Nyc Javits Center Green Roof

Directly above one of new york city s busiest buildings lies a sanctuary of sorts a green space that is both harboring wildlife and saving energy.

Nyc javits center green roof.

Comprised of sedum and home to 29 bird species five bat species and thousands of honeybees the green roof has become a sanctuary for area wildlife while helping to reduce energy consumption throughout the convention center on manhattan s west side. There is noise but it sort of becomes white noise background noise elbin. Birds on javits center s green roof cbs news eleven species of birds now call the roof home. Through our innovative sustainability efforts the javits center is poised to sustain a green environment far into the future.

It is really peaceful. No one really looks at a building like javits and expects to see a green space like this on the top of it said javits center president alan steel. The nearly 7 acres of plants at the javits. The largest at ford motor company s river rouge plant which reached the milestone of its tenth anniversary in 2013 is also a xeroflor installation.

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