Npr Javits Center Green Roof

Before 2014 it was totally barren.

Npr javits center green roof.

The largest at ford motor company s river rouge plant which reached the milestone of its tenth anniversary in 2013 is also a xeroflor installation. Then npr imagines what a city full of green roofs could be like. We took a field trip to the largest green roof in new york city. The javits center green roof installation was officially completed in october 2014 and measures 297 000 sf which is the second largest green roof on a single free standing building in the u s.

It s in the middle of bustling manhattan on top of the javits convention center a behemoth of a building with a six block footprint. The business of the jacob javits center in new york city is business. Npr visits the javits roof top to find out how it s improved the neighborhood and how it s saved the company three million dollars. Each year nearly 40 000 companies set up shop inside the 840 000 square feet of convention space and bring in nearly 2.

But the roof hasn t always been green. This is the largest green roof in new york city. The javits center has roof tours and a live cam. Join us for a members only tour of the second largest green roof in the united states led by the project architect on the javits center renovation.

Comprised of sedum and home to 29 bird species five bat species and thousands of honeybees the green roof has become a sanctuary for area wildlife while helping to reduce energy consumption throughout the convention center on manhattan s west side. Eagle street rooftop farm in brooklyn. Javits center s green roof tours register for a tour of the javits center s 6 75 acre green roof one of the largest of its kind in the united states. From april to october the javits center offers free tours of its 6 75 acre green roof one of the largest of its kind in the united states.