Rutgers Green Roof

Vegetated roofs provide many environmental benefits such as decreased stormwater runoff and reduced building energy use.

Rutgers green roof.

Figure 2 the light colored roof of the eda tech center in camden nj reduces the urban heat island effect and lowers summer cooling loads. It is located between parking lots 98a and 98b near the intersection of college farm road and dudley road. The new jersey institute for food nutrition and health located on cook campus boasts one of the state s largest living biowalls. Cook s market at rutgers gardens claims the university s first green roof.

Cool roofs options are available for most standard roofing materials and come in common roofing colors e g gray red. The green roof on top of cook s m arket features interlocking sweeps of mostly native plants such as little blue stem schizachyrium scoparium purple coneflower echinacea pallida and mountain mint pycnanthemum incanum. Rutgers the state university of new jersey 88 lipman drive room 210 new brunswick nj 08901 8525. Clint andrews rutgers center for green building.

The research greenhouse is located in new brunswick new jersey just off route 1 on college farm road. The living wall grows over 70 species of plants.