Penn State Green Roof

Green roof media testing penn state college of agricultural sciences.

Penn state green roof. Back at penn state beattie an associate professor of ornamental horticulture began to look into the idea. Says beattie in scandinavia and the british isles it s rooted in history. Currently there are five large scale green roofs on campus forest resources building student health center dickinson law school millennium science complex and the root cellar behind. Retention occurs primarily in the summer months from may through september when as much as 100 of the rain can be retained.

Penn state is committed to developing and sustaining a green campus. Green roofs on campus. Reducing air conditioning costs. The office of the physical plant has been proactive in applying our research and promoting green roof technologies as one solution to storm water management issues on our campus.

In the cool season months less water is retained 20 30 on average figure 1. Lengthening roof membrane life. Green roofs are unique in that they have the ability to capture and retain a volume depth of rain from each rainstorm. In such all new buildings will utilize green technologies and many will have green roofs.

In such all new buildings will utilize green technologies and many will have green roofs. And providing an aesthetically pleasing roof. Horticulture hort 497b was the first green roof technologies class in the nation created at penn state in 2005 and is taught every spring semester with students from many disciplines participating. On an annual basis a 3 5 4 deep sedum green roof in central pennsylvania can retain approximately 50 60 of the annual rainfall.

Green roofs are increasing in popularity in the us because of the benefits they provide over traditional roofs such as reducing stormwater runoff and improving runoff quality. Penn state is committed to developing and sustaining a green campus. The hub s green roof a gift from the class of 2014 and constructed as part of the hub robeson center addition and renovation project the hub green roof opened in summer 2016 as a space for penn staters to relax and enjoy nature from the center of campus. And last a green roof could lessen the heating and cooling costs of the hotel lobby down below.

It s not a new idea.