Green Roof Installation Details

Project Title: WGBH Boston

Location: One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

Size: 5,200 sq ft

Planting Method: Extensive System/Cuttings(learn more)

System Depth: 4 inches

Architect: Polshek Architects

Installation Date: May 2008

Installed in the spring of 2008, the green roof at WGBH is one of the first green roofs to combine solar and vegetative roof technologies. Both provide for a nice backdrop to the first Polshek Partnership building in Boston. The roof was established from cuttings and has accomplished near complete coverage over the coarse of its first year of growth.

Links:
www.wgbh.org
www.greenroofs.com

Press

The Green Blog - Boston.com

Video

WGBH Vegetative Roof Installation Video - This documentary about the installation of the green roof atop WGBH was created by Brynmore Williams for a Boston.com segment on the project. The roof is complete and the sedums are beginning to take hold.