TERRA.fluxus was asked by OHSU to provide a visualization for a potential project on their campus. Casey Eye Institute offers the potential for a visual ‘sustainable roof’ that includes a number of features. The site is visible from many locations on campus, as well as viewable from the aerial tram – where it is viewed [...]
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Visualizing OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute
Posted in design, ecoroofs, extensive, habitat, hospital, landscape, outreach, portland, projects, retrofit, visualization on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Metro H2W Green Roof
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, education, habitat, marketing, outreach, portland, projects, public, retrofit, visualization on October 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I previously mentioned the design, along with ORANGEWALLstudios for the Metro Household Hazardous Waste (H2W) Green Roof project, which is slated to start construction in September (Snyder was awarded the bid). We recently project includes re-roofing of this structure, along with over 2,500 square feet of green roof on multiple roof levels (see more on [...]
A Pair of Press-Worthy Projects
Posted in ecoroofs, education, general, hospital, irrigation, landscape, marketing, outreach, portland, press, projects on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of recent references of project work in media and as part of educational materials, including someof the work from Green Above Ground members. Enjoy these little snapshots of projects. HEALING ROOFTOPS First, my friend and colleague Elizabeth Hart, who is a Sustainable Technologies Specialist at Tremco Roofing penned an article in Healthcare Development [...]
BPA Green Roof – Ribbon Cutting
Posted in construction, ecoroofs, intensive, marketing, outreach, portland, projects, roof terrace on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A gray morning today for the ribbon cutting atop the Bonneville Power Administration 905 Building Green Roof, with some special guests, including BPA Executive Vice President of Internal Business Services Kim Leathley and Regional Administrator of GSA Northwest/Arctic Region George Northcroft, who did the official ribbon-cutting with selected guests. The project is nearly complete with [...]
Capaces Green Roof – Sedum Propagation
Posted in construction, ecoroofs, education, extensive, landscape, outreach, plants, pro-bono, projects on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As part of the assistance for the CAPACES Leadership Institute Green Roof in Woodburn, we have been developing a strategy for volunteers to propagate sedum cuttings for the roof, using on-site area and a small number of plants as seed stock. TERRA.fluxus prepared a diagram showing the recommended species, along with a visual showing the [...]
Hopes Conference Green Roof Panel
Posted in design, ecoroofs, education, marketing, outreach, presentations, projects on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jason King from TERRA.fluxus participated this weekend in a panel discussion on Green Roofs at the 2011 Hopes Conference at University of Oregon. Fellow panelists included Tom Liptan (City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services), Steve Koch (Koch Landscape Architecture), and Sarah Whitney (formerly of Habitats Inc in Eugene). Topics varied from techniques, costs, benefits, [...]
Pearl District Ecoroof Tour
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, education, outreach, portland, projects, tours on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our second tour for Ecoroof Month (a partnership between Green Above Ground and Bureau of Environmental Services) focused happened on some projects in Portland’s Pearl District, and a group of 25 people braved chilly temperatures to see a range of interesting projects. Like the last tour, we chose accessible projects that our team worked on [...]
CAPACES Leadership Institute Green Roof
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, education, landscape, outreach, pro-bono, projects, public on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TERRA.fluxus is happy to provide pro-bono assistance for the CAPACES Leadership Institute project in Woodburn, Oregon. The project stems from the work of the group PCUN (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste) or the Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United, and continue their mission for farmworker rights, helping to: “build the leadership capacity and political consciousness [...]
South Waterfront & OHSU Ecoroof Tour
Posted in bes, construction, design, ecoroofs, extensive, general, hospital, housing, outreach, portland, projects, retrofit, tours on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As part of Ecoroof Month, the members of Green Above Ground, along with the Bureau of Environmental Services, gave a tour of some of the area green roofs. Starting in South Waterfront, the group assembled at the Ardea, which gave a wide view of a range of local projects – encompassing extensive, semi-intensive and intensive [...]
Quotable: The Green Roof Manual
Posted in construction, costs, design, ecoroofs, general, outreach, press on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A trip to Powell’s yesterday yielded a number of fine resources for the ever-expanding library. One of note is the long-awaited publication by Ed Snodgrass and Linda McIntyre of a new resource, ‘The Green Roof Manual: A Professional Guide to Design, Installation, and Maintenance’ (Timber Press, 2010). I spoke with Ms. McIntyre last year at [...]
