Learn about Portland’s incredible strides in the area of Green Engineering. Macdonald Environmental Planning, P.C., the landscape architect responsible for designing the Multnomah County Central City Library Ecoroof, will be appearing live on the KPTV morning show to discuss it’s commitment to Sustainability and Green Engineering.
Daniel Edwards with Macdonald Environmental Planning, P.C., will be joining the team of professionals responsible for the design and installation of the new Multnomah County Central Library Ecoroof for a live interview to be televised on KPTV’s morning show tomorrow, January 13th.
The interview will be televised at various times throughout the morning: 5:53am, 6:23am, 6:53am, 7:53am, 8:23am, and 8:45am respectively. KPTV will be interviewing Allen Profit from Multnomah County, Kat West from the Bureau of Environmental Sciences, a Central City Library spokesperson, Mark Carpenter of Columbia Greenroof Technology who was the provider of the tray system installed, and Daniel Edwards of Macdonald Environmental Planning,P.C..
Viewers will be informed on tours that are available for the ecoroof, the effects that the ecoroof has on staff productivity, how the tray system installed contributes to energy savings, water retention and heat island effect reduction, and how this contributes to Portlands plan for making the city a more sustainable place to live.
Please join us tomorrow morning to learn more about our Multnomah County Central Library Ecoroof and it’s nurturing benefits for our environment.
Daniel Edwards
Senior Project Manager
Macdonald Environmental Planning
Ecoroofs are such a great idea, I feel they should be installed in as many places as possible. Does anyone know of any food co-ops that are currently being supported by roof top gardens? I feel commercial roofs could become a profit center or at least decrease the expense column of the balance sheet.
I saw the news broadcast this morning. The plants look small right now, but I understand they will grow. I am curious, how did you guys get involved in the project?
I am a local engineer in the Portland area. Do you guys have any CAD files showing the the project and what software do you folks use to develop these types of projects?
I am sorry I missed the viewing this morning. Is there a way to see the info somewhere else?
I have no doubts that this new roof comes with exquisite green features. I am fascinated about green roofing technologies, they bring so many perspectives in comfort and energy saving.
Danna, Salt Lake City roofer
You can also read more about the Eco-rood project for the Central Library by visiting:
http://multcolib.org/about/mcl-ecoroof.html
Ed Bejarana
http://www.BusinessBlogging.net
Hey Bear, here is a link to KPTV's website with a video: http://www.kptv.com/video/18471598/
The ecoroof design was done using Auto CAD software and included planting , tray layout plans and details of the ecoroof profile.
We successfully completed the Multnomah County Building Greenroof in 2003, the City of Portland Building Ecoroof in 2006 as the Landscape Architect for both projects. Multnomah County selected the same design team for the feasibility study and design of the Central City Library Ecoroof including Macdonald Environmental Planning as the Landscape Architect.