Peco Green Roof Tour

Participants must be 18 years or older.

Peco green roof tour.

Totaling over 45 000 square feet it is the largest green roof on an existing building in philadelphia. This green roof is one of our region s leading stormwater management features. Action news reporter katherine scott got a tour and a lesson on how the green roof on the eighth floor of the peco building stays green when the temperatures soar. Meet at security desk in lobby of peco building at 2301 market street at 9 50 a m.

Planted in 2008 the peco green roof is open for tours and visible to many neighboring office buildings making it an important educational and aesthetic feature. Enjoy a virtual tour of the peco green roof. Your roof and the environment why green is the new black. What is a green roof.

Guided maps of sustainability initiatives at temple university. Spotlight green campus tour. Peco green roof sustainability tour with pennsylvania horticultural society phs event date. Tuesday april 25 2017 9 45am to 11 00am.

Hunter legerton at tedxcharleston duration. Peco green roof tour enjoy the 45 000 square feet of vegetation on the roof of peco s building at 23rd and market street. Join phs for a tour of the peco building in center city. No it is not a roof that has been painted green it is a roof with plants growing on it.

Tedx talks recommended for you. A view from the peco green roof looking towards the art museum. Says denis o brien the company s president and ceo as a major business in the region being environmentally responsible is not just a nice thing to do it s the right thing. These planted roofs are beneficial in many ways from stormwater management and reduction of a building s energy usage to cleaning.

In partnership with the pennsylvania horticultural society phs peco co sponsors public green roof tours that attract architects developers and engineers intent on learning more about vegetated assemblies. This vegetated roof has many benefits.