Charles R. Perry Construction Yard, University of Florida

Project Name: Charles R. Perry Construction Yard, University of Florida Year: 2007 Owner: University of Florida Location: Gainesville, FL, USA Building Type: Educational Type: Extensive, Test/Research System: Single Source Provider Size: 2600 sq.ft. Slope: 1% Access: Accessible, Private Submitted by: Greenroofs.com Designers/Manufacturers of Record: Landscape Architect: Glenn Acomb, University of Florida Greenroof System: American Hydrotech

A $22,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation is helping fund the Charles R. Perry Construction Yard greenroof at the University of Florida. The 5-inch deep greenroof covers an amphitheater next to Rinker Hall, home of UF's School of Building Construction. A dozen species of native Florida vegetation includes dune sunflower, tropical sage and gopher apple. The roof will be monitored to determine its benefit in reducing pollution in stormwater runoff by Sylvia Lang, a UF soil and water science doctoral student, Mark Clark, a water-quality specialist with the UF extension, and Glenn Acomb, the landscape architecture lecturer spearheading the project (Gainsville Sun, 2007).

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Read about the University of Florida's first greenroof in the Gainesville Sun's "Going green: UF plants garden that spans entire rooftop" by Nathan Crabbe of March 28, 2007 here.

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