousands of individuals through posting on
Greenroofs.com and inclusion in the January Newsletter (over 5,000 subscribers).
Furthermore, to name a few, it was mailed to editors of Inhabitat, Metropolis, LAND Online,
Landscape Architecture Magazine, Architectural Record, Architecture Week, USA Today, New
York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Environmental Design + Construction
Magazine, Environmental Building News, Building Design and Construction, Reed Construction
Data, Urban Land, E The Environmental Magazine, Treehugger.com, Co-op America, Dwell
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Magazine, Garden Design, Sunset Magazine, Contemporist, Green Building News,
GreenSource Magazine, Time Magazine, Fortune, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Environmental
Quality Management, as well as sent out as a general press release.
The 2008 Greenroof Design Trends Survey was sent also sent to various greenroof
organizations, and associated professional/educational groups and municipalities for distribution
to their staff and members, among others including: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities; World
Green Roof Infrastructure Network; Livingroofs.org; International Green Roof Association; the
Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftsentwicklung Landschaftsbau e.V. - FLL (Research Society
for Landscape Development and Landscape Design; Deutscher Dachgartner-Verband (German
Roof-Gardening Association); Scandinavian Green Roof Association; English Nature; Green
Roof Centre; Green Roofs Australia; Earth Pledge Foundation; the Home Depot Foundation;
D.C. Greenworks; the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild; Ecoroofs Everywhere; the Minnesota Green
Roofs Council; Sustainable South Bronx; Southface Energy Institute; G.R.E.E.N.; ASLA; AIA;
NRCA; EPA (HIRI); the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC); the British Columbia Institute of
Technology Green Roofs Research Facility; Michigan State University Vegetative Greenroof
Research Program; North Carolina State University's Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Greenroof Research; Penn State Green Roof Research Center; the Green Roof Centre of
Excellence Neubrandenburg (University of Applied Sciences); the University of Georgia -
Institute of Ecology; the University of Sheffield's Flowering Green Roofs; National Research
Council of Canada; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; the
Augustenborg Botanical Roof Garden; the Government of Hong Kong, China; and the Cities of
Chicago, Portland, OR; Seattle; Toronto, Canada; Los Angeles and Alpharetta; the U.S.
Department of Defense and General Services Administration; and the U.S. Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive. In this manner, we hope to touch on a wide range of greenroof
designers, researchers, manufacturers, suppliers, policy stake holders and the media at large
Due to the conference paper space restrictions, see the actual 2008 Greenroof Design Trends
Survey here: http://www.greenroofs.com/surveys/2008DesignTrends.htm
“The 2008 Greenroof Design Trends Survey (Greenroofs.com, 2008):
January 14, 2008: Linda S. Velazquez, ASLA Associate, LEED AP, Greenroofs.com Publisher
& Design Consultant and Haven Kiers, MLA, Greenroofs.com Design Editor, want your unique
perspective to help us determine which greenroof projects will not only take us into 2008 with a
bang, but also beyond.
The rise of green, eco-friendly agendas continues to proliferate across global industries and
boundaries. Greenroofs are fast becoming green staples of chic sustainability in mainstream
architecture and high performance building. What are the new and exciting projects on the
boards? We want you to share your opinions and experience of the latest and greatest
international greenroof design trends! We'll tabulate your feedback and include it along with our
own ideas for the second yearly installment of our "2008 Top Ten Hot Trends in Greenroof
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Design." We'll be presenting the Top Ten List at the next Greening Rooftops for Sustainable
Communities Conference in Baltimore, MD, on April 30-May 2, 2008.
Communicate your personal beliefs, passion, and what you see as spirit of innovation with our
2008 Greenroof Design Trends Survey! Write as much or as little as you want. If you'd like to
send graphics, send to: surveys@greenroofs.com . We would appreciate your reply by February
29, 2008.
Please start by telling us which of these descriptions best fits you (select one), and if desired,
add more below:
I'm involved with the trends, actively participating in design, specification, research, or
contributing to setting new trends
I'm in the media - an editor, blogger, writer, or reporter covering news and new trends
I'm more of an average person on the fringe - an avid reader and follower of greenroof
projects and trends
I’m actually way too unique to fit into any of the above!
Fill in the following blanks:
Please provide the following contact information:
Name
Title
Organization
E-mail
Can we quote you? Yes No
1. What do you see as the current market drivers?
2. How important do you see the proliferation of LEED buildings as a market driver?
3. What are the directions sweeping our design profession? Why are we building greenroofs?
4. Which built innovative projects have informed clients and spurred additional market interest,
and what types of greenroofs are clients now demanding?
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5. Which greenroof projects received the most press in 2007 & why – and do you feel it was
justified? In other words, how important is media exposure?
6. What new plant types (grasses, for example) or design palette styles (Asian-inspired or native
communities, for example) have you seen?
7. Share some of the innovative technologies that you've seen incorporated into greenroofs.
8. Who are the influential and creative designers or other stakeholders driving design, fostering
growth, expression or awareness?
9. Share with us what you consider “Visionary” Built Projects - why, where are they, and by
whom?
10. Share with us thoughts on Visionary Proposed Projects - why, where are they, and by
whom?
11. If you had to just name one, do you have one favorite greenroof project overall, as well as
just one from 2007 – and a quick why?
12. Rate our current "Working" 2008 Top Ten List of Hot Trends in Greenroof Design.”
Based on what you have now assessed, how would you number this list? Feel free to edit our
proposed Top Ten List, or write your own!
The Working 2008 Top Ten Hot Trends in Greenroof Design:
10) Client-Specific Boutique Greenroofs

9) Do-It-Yourself Greenroofs
8) Pre-Fab Modular Homes are Fabulous
7) Greenroofs as Art and Architecture
6) Parks, Zoos & Botanical Gardens - Outdoor Living & Research
5) Solar and Vegetative Roofs as High Performance Buildings
4) Museum and Corporate Greenroofs - Setting the Example
3) Luxury Green Homes, Eco-Communities & Eco-Cities
2) Cool Green Schools of Higher Education
1) The Influence of LEED on Government and Design Professionals”
Upon receipt of international feedback, we’ll update “The List” to best reflect the current
vernacular of true, real, and perceived trends within the greenroof industry.
(End of Survey)
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Favorites not on “The List” for 2008
On a lighter note, and before we get to the real thing, here are some categories and projects
that for one reason or another just couldn’t cut it for our 2008 Top Ten List. But we’re going to
show them, just for fun…
Automotive Greenroofs: The Poor Man's Solar How about Green Furniture on a
Panels? Zhishai, a taxi driver in Beijing, decided to Greenroof? This “Peddy” living table
bring the climate solution closer to his local source (mindscape, 2008) from a design studio
by planting a mini greenroof atop his cab (Gearlog, based in Japan gives new meaning to
2007). Maybe a potential “Boutique” Greenroof for embracing green living on a greenroof…
the Top Ten 2009 Hot Greenroof Design Trends?
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Green CHIA Pet Seating? More in the Peddy series of “Living Furniture” (mindscape,
2008). Relaxing on top of regenerative nature – comfy, cushy, and ecologically sound!
And our favorite fantasy living roof not on “The List” for 2008 is:
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The “Greenroof Maintenance Division” Entry (mindscape, 2008):
Forget Goats! How About A Mosaic of Sustainable Mowing with Cows on
the Roof: Can you say “Eat Mor Grass?”
And now without further ado, back to the real thing.
After reviewing and contemplating the numerous responses to our survey, we adjusted our list
to reflect overall readership input as well as amazing last minute projects that we stumbled
upon:
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The Top Ten List of Hot Greenroof Design Trends for 2008
10) Client-Specific Boutique Greenroofs:
One of the benefits of greenroofs is that they create amenity space where there once was none
and provide owners with a blank canvas upon which they can construct their ultimate vision and
fulfill their perceived needs.
Boutique greenroofs are highlighted as niche projects designed for distinctive, highly personal
reasons. Each novel application has the potential to be "the next big thing" in greenroof design,
and may evolve as an emerging trend, but right now these projects are simply designed to solve
client-specific objectives.
A Globally Floating Luxury Greenroof: Do-It-Yourself Greenroofs: Troy's Green

Celebrity Cruises’ The Lawn Club on Roof: 2004, Tacoma, WA. An up and
The Celebrity Solstice: 2008, 2009 +. coming trend of its own, DIY greenroofs
Vacationers found that the grass really is are on the rise! The homeowner has
greener on a Celebrity Cruises vacation. owned a roofing company for 15 years and
The ship presented an industry first on the after looking at 20,000 roofs, decided to
top deck of the ship: real, growing grass, put his money where his mouth was and
set in an innovative new country club put two lightweight greenroofs on his 110-
environment known as “The Lawn Club” year old home (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
(Greenroofs.com, 2008).
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Do-It-Yourself Roof Pumpkin Patch on a Integration of Education, Architecture, and
Budget: Katherine Wilson’s Green Roof: Landscaping, by Stephen Holl: The
2006, Coburg, Australia. Her pumpkins are Whitney Water Treatment Plant: 2005,
growing in plastic crates filled with New Haven, CT. One of Inhabitat's favorite
hydrocell, a light-weight synthetic growing projects from the AIA/COTE 2007 list of
medium made from natural resins, mixed Top Ten Green Projects, this project is
with organic compost and sheep manure. fantastic in many ways, but the real beauty
Katherine’s aim was to set up a system so of it lies in the fact that the 30,000 square
cheap ($100) and simple that even renters foot water treatment facility is sitting under
could attempt it, providing the roof is the largest greenroof in the state of
deemed strong enough (Kizilos, 2008). Connecticut (Chapa, 2007).
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Good Neighbors: Langka and Zach A Green Lining Over the Trash: City of
Treadwell Vacation Home : 2005, Big Sur, Grand Haven Dumpster Covers: 2007,
CA. The owner said, "The people who live Grand Haven, MI. The city of Grand Haven
around us have to see our roof and I don’t had a need for dumpsters near a shopping
want them to see anything but grass:" district and condo developments, and the
Native grasses such as California oat and local residents desired a nicer view out of
red fescue were planted for an attractive their second or third story windows than
vista for the neighbors to blend in the local trash (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
seamlessly into its Big Sur surroundings
(Holstein, 2006).
Naturally Cooling Down the Wine: Faustino Group Winery:

2007, Ribera del Duero, Spain. The design not only produces
wine but provides beautifully integrated and sustainable
architecture with partial burial of the building thermal combined
with a green roof on top to control the temperature, and
photovoltaics on the roof (Chapa, 2007).
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Greenroofs as community green collar job Greenroofs as community green collar job
opportunities - D.C. Greenworks: Franklin opportunities - Sustainable South Bronx:
D. Reeves Center: 2007, Washington, 654 Manida Brownstone: 2007, South
D.C. They are committed to green Bronx, NY. Sustainable South Bronx's
mandates and achieving the highest subsidiary, SmartRoofs, LLC, planted the
possible LEED standards while offering job single lot residential brownstone along with
training for District youth. The 4,000 sf roof Green Roof Service, LLC and many young
was designed to help reduce stormwater people. Their "Green the Ghetto" program
run-off into the Anacostia River and global employs graduates of their Bronx
warming while creating job training Environmental Stewardship Training
opportunities. As a result of this project, program which aims to bring jobs and
twelve young adults received training in environmental equity to the nation's
horticulture and green roof installation poorest congressional district
through DC Greenworks (Greenroofs.com, (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
2007).
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Sustainable Greenroofed Dog Houses - A Sustainable Greenroofed Dog Houses - A
Way to keep Fido Comfortably Cool with Way to keep Fido Comfortably Cool with
Green Chic: Greenroofed Dog House : Green Chic: Greenroofed Dog House :
2007, Austin, TX. This sustainable 2003, Mason, MI. Dr. Brad Rowe of Michigan
vegetated doghouse was built for the State University’s Vegetative Greenroof
"Barkitecture" event by Chelsea+Remy Research Program built Finnegan &
Design and sold for $400. All of the Cooper’s Dog House for about $200 in
proceeds went to support various local materials, with succulents and others,
animal rescue groups. Local designers, including Talinum calycinum, donated by
builders and architects were asked to build Emory Knoll Farms; photo from 2006 (Rowe,
these dog houses in the future (Bandy, personal communications, 2008 and 2009).
personal communications, 2007).
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9) PreFab Modular Homes are Fabulous:
There’s nothing hipper in the architecture world than PreFab, and adding a greenroof to the mix
makes the resulting PreFab house hipper than hip. Within the past few years, no fewer than
nine designers have introduced PreFab designs that include greenroofs.
These ready-made, modern homes are simultaneously inexpensive and environmentally

sustainable, bringing smiles to hippies and yuppies alike. While many of these projects are still
in the development stage, an increasing number are ready for delivery to an empty building site
near you.
The mkLotus™ Green Modular Home: Construisons Demain: 2007, Paris,

2007, San Francisco, CA. Built by France. French designers continue to put
XtremeHomes™, this 725 square foot the “fab” in prefab, as seen from this
arrived for the 2007 West Coast Green brilliant design from architect Eric Wuilmot.
conference complete with a greenroof. The The system showcas es low-energy living
mkLotus is the latest and most anticipated with three prefabricated wooden modules,
design by celebrated architect Michelle resource and energy efficient systems,
Kaufmann of Michelle Kaufmann Designs healthy finish materials, and inviting living
(West Coast Green, 2007). spaces (Kriscenski, 2007).
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mkSolaire™ Smart Home at Museum of pieceHomes: Current. Flexibility of design
Science and Industry by All American offers homeowners the chance to bring
Homes: Current. Premiering at the affordability into the pieceHomes prefab
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry package which can include solar panels,
in May, 2008, the three-story modular greenroofs and low or no-VOC paints and
home with 620 sf of modular GreenGrid finishes among other green building
greenroof is designed to demonstrate elements (Inhabitat, 2007).
unique technologies for the 21st century
and highlight ways people can make eco-
friendly living part of their lives (Leduc,
2008; Melia-Teevan, personal
communications, 2008).
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EcoSpace Green Garden Studio: Agro-Housing: Current, China. “The Agro-
Current. Constructed from sustainably Housing prefab concept is a modern
harvested cedar, this pre-fab employs eco- housing solution that integrates green
friendly materials throughout the structure building practices, smart growth principles,
and interior, and comes with a pre-built and traditional values to create sustainable
greenroof! Starting at £15,850 (Inhabitat, urban communities within China’s growing
2006). metropolises,” (Inhabitat, 2008). Green
roofs & greenwalls create an abundance of
crops for self-consumption and sale for the
neighbors (Knafo Klimor Architects, 2008).
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8) Greenroofs as Art and Architecture:
Greenroofs have been hailed as models of environmental sustainability and fundamental

elements of green buildings, but are often overlooked for their pure aesthetic. This next category
highlights greenroofs that can hold their own in a beauty competition. These roofs contribute to,
and ultimately define, the visual impact of the building as a whole.
Here, the greenroof is not something that was added to the building as a last ditch effort to gain
LEED points or impress the Nature Conservancy. Rather, the greenroof is an integral part of the
building design and a vital component of its overall aesthetic.
Dandelion House : 1995, Japan. The Jiang Wan Cultural Center: 2005,
architects Terunobu Fujimori and Yshio Shanghai, China. The Wisdom Plaza at the
Uchida put dandelions on the roof and the Jiang Wan Cultural Center "seems to
walls of a house in 1995, creating a very emerge organically like ancient roots from
pretty ecological picture. “My dream is to its lush wetland setting. An aerial view
grow plants on buildings just as the human evokes the image of a flower unfolding on
body grows hair," said Terunobu Fujimori, an ancient silk painting.” Landscaped
the architectural historian turned architect areas around and atop the structure
who grabbed Japanese media attention in integrate the building with the site and
the 1990s with a series of buildings that increase energy conservation; exhibition,
incorporated living plants,” (Lee, 2003). education, and entertainment facilities are
enjoyed by the residents of Shanghai
(ArchNewsNow, 2006).
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Buttenwiesen High School Gymnasium: DeZwager/Maplethorpe Garde n Garage
Buttenwiesen, Germany. Approximately Rooftop: 2007, Tacoma, WA. DeZwager
48,500 sf (4.500 m²) of various plants had agreed to sacrifice much of her
covers the undulating roof on this tri-wing backyard gardening space so her husband
gym utilizing a three layered greenroof would have a place for his woodworking
system by Optigrün international AG. The hobby, but then realized she could have
sinuous ribbon of 8-10 cm thick substrate on also have a garden with plants to draw a
the living roof was designed to blend picture. She imagined a pastoral scene: a
seamlessly into the natural grassland tree with generous branches, supporting a
landscape, and skylights look like shark fins garden swing with the sun’s rays shining
protruding from a swaying sea of vegetation down (Cafazzo, 2008). Hadj design was
(Harzmann, 2008). the greenroof consultant.
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Ann Demeulemeester’s Store: 2007, The Monument Development: Current,
Seoul, South Korea. Designed by Architects London, England. A multi-faceted façade is
Minsuk Cho and Kisu Park of Mass Studies, designed as a visual highlight on one of
this flora-clothed multi-level building houses London’s greatest monuments, and
a Belgian fashion designer’s store – greenroof technologies create an
curvaceous green walls inside and out meet environment that serves as a habitat for
green roofs in an effort to clean the air and plants and animals as well as an artistic
attract high end customers, too (Pilloton, recreational zone for inhabitants (Jäger &
2007). Zogg, 2007).
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The T8 - Bamboo 'Pterodactyl' Nest: Current,
Paris, France. An atypical Parisian multifamily
courtyard design in that the building’s interior
features an irregularly shaped courtyard garden
and pool. In Architect Ricciotti’s project, plant life
will hang from green roofs in what he describes
as an “imaginary Eden” (Such, 2007).
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7) Greenroofs in Parks & Interpretive Spaces:
No longer is it enough for a park to provide play areas, bucolic scenery, and picnic spots to the
public. Today’s parks also provide active outdoor entertainment, more passive opportunities for
hands-on learning and even shopping areas in multi-functioned buildings located beneath their
rolling hills and turf.
Ducks Unlimited Canada National HQ & MAG-Galerien Gallery: 2002, Geislingen,

Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Germany. The approximately 108,000 sf
Centre: 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba, (10,000m²) MAG galleries intensive
Canada. A unique blend of interpretive greenroof shopping development is set
centre, science centre, classroom, offices, over a private shopping mall and historic
wildlife area, and experimental area for town, providing residents with public
prairie grasses and plants, the Centre is recreational area with easy access via lifts,
covered in prairie grasses and wildflowers. stairs, footbridges and ramps. The MAG
The useable "prairie-on-the-roof" attracts a contains a playground with sandbox, a 650
large number of visitors and wildlife each m² (7,000 sf) basketball court, gardens,
year. The Centre features a restored walkways and trellises, along with
prairie marsh, aspen-oak bluff, waterfowl extensive and intensive greenroof areas
lure crops, artesian springs, 30 kilometres for research (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
of trails. The Centre offers interactive
exhibits, and creative and informative daily
programs and activities (Greenroofs.com,
2008).
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at Schlössle Galerie Shopping Mall:
The University of Texas at Austin: 2005, Pforzheim, Germany. The over 75,000 sf
Austin, TX. The Center is dedicated to (7,000 m²) urban shopping mall "Schlössle
increasing the sustainable use and Galerie" greenroof in Pforzheim connects
conservation of native plants and workers back to nature with areas for
landscapes. Research includes native recreation and relaxation. It utilizes both a
plants on green roofs and evaluation of three and four layer greenroof system from
carbon sequestration by native plants in Optigrün international, at 30 - 80 cm thick
urban landscapes. Twenty-one mini (Harzmann, 2008).
greenroofs contain 30 sf on 18 platforms
for a total of 540 sq ft. Visitors are able to
view the green roof study from the
Restoration Research Trail
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The Greenroof Pavilion & Greenroof Central Park GrinGrin: 2007, Island City
Trial Gardens of Rock Mill Park: 2007, Central, Japan. A 400 hectare artificial
Alpharetta, GA. The historically important island in Hakata Bay, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka,
park, designed by Breedlove Land was designed by Toyo Ito & Associates,
Planning, was designed to manage Architects. 1.5 hectares on a green ring of
stormwater ecologically with interpretative 1.7 km, the facility was opened to the
signage on LID, greenroofs and its public in 2007, after an international
Cherokee heritage. Linda Velazquez of competition and design work that began in
Sky Gardens Design designed the 24’ x the fall of 2002 (Takenaka Corporation,
24’ greenroof, hands-on demonstration 2007).
model and three trial models, and
researched the original 1800’s Cherokee
ownership (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
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6) Solar and Vegetative Roofs as High Performance Buildings:
It’s no wonder that so many of the projects featured in this year’s list contain green roofs
coupled with solar panels. Once research demonstrated that the two work synergistically (green
roofs cool ambient temperatures, allowing photovoltaics to function more effectively), designers
leapt at the opportunity to design roofs that fused these two components.
The result is a series of high performance buildings that, more often than not, give back more
than they take from the environment.
ufa-Fabrik Factory: 1984, Berlin- Basel Main Exhibition Hall: 2000, Basel,
Templehof, Germany. A monitoring Switzerland. The Basel Main Exhibition
program has tracked development of the Hall building sports a huge array of
vegetation, microclimate and retention of integrated solar panels, and the
precipitation since 1992, and greenroof Convention Center sells electricity to the
research includes solar panels since 1998. City of Basel. This building boasts the
An array consisting of ten 2 kWp largest greenroof in Switzerland, which is
photovoltaic panels monitors tracking the also being artistically redesigned to
efficiency of fixed versus steered panels; incorporate wild wooden fences to
the interaction between the greened roof enhance the drawing when seen from
and the photovoltaic panels (Köhler, et. al., above and add some flavor for visits on the
2002). roof (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
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Schule Unterensingen: 2002, RuralZED: 2007 & Current, London,
Unterensingen, Germany. Two hundred England. ZedFactory has created a zero-
solar panels with an output of 23 kW(p) emission prefab home, purported to be
and a large extensive greenroof grace the Britain’s most affordable green prefab
top roof of this large school for primary and home. The base model is a heavily
secondary grades. The panels power insulated, timber-framed residence, with
enough electricity for the entire school. low-energy, low-water fixtures with a
(Greenroofs.com, 2007). greenroof. The code six level, the highest
in the new UK green building rating system
“The Code For Sustainable Homes,” would
also include a rainwater tank, and solar
panels, with optional wind turbines adding
even more efficiency (Chapa, 2007).
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The “Spinach Home” Concept Home: 'Anti Smog: An Innovation Centre in
Concept/Current. The winning entry in the Sustainable Development': Prototype,
2008 Cradle to Cradle Home International Paris, France. Central to the design is the
Design Competition has a photosynthetic, “Solar Drop” an elliptical structure perched
phototropic spinach skin surface and a over unused railroad tracks. The exterior is
vegetated roof system that filters storm fitted with 250 square meters of solar
water (i09, 2008): photovoltaic panels and coated in titanium
- A vertical core with super-conductive dioxide (TiO2). The PV system produces
photosynthetic plasma that generates on-site electrical energy while the TiO2
200% more voltage than ordinary solar coating works with ultraviolet radiation to
cells. interact with particulates in the air, break
- The spinach protein shell of the house down organics and reduce air born
grows over time, generating enough pollutants and contaminants (Inhabitat,
electricity to power the neighbors' homes, 2008).
too.
- The vegetated roof collects stormwater
and filters it. Non-potable water goes to a
septic tank below the home, and then
feeds the garden (io9, 2008).
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The LBBW Stuttgart & Sparkasse Materials Depot: Pfullendorf, Germany.
Banks: Stuttgart, Germany. These two The Materials depot for the city of
bank buildings sport a huge photovoltaic Pfullendorf has solar panels atop their
array atop approximately 86,000 sf (8.000 10,764 sf (1.000 m²) greenroof utilizing a
m²) of extensive and 26,000 sf (2.400 m²) single layer, at 8 cm deep. Although
of intensive greenroofs (Harzmann, 2008). aesthetically beautiful, this is actually an
example of poor planning from the
perspective of the solar panels on the
greenroof; the incorrectly selected, high
growing plants shade the panels which in
turn reduces the power output
considerably. (Harzmann, 2008).
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5) Greenroofs for Biodiversity:
Imagine a countryside filled with native plants and teeming with local insects, birds, and
butterflies. Now imagine the entire area paved over and covered with buildings, streets, and
sidewalks. Our open spaces are being replaced with development at an increasingly rapid pace,
and the flora and fauna associated with those spaces are increasingly left with nowhere to go.
Greenroofs can reduce this problem by providing habitat for such species. Last year we
highlighted a couple of London projects planted for the black redstart bird as “boutique”
greenroofs, but biodiversity has greatly risen highly into our ecological design consciousness!
Moos Filtration Plant: 1914, Wollishofen, Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center: 2004,

Zurich, Switzerland. The flat roofs have Minneapolis, MN. The PEEC was
naturally developed into meadows that are constructed to serve as a model for
surprisingly rich in plant species and comprehensive sustainable green building
flowers. The area covers 3 ha and design. The green roof project provides the
currently contains 175 species, including 9 opportunity to both demonstrate and
orchids and many species that are research the benefits of green roofs
endangered or rare in the Eastern Swiss including; reductions in storm water runoff,
Plateau. There are approximately 6,000 increased lifespan of the roof materials,
examples of Orchis morio, a species and a comparison of temperature above
otherwise extinct in the surroundings of the green roof versus that above a
Zurich (Livingroofs.org, 2008; traditional gravel ballast roof. Plant species
Greenroofs.com, 2007). native to Minnesota’s bedrock bluff prairies
are studied along more traditional
European greenroof sedums
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The GAP Headquarters (901 Cherry): Canary Wharf: 2000-2001, London,
1997, San Bruno, CA. Cultivated from England. As a whole, the 86-acre Canary
native grasslands in San Francisco, the Wharf Estate encompasses one of the
GAP HQ is one of the first living roof largest, if not the largest, overall intensive
projects located in a Mediterranean greenroofed areas in England, at between
climate, providing habitat for local wildlife 5,000 and 6,000 square meters. Dusty
and insects. “William McDonough's award Gedge of Livingroofs.org and Dr.
winning project integrates a vegetated roof Gyongyver Kadas have studied
plane replicating the coastal savanna endangered habitats of birds, bees and
ecosystem of native grasses and Tecticolous invertebrates here since 2002
wildflowers," (Rana Creek, 2007; (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
Greenroofs.com, 2007).
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Oaklyn Branch Library: 2002, Evansville, Almeida Theatre: 2002, London, England.
IN. Designed to support a Mesic Meadow Dr. Gyongyver Kadas focused early
Prairie native plant community that would studies on spider populations on various
mirror the landscape design for the London roofs pertaining to plant
remainder of the project, the resulting architecture and substrate depth. She
landscape has a high habitat value and will identified 59 different species, which
contribute to the restoration of prairie represents 9% of the total UK spider fauna
landscapes in this region (Greenroofs.com, and 26% of the total London spider fauna
2007). (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
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Klinikum 2, Cantonal Hospital of Basel: 3M Company: 2007, Rotkreuz,
2003, Basel, Switzerland. The designers’ Switzerland. Improving the Lapwing
intention was to create "bird paradises" but they Population: Grassland plant areas are
also attract spiders such as the Cicindela planted on gravel roof to encourage
campestris, a rare and endangered species, insects; insects and most of their larvae
which great for the insect hunting birds are the basic food of the Northern
(Greenroofs.com, 2007). Lapwings chicks (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
Steinhausen Building: 2007, Steinhausen,

Switzerland. The greenroof was created to improve
biodiversity; the roof was designed to bring more
biomass and increase the food base to young
Lapwing birds (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
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4) Institutional and Office Parks - Setting the Example:
We tend to hold large corporations and institutions to a high standard that, unfortunately, few
actually meet or exceed. Recently, however, many of these establishments are rising to the
challenge and taking responsibility for their environmental practices.
Incorporating green roofs into their headquarters or office parks and making an effort to reduce
their ecological footprint is a first step towards ultimately reversing past trends.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Ballard Library: 2005, Seattle, WA. The
Saints Conference Center: 2000, Salt greenroof was incorporated as part of an
Lake City, UT. The largest religious overall strategy to reduce and conserve
greenroof assembly in the world at energy costs where possible. Solar panels
217,800 sf, the Assembly overall mass is provided by the Seattle City Light Green
reduced by submerging the building into Power Panel installed on the northern
the rising landscape so that it doesn’t edge of the roof will monitor the amount of
overwhelm the whole of Temple Square. In electricity captured and collected onsite.
doing so the extensive building becomes a The gently curving roof is visible from the
landscape unto itself reflecting the periscope and observation deck and
mountainous terrain of the Wasatch Range invites visitors to engage in the green
beyond. (Greenroofs.com, 2007) roof’s ecology above the street
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American Society of Landscape FiftyTwoDegrees Business Innovation
Architects Headquarters: 2006, Center: 2006, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Washington, D.C. ASLA’s plan was to The ‘bent’ tower of FiftyTwoDegrees, at
create a landmark demonstration project, 282 feet high, is the striking centerpiece of
not only for the landscape architecture the international business park. The
profession and the Washington region, but greenroof plays an important role in the
also for the allied development, design, architecture and the whole stormwater
and construction professions. The management system of the building, as it
monitored roof contains six distinct has no connection to the sewer system of
greenroof conditions; a large viewing the city of Nijmegen (Greenroofs.com,
platform makes it easy for visitors to enjoy 2007).
the scenery (Greenroofs.com, 2007).
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library Fore Street Office Development:
and Museum: 2007, Little Rock, AR. The Current, London, England. Featuring a
first time the National Archives and Records series of six stepped roof gardens, the
Administration supported a vegetated roof green-roofed London office development
design over precious historical documents will cantilever over new Crossrail tunnels.
and former President Bill Clinton wanted HKR claims that the building will release
ecological design on his roof. More than 150 20% fewer CO2 emissions than current
species will be featured, including Arkansas best practice (Clegg, 2008).
bluestar, a perennial with needlelike leaves
and blue flowers, and butterflyweed, a
shrubby perennial with star-shaped orange
flowers that attracts butterflies.
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3) Eco-Communities & Eco-Cities:
No longer content to simply design a single house or office building, today’s designers are
taking their newfound love of green building and applying it in broad strokes – creating eco-
communities and even eco-cities. These projects leave nothing to chance. After all, what’s the
point of designing a sustainable house if it’s just going to be surrounded by environmental
sapping Mc Mansions? Instead, green homes are ringed by open spaces and eco-friendly retail
establishments, all producing more energy than they consume. And the coup de grace - green
roofs on top of everything, of course!
Bo01: 2001, Malmö, Sweden. The first Sanya Mixed Use Development: Current,
chapter in Malmö’s 20-year plan to create Sanya, China. Along with a greenroof, the
a sustainable “city of tomorrow” has 600 Sanya complex will include 23 apartment
dwellings as well as offices, shops and and condo buildings along with a 350-room,
more. Open stormwater run-off systems five-star hotel. To enhance the natural
form an important feature; rain is delayed contours of the land, Kennon strategically
on green roofs, in ponds in the courtyards designed the community in the shape of a
and public spaces and then transported in continuous ribbon that winds throughout the
open channels to the sea. A "green space infrastructure of the site (Sheehan, 2007).
factor" system encourages greenroofs and
climbing plants on the walls
(Ekostaden.com, 2008).
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Emaar MGF Palm Drive: Current, Dockside Green: Current, Victoria, British
Gurgaon, Delhi, India. The Palm Drive is a Columbia, Canada. The eco-residential
community spread across 37.8 acres of and eco-industrial development complex,
land designed for contemporary living in a located on 15 acres, includes condos,
green sanctuary setting with landscaped apartments, townhouses and live/work
balconies and roof gardens. The design units, many with greenroofs. In addition,
approach is to unify a contemporary the complex will include retail, office space
architecture with a botanical environment and restaurants and aspires to Platinum
and will include beautifully designed high- LEED (Dockside Green, 2008).
rise towers and superb villas
(palmdrivegurgaon.com, 2007).
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Greenbridge Development: Current, Eco Bay Complex: Current, Abu Dhabi,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Inspiration is United Arab Emirates. Eco-Bay is bas ed
‘Cradle to Cradle’ by William McDonough on the idea of a “green oasis of ecological
and Michael Braungart, with three primary living.” This oasis is conceived as a
principles of sustainability: environmental network of passively-cooled gardens and
sensitivity, social equity, and economical public spaces beginning with a large plaza
vitality; aspires to Gold LEED. This at ground level, which then winds its way
215,000-sf mixed-use residential and retail up to the sky as a series of pocket gardens
project will be a life-support system in floating within each of the five towers
harmony with energy flows, human (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
communities, and other living systems
(Chapa, 2007).
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2) Cool Green Schools - Not Just for “Higher” Education:
Admit it – school would be a pretty nifty place if your 5th period biology class was held on the
building’s roof, if your home economics class used produce harvested from overhead for a
cooking demonstration, or if part of your environmental science class was devoted to green
building practices.
This year, the trend in school design is creating roofs that can be employed by students, either
through physical use or curriculum integration.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Woodward Academy, Jordan N. Carlos Middle

Great Lakes Water Institute : 2003, School Art Building: 2004, College Park, GA.
Milwaukee, WI. The purpose was to The Jordan N. Carlos Middle School Campus
demonstrate an innovative and cost- consists of three LEED-certified buildings and 2.3
effective stormwater Best Management acres of outdoor open space. The Art Building is
Practice that can be utilized in the the first building on campus with an extensive
Milwaukee metropolitan area and within green roof, which is visible from the third floor
the University of Wisconsin System science labs across the courtyard in the
(Greenroofs.com, 2007). Classroom Building (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
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School of Art, Design and Media at Sidwell Friends Middle School: 2006,
Nanyang Technological University: Washington, D.C. Sidwell Friends is a pre-
2006, Singapore. With its glass façade, the K through 12th-grade Quaker independent
5 story Art School “sweeps a wooded school, and its middle school received U.S.
corner of the campus with an organic, Green Building Council LEED-NC,
vegetated form that blends landscape and v.2/v.2.1 Platinum level with 57 points. It is
structure, nature and high-tech and the first secondary school in the United
symbolizes the creativity it houses” States to have a LEED Platinum rating and
(Inhabitat, 2008). Rain water is collected the first LEED Platinum building in the
from the roofs and channeled into a District of Columbia (Greenroofs.com,
storage tank for irrigation of the turf 2007).
(DesignShare, 2008).
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The Nueva School’s Hillside Learning Complex: 2007, Hillsborough, CA. Spaces and
systems are designed to support Nueva’s spirit of creative interaction while fostering a
strong understanding of environmental stewardship among students and faculty. Green
features include filtered natural light and energy-efficient lighting, living roofs, solar
panels, non-toxic building materials, and recycled wood harvested from the building site.
Plants on the living roof are organized into different zones designed for specific habitat,
wildlife, and ecological functions. (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
Applied Research and Development Building, Northern Arizona University: 2007,

Flagstaff, AZ. Northern Arizona University has gone LEED platinum with a new 60,000-
square-foot research building. A photovoltaic array generates up to 20 percent of its
power, and it has a vegetated roof with indigenous plants (Greenroofs.com, 2008).
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and…VISIONARY PROJECTS FOR THE #1 SPOT:
What makes a project visionary? Innovative solutions to environmental, social, and economic
design challenges necessitate a combination of the above trends at various scales with a higher
purpose for a higher good. Some of these projects are constructed, and others may still be on
the books, but these are the ones that will define greenroofs for years to come for their
ingenuity, productivity and compassion for both the human and built environments.
This year we have chosen the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED™ green rating system
examples to illustrate visionary projects, symbolizing the very best in innovative ecological
design today. Although there are several international systems gaining momentum to rival it and
make it even better, we believe LEED type projects not only incorporate but embrace
sustainable architectural elements:
1) The Influence of LEED on Design Professionals = Pushing the Green Envelope:
Interest in LEED has exploded over the past few years. The importance of LEED in furthering
both the application and acceptance of greenroofs cannot be overstated. Greenroofs can
directly and indirectly contribute as many as 13 to 23 LEED certification points, depending on
the extent of the greenroof and the interpretation of the USGBC rating system.
As local, state, and even federal governments increasingly require their new construction to
meet LEED standards, greenroofs are rapidly being incorporated into the building vernacular.
Design professionals are becoming more fluent with the language of green buildings and more
comfortable with its associated components, including greenroofs. This has ultimately resulted
in the inclusion of green roofs in projects wholly unrelated to LEED.
Here are a couple of survey commentaries answering our question “How important do you see
the proliferation of LEED buildings as a market driver?“:
Joe DiNorscia, Managing Director of Skyland USA LLC says, "Although the LEED certification
process is a great thing, in terms of driving or influencing the green roof market, I think the effect
is minimal. Green roofs don't gain a lot of LEED points in the grand scheme."
Bill Brigham, ASLA, Principal Landscape Architect/Project Manager with the City of Atlanta,
replies, “Very Important but LEED needs to give greenroofs much more "points" then they
currently do. Greenroofs only offer the same points as a bike rake does????”
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Many of our projects listed in the 2008 Top Ten List happen to be LEED certified, and we
believe this is more than a trend; it is simply the wave of the future. So it is no wonder that our
#1 2008 Top Ten Trend in Greenroof Design is:
“The Influence of LEED on Design Professionals”
These particular projects that follow are visionary on multiple levels and illustrate how the
USGBC’s green rating system has more than entered our design consciousness – it is once
green building program which is firmly ensconced in our bottom line for sustainability agendas,
socially responsible building, and beautiful environmental design.
Is LEED a panacea for all types of green building? Certainly not, but the inroads for establishing
standards which have been trailblazed cannot be overlooked:
The Solaire - 20 River Terrace : 2003, OHSU Center for Health & Healing:
New York, New York. Located in lower 2006, Portland, OR. The Oregon Health &
Manhattan, the 27-story, glass-and-brick Science University's (OHSU) Center for
Solaire residential tower is directly Health & Healing is the first medical and
adjacent to the site of the former World research facility in the U.S. to receive
Trade Center, and meets both the recently LEED® platinum certification. It employs a
enacted New York State Green Building number of sustainability strategies,
Tax Credit and USGBC Gold LEED including photovoltaic arrays on its
certification (41 points). The Solaire is the sunscreens, a trombe wall to collect and
first green residential high-rise in North circulate solar heat, a gas-fueled power
America (Greenroofs.com, 2008). system, an on-site wastewater treatment
plant, and an eco roof (Boniface, 2007).
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Cook+Fox Architects LLP: 2006, New Florida's Showcase Green Envirohome :
York, NY. The architects incorporated a 2008, Indialantic, FL. A multi-phase
modular greenroof of eight types of installation of 5 research greenroofs with
sedums and talinum on their headquarters 100% native enviroscape plants working
consisting of 800+ GreenPaks, and with the University of Central Florida, the
received Platinum certification under LEED Florida's Showcase Green Envirohome will
for Commercial Interiors (CI). Collaborating become a “Near-Zero Runoff Home™”,
with the nonprofit Gaia Institute, ongoing have the first “whole house” graywater
research is conducted by Cook+Fox to reuse system approved in the entire State
study water retention and growth rates of of Florida, and follows 13 green building
the sedums, using methodology developed guideline programs, including points for
by the Southern Illinois University - surpassing Platinum LEED. One year of
Edwardsville Green Roof Collaborative scheduled walkthroughs open to the public
(Greenroofs.com, 2007). at no charge is planned in 2009 (Mark
Baker, 2008).
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Maui Medical Plaza at Kanaha: Current, Regent Park: Current, Toronto, Canada.
Maui, Hawaii. The vision is to develop a The Toronto Community Housing
building that serves Maui and its residents, Corporation (TCHC) is pushing the agenda
providing an architectural character that on design and sustainability with a $1
blends into the community and strives to billion effort to rebuild an inner city housing
satisfy our ever growing need for state-of- project. A team of architects including
the-art medical care. At each two-story architects Alliance and Diamond and
level there are promenades and roof Schmitt has prepared plans to redevelop a
gardens to break up the vertical 1950s-era public housing complex
appearance; planned to be LEED Certified designed to achieve LEED Gold
(MauiMedicalPlaza.com, 2008). certification. Many of the new buildings will
have green roofs and other sustainable
features (Bozikovic, A, 2007).
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The U-Life Building: Current, Incheon, Dongtan: Current, Dongtan, China. Arup has
South Korea. A "green urbanism" pilot designed a mega-metropolis of a green city to use
project by the U.S. Green Building energy from wind, solar, bio-fuel and recycled city
Council, the architecture and urban design waste. Clean technologies such as hydrogen fuel
firm HOK recently unveiled its design for cells will power public transport. A network of cycle
the project slated to be the first and footpaths will help the city achieve close to zero
commercial building to achieve LEED vehicle emissions. It has been said that if Dongtan
Platinum from the U.S. Green Building lives up to expectations, it will serve as a model for
Council in Korea, is part of architecture cities across China and the rest of the developing
firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates' world (Storm, 2008; McGray, 2007).
master plan for the Songdo international
business complex, billed as the largest
private real estate development in history
(Tamarin, N, 2008).
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The Bank of America Tower: Current (late 2009), New York, NY. This 2.1
million square-foot green tower will be Platinum LEED. The international
financial giant has earmarked $20 billion to encourage the growth of
environmentally sustainable business practices through lending, investing,
philanthropy and new products and services. The 4,545 sf of planted roof areas
will be designed to reduce the urban heat island effect and the tower will
capture and re-use nearly all rainwater, saving millions of clean water (Lyne,
2004; Hartley, 2008).
Conclusion
The proliferation of multi media and the ease of digital information sharing influence our daily
lives, allowing greater exposure to and fusion of creative architectural solutions. In effect, our
increasing global interactions are making our actual global distances appear less and as
designers, our designs can only benefit through open debate and feedback. Organic
architecture and greenroof design will continue to inspire and even amaze us as we continue to
experience visionary projects from around the world through shared international collaboration.
We appreciated adding your comments to our selection of the Top 10 Greenroof Design Trends
for 2008, and if you did not have an opportunity to participate in our 2008 Greenroof Design
Trends Survey , please do so for 2009!
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