Oncenter Green Roof

Oncenter green roof complete the oncenter complex has completed installation of a 60 000 square foot green roof system to capture storm water runoff.

Oncenter green roof.

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. Five stories high the wavy roof has three independent green roof sections which mimic the area s rolling hills. The roof includes a waterproof membrane liner that is covered with a layer of lightweight growing medium and planted with a mix of sedums low growing succulent vegetation. Oncenter green roof in summer 2011 a green roof system was installed on the 60 000 square foot rooftop of the convention center.

The official groundbreaking for the music city center was held on march 22 2010 and the new building opened in. Center for green roof research the center the only location in north america with small test green roofs on replicated buildings characterizes and quantifies the performance of green roofs and promotes their discoveries through education and outreach. Although the oncenter green roof is the largest one in syracuse so far it s not the first. A green roof will soon be installed at the jacob javits convention center in new york city which could become the largest.

Another is just outside of dodson s office on the roof of the center of excellence. 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. The vegetated system includes a waterproof membrane liner that is covered with a layer of lightweight growing medium and planted with a mix of sedum low growing succulent vegetation. The nashville music city center is a 1 200 000 square foot convention center completed in june 2012 in the sobro south of broadway district in nashville tennessee.

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. 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. The roofs are covered in sedum a very durable plant that is found in places like the adirondacks. Between the fragility of the plants that grow there the need to protect the arena s roof and the wisdom of keeping tour groups off of the top of very tall buildings the green roof is considered to be best left undisturbed.

With the exception of the maintenance crew and an occasional researcher target center s green roof is off limits to the public. The plants will flower and change color depending on the season.