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Environmental consciousness has been around for more than a generation.
But its emergence as “Green Design” represents a new level
of awareness, and it’s changing our world.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is at the forefront of the Green
Revolution, and what is happening here may represent a trend in architecture
and design that’s soon to emerge in neighborhoods throughout
the city and across the country.
AUDIO: THE GREEN REVOLUTION
RESOURCES:
1. Conscious
Choice- Gardens in the Sky
Despite the lure of our increasingly fast-paced cyber-existence, an
ancient undercurrent flows. People yearn to return to their green
roots. In densely populated urban centers, most of the green space
has been paved over in favor of concrete. But that hasn't stopped
us. There are plenty of flat rooftops, and this resource offers vast
potential for greening our cities.
Source:
Claudia M. Lenart Conscious Choice, July 2000
920 N. Franklin, Suite 202 Chicago, IL 60610 Phone: 312.440.4373
2. The
Chicago Center for Green Technology
One-third of Chicago Green Tech's roof is covered by low-growing sedum,
a succulent plant species that absorbs rainwater. Learn about more
advantages of having a green roof.
Source: City
of Chicago
3. A
Guide to Rooftop Gardening- City of Chicago Department of Environment
Rooftop gardens can keep buildings cooler, save energy, extend the
useful life of the roof, and add beauty and usable space. The City
of Chicago is using rooftop gardens, along with light-colored coatings
and rooftop solar panels, to replace traditional black tar roofs and improve air quality.
Source: City
of Chicago
4. Metropolis
Magazine “Mayor Daley’s Green Crusade”
Mayor Daley has been working for years toward his often-stated intention
to make Chicago the greenest city in America, no small matter given
its size and industrial past. One of the smart things he did was to
bring in researchers to address City Council members who showed that
the presence of greening in people’s lives has a direct link
to lowering crime rates, improving test scores and boosting real estate
values. That’s the stuff people really care about.
Source:
Lisa Chamberlain
Metropolis Magazine
61 W. 23rd St.
4th Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-627-9977 (tel)
212-627-9988 (fax)
edit@ metropolismag.com
5. “Blacktops
Go Green:City Buildings Donning Green Tops to Reduce Warming.”
Green rooftops remain fairly rare in the United States, but some in
the business say that's quickly changing. "The interest is really
phenomenal, almost frightening," says Ed Snodgrass, a horticulturalist
in Maryland who has been designing green rooftops for three years.
"I can barely keep up."
Source:
Onion, Amanda.
www. abcnews.com
6. Penn
State Center for Green Roof Research
Green roofs retain and detain (slow down) stormwater runoff. Graphs
have been compilation of data from research buildings (3 greened and
3 non-green) at the Center for Green Roof Research at Penn State located
at Rock Springs, PA. Spring, 2003 was very wet and cool.
Penn State Center for Green Roof Research
102 Tyson Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
B50@psu.edu | Ph: (814) 863-2263 | Fax: (814) 863-6139
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