Rutgers Green Roof

The living wall grows over 70 species of plants.

Rutgers green roof. Cook s market at rutgers gardens claims the university s first green roof. Clint andrews rutgers center for green building. The green roof on top of cook s m arket features interlocking sweeps of mostly native plants such as little blue stem schizachyrium scoparium purple coneflower echinacea pallida and mountain mint pycnanthemum incanum. A vegetated roof or green roof consists of vegetation in a lightweight growing medium placed on top of the drainage layer root barrier and waterproof membrane see figure 1.

Figure 2 the light colored roof of the eda tech center in camden nj reduces the urban heat island effect and lowers summer cooling loads. The green roof atop cook s market home of rutgers gardens farmers market features interlocking sweeps of mostly native plants such as little blue stem schizachyrium scoparium purple coneflower echinacea pallida and mountain mint pycnanthemum incanum. Vegetated roofs provide many environmental benefits such as decreased stormwater runoff and reduced building energy use. The new jersey institute for food nutrition and health located on cook campus boasts one of the state s largest living biowalls.

The research greenhouse is located in new brunswick new jersey just off route 1 on college farm road. It is located between parking lots 98a and 98b near the intersection of college farm road and dudley road.