Michigan Grower Develops Hybrid Subterranean Green Roof Systemby Maureen Rice
Green roofs are dotting the landscape on rooftops in cities all across the U.S., and for good reason. Green roof technologies offer economic, social and environmental benefits. They provide savings on energy heating and cooling costs, and capture between 60-100% of storm water runoff that would normally enter municipal wastewater management systems, just to name a few.
"Our green roof is a hybrid system," explained David MacKenzie, Owner of Hortech, Inc. and its green roof subsidiary, LiveRoof, "We tried to take the best features of the other systems that are out there and combine them into one system." Read the whole article on Examiner.com, http://www.examiner.com/x-28192-Grand-Rapids-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2010m1d20-Live-Roof-green-roof-systems.
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