Green Roof Blocks™ Expands Green Roof Program At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Green Roof Blocks™, makers of a portable self-contained green roof system, recently donated an additional 108 units of its product to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) October 7, 2005 -- Green Roof Blocks™, makers of a portable self-contained green roof system, recently donated an additional 108 units of its product to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). The addition to the green roof experiment was installed on the SIUE Engineering Building on September 20.

The university is utilizing the green roof system for research purposes and is part of an eventual 1000 Green Roof Block™ system. Green Roofs are vegetated roof covers that help to reduce energy consumption and costs, decrease storm water runoff, and preserve the life of roof materials. Individual Green Roof Blocks™ cover four square feet of roof surface and contain a growth medium with drought resistant plants.

The installation follows an initial 16 Green Roof Block™ installation on the SIUE Engineering Building on July 20. The Green Roof experiment is a collaborative effort between Green Roof Blocks™, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, G.R.E.E.N. (Green Roof Environmental Evaluation Network) , The University of Georgia, and The University of Missouri at Columbia.

The research project was coordinated by Kelly Luckett, president of Green Roof Blocks™ and is being directed by Dr. William Retzlaff of the SIUE Environmental Sciences Program. Plant growth, performance, roof coverage and thermal characteristics will be evaluated over the next 2 years. Research outcomes will be shared with those wishing to establish commercial green roof installations.

Green Roof Blocks™ is a subsidiary of St. Louis Metalworks, with offices located at 11701 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant, MO 63033. The company maintains a web site at, www.greenroofblocks.com and media site at, www.greenroofsmedia.com .

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