Asla Headquarters Green Roof

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Asla headquarters green roof.

In 2004 asla began to investigate installing a green roof on its 12 year old 3 story headquarters building in washington d c. A retrofit project the green roof replaced the original membrane roof on the headquarters building. Department of energy office of scientific and technical information. Led the design process collaborating with conservation design forum to develop the design and specificat.

The asla headquarters green roof was undertaken to demonstrate the environmental and aesthetic benefits of green roofs and to encourage more widespread use of green roofs. Sam brown sam brown photography courtesy of the american society of landscape architects the american society of landscape architects asla cut the ribbon on the new green roof over its washington d c headquarters on april 26 2006. A comprehensive report found that the green roof retained thousands of gallons of stormwater reduced building energy costs by hundreds of dollars a month and significantly lowered outdoor air temperature. Made available by u s.

On hand were representatives from the district of columbia and green roofs for healthy cities as. Visit their website s asla green roof page which includes the green roof central green roof performance data a student teacher guide and much more tours of the asla green roof are available for groups or individuals on tuesdays wednesdays and thursdays. Located on the rooftop of the headquarters of the american society of landscape architects in the heart of washington d c the asla green roof project involves the transformation of an existing 3 000 square foot roof into a prime example of green roof technology. One of the signature elements of the design is the use of two 25.

Asla set up extensive monitoring to measure air temperature water runoff and building energy use. This green roof demonstration project on the asla headquarters was envisioned to show the environmental benefits of green roofs as well as to showcase what landscape architects contribute to this project type. The building s original rubberized membrane roof had already begun to develop pinhole leaks and a structural engineering study showed that the roof had additional load capacity to accommodate an extensive green roof. The american society of landscape architects headquarters is located at 636 eye street nw washington d c.