Building Green

Enhancing healthy living and green building construction through sustainable and renewable materials

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Sponsored by Cavawood Architectural Products, Columbia Green Technologies, Eldorado Stone, and Tournesol Siteworks

Elena M. Pascarella, PLA, ASLA

The organization Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (www.greenroofs.org) cites a number of public, private, and design-based benefits from green roofs including:

Public Benefits

• Aesthetic improvements

• Stormwater management

• Moderation of urban heat island

• Improved air quality

• New amenity spaces

• Local job creation

Private Benefits

• Energy efficiency

• Increased roof membrane durability

• Fire retardation

• Noise reduction

• Reduced electromagnetic radiation

• Enhanced building marketability

Design-Based Benefits

• Increased biodiversity

• Improved health and well-being

• Enhanced urban agriculture

• Enhanced educational opportunities

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Originally published in February 2014

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Buyer's Guide

Alaskan Yellow Cedar Wood Poles

Enhance your landscape design with the natural elegance of Cavawood wood poles, made with Alaskan Yellow Cedar, which is naturally resistance to decay and insects without the use of chemical preservatives. And wood is a renewable, energy-wise alternative to metal poles.

Cavawood Architectural Products
www.cavawood.com

Green Roof Solutions

Columbia Green Technologies offers green roof solutions engineered to meet the unique challenges of the rooftop growing environment. Designers appreciate the flexibility to use trays or multilayer assemblies, as the project requirements dictate. Building owners love the single-source "Roof to Green Roof" warranty options provided through Columbia Green's roofing partners.

Columbia Green Technologies
www.columbia-green.com

Rustic Ledge

Eldorado's Sequoia Rustic Ledge is a textured and layered full-scale ledge stone with long dimensional stones. Split along parallel planes, the stones possess distinctive textural foliation and pronounced rock cleavage. Stone sizes range from 1 to 4.5 inches in height and 6 to 20 in. in length with an average of 3 in. by 15 in.

Eldorado Stone
www.eldoradostone.com

Thermally Modified Wood

Boulevard thermally modified wood is a domestic alternative to imported South American hardwoods. The FSC-certified red oak has 25+ year untreated durability, extreme resistance to rot and decay, and minimal twisting and warping. Featured in wood benches and tables, and as structural deck tiles and decking.

Tournesol Siteworks
www.tournesolsiteworks.com/boulevard.html