Environmental Green Roof Is Installed On The Pittsburgh Childrens Museum

Green Roof Blocks (TM), manufacturers of a new self contained portable green roof system, was recently selected to install its product on the roof of the The Pittsburgh Childrens Museum. In addition to the unique aesthetic qualities, Green Roof Blocks help to reduce energy consumption and costs, decrease storm water run off and preserve the life of the roof by up to four times.

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) May 4, 2005 -- Green Roof Blocks (TM), manufacturers of a new self contained portable green roof system, was recently selected to install its product on the roof of the The Pittsburgh Childrens Museum.

Green Roof Blocks, which is based in St. Louis, Missouri installed the 60 square foot green roof display on the museums roof on April 16. We were looking at options to spruce up this rooftop when we found Green Roof Blocks on the internet," said Childrens Museum project manager Chris Siefert. This system offers everything we were looking for. The plants and growth media are included, it has pads on the bottom to protect the roofing, and installation was really simple."

In addition to the unique aesthetic qualities, Green Roof Blocks help to reduce energy consumption and costs, decrease storm water run off and preserve the life of the roof by up to four times.

The two hour installation involved fifteen units which were filled with 4 inches of growth media consisting of blended expanded clay and composted pine bark. Each was propagated with five sedum kamtshaticum floriferum (weihenstephaner gold) foliage. This species was chosen for its yellow summer blooms and its significant winter interest," said Kelly Luckett, president of Green Roof Blocks, The weihenstephaner gold remains fully robust and green all winter in spite of significant snow fall and temperatures below 10 degrees."

The plants supplied for the Green Roof Blocks-Pittsburgh Childrens Museum project were harvested by Vic Jost of Jost Greenhouse, also located in the St. Louis, Missouri.

Green Roof Blocks is located at located at 11701 New Halls Ferry Rd., St. Louis, MO 63033.The company maintains a web site at: www.greenroofblocks.com

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