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 [...]
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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 »
BPA Green Roof – Construction Updates
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, habitat, intensive, portland, projects, public, retrofit, roof terrace on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some updated photos of the Bonneville Power Administration Building Green Roof, currently in the last stages of construction. Progress has been swift on Levels 5, 6, and 7, with pavers, edging, growing media, and plantings coming in, to be quickly followed by irrigation and completion of the large fourth floor roof. See below for some [...]
Metro H2W Green Roof Design
Posted in design, ecoroofs, extensive, landscape, portland, projects, public, retrofit on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TERRA.fluxus is wrapping up design and construction documents for the green roof at the Metro Household Hazardous Waste Facility in northwest Portland. The project is located on the Central facility site and processes a range of chemicals, paints, and other items that are diverted from drains and landfills. The location is also in the industrial [...]
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 [...]
DJC Coverage – BES Ecoroof Contract Supports Minority & Women-Owned Business
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, marketing, outreach, projects, public, retrofit on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Contract gives Portland minority, women firms eco-roof work From the DJC Oregon – Friday November 5, 2010 (by Nathalie Weinstein) A quarter-million square feet of eco-roofs have been installed in Portland since the city’s Bureau of Environmental Services launched its Grey to Green initiative in 2008. But minority, women-owned and emerging small businesses say it’s still difficult [...]
Design Update – BPA 905 Building
Posted in ecoroofs, intensive, office, portland, projects, public, roof terrace, visualization on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The design for the BPA 905 building (first mentioned in May) is getting wrapped up, and we’re moving towards installation of the four terraced gardens. The green roof scope include four roof levels that will transform existing terraces into semi-intensive green roof zones. The transformation from terrace to green roof gave us the opportunity to [...]
City of Portland – Ecoroof Design-Build
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, marketing, outreach, portland, projects, public on May 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Green Above Ground has submitted a proposal for the further implementation of the City of Portland’s ‘Grey to Green Initiative‘ (G2G). The proposal asks for design-build teams that will further support G2G by marketing and supplying up ecoroofs for particular . Read more about this from a recent DJC Article, which mentions that “…the city [...]
BPA 905 Building Ecoroof
Posted in ecoroofs, portland, projects, public on May 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Snyder Roofing of Oregon LLC, Teufel Landscape, and TERRA.fluxus LLC are currently at work on a retrofit for the Bonneville Power Administration 905 Building in Northeast Portland. The building is owned by the General Services Administration, and as part of the ARRA Stimulus Funding is undergoing retrofits to ensure the building performs at optimal levels. [...]
Portland Building Ecoroof
Posted in bes, ecoroofs, extensive, portland, projects, public, tagged research on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the signature public ecoroof projects in Portland sits atop the Portland Building in downtown – home to many of the City of Portland offices include the local drivers of ecoroof implementation, the Bureau of Environmental Services. Completed in 2006, this 18,000 square foot extensive roof melds seamlessly into the iconic architecture of this [...]
