" Clinton library gets 'green' roof"

[GreenPartyVoter]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Bill Clinton likes to brag about his presidential library being an eco-friendly building. Now even the roof is going green.
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Over the past two weeks, workers have been hoisting 90 species of plants and more than four truckloads of soil atop the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum to create a garden on an area surrounding Clinton's penthouse apartment.

Instead of bare concrete, the glass and steel building will be topped with strawberries, ferns, switch grass, roses and other greenery.

"This is just an area he can come and relax in and just enjoy the view," Clinton Foundation Facilities and Operations Director Debbie Shock said in a recent interview on the roof.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_us/clinton_s_roof

[Captain Angry]

1. Ford did that with one of their plants.

The grass on the roof reduced cooling and heating costs as it insulates the building. They also used it to filter rainwater for use in their manufacturing processes.

In China, the people and businesses of Shanghai have been told to put grass on their roofs to leech pollution out of the air before the Olympics next year.

It's a good idea, and if new construction were designed to support this type of feature, I think it would be another nice progression toward cleaning up our air.

Nice to hear they did that for the library.

[shireen]

2. AWESOME! I'm a big fan of green roofs! nt