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High Albedo Roof
keep occupants comfortable and reduce heating and cooling costs;
Unvegetated roofs have light-colored, high albedo, or highly reflective, surfaces that absorb less heat from sunlight and reduce energy costs.
• Insulate buildings from sound; • Increase the property value and marketability of buildings;
Extensive Green Roofs
• Beautify the urban landscape;
Intercept rainfall, filter air and water, lower the heat island effect, and provide habitable space
• Create greenspace and physical respite for people; • Provide habitat for wildlife, including migratory birds; • Absorb noise and pollution;
Solar Panels
• Sequester carbon.
14%
Installing solar panels on just of the commercial building roof area at the Parkade site would offset all of those buildings’ energy costs. Avg. office use:
Generate clean electricity and reduce energy bills
200 kWh/sq m/yr, per US DOE CBECS Survey, 2003. Manchester solar insolation: 1500 kWh/sq m/yr
Additional Resources • www.Greenroofs.com; • www.Greenroofs.org: • International Green Roof Association: www.igra-world.com • US EPA: www.epa.gov/hiri/mitigation/ greenroofs.htm • Solar calculator: www.findsolar.com
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