roofs gone green

Roofs Gone GreenCooling Cities and Helping Society

by Roland, Abbey, Alphy, and Elizabeth

Roofs Gone Green

Cooling Cities and Helping Society

Why is the city getting too hot?

Evan Green

what can I do to stop the pavement from heating up?

Is this global warming?

Why?

What Now?

Urban Island Heat Affect

What?

Urban Heat Island Effects

Effects: -Flooding,- high temperatures and pressure-increase in greenhouse gases

Who We Are

Roofs Gone Green: Cooling Cities and Helping Society

We are a committee that writes building code proposals in order to implement green roofs to "high priority" buildings.

We are writers, researchers, architects, and city planners.

Building Codes

Through research we find the buildings that are affected the most by urban heat island effect.

-Design of roof-Buildings proximity to other buildings-Angle of sunlight

Roofs Gone Green Mission Statement

Our goal is to increase awareness of the urban heat island effect and implement more green roofs in the process.

We plan to start in Eugene, Oregon and spread throughout the nation.

Why Eugene?

-Small enough to start the project, large enough to have an impact. Also Eugene is one of U.S.'s greener cities.

Process

-Researchers will figure out which buildings need green roofs

-Writers will write a proposal outlining conditions

- Architects will look at the roof designs-City planners will assists us

Educating Others: How Green Roofs Work and What They Do

"Green roofs supplement traditional vegetation without disrupting urban infrastructure -- they take a neglected space and make it useful."

• Vegetation acts like a spongeo Absorbs UV radiationo Absorbs Watero Absorbs Carbon and other air pollutents

• Evapotranspiration and Shade

Why Should You Get Involved?

-Cities in the future will be even more densely compact

-Reduces effects of Global Warming-Green Roofs last longer and save you money

in the long run-Provides benefits to you and others as well as

your surroundings

Other Organizations and Related Projects

-Green Roofs For Green Cities-FBB in Germany

-Britain's Eco-nightclubs

-RPI's center for Architecture Science and Ecology Program

7. We need to write a new building code incorporating green roofs for Eugene,Oregon and then submit our proposal to International Code Council.

Timeline

6. We need to determine which building NEED green roofs

1.First, we need to target cities that suffer from the urban island heat effect and need green roofs

2.Second,we need to secure funding.

3. We need to do the research necessary to find out which buildings are high priority

4. We need to get the technology permission from Green Roofs For Healthy cities.

5. Promote green roofs through media, fundraisers, and other city events

Funding-Corporations-Taxes-Fundraisers-Grants

Evan Green's Happy Ending-Evan started to educate others about the Urban Island

Heat Effect-The citizens started fundraisers and got the attention of

the local media -Taxes, fundraisers, and corporations contributed to the

Green Roof movement-Green Roofs for Healthy Cities agreed to lend the

technology to Emerald Valley-Building codes were passed for green roofs on certain

buildings in the city-Green Roofs were built in Emerald City-Evan lived happily ever after

Questions?