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Abstract
In early October of 2002, our project team completed the installation of a 2,600 square foot green roof above an existing two-story building at the Neuhoff Meat Packing Plant, a redevelopment site in Nashville, Tennessee. We planted 1200 plants from 15 species of plants that belong to the threatened cedar glade plant community, endemic to Central Tennessee. Among those plants were the Tennessee coneflower and Purple Prairie Grass, both listed under The Endangered Species Act. The project’s success was built upon strong partnership building between team members, including a landscape architect, roof membrane supplier, horticulturalist, roofing contractor and owners. The project has received extensive coverage in the Nashville press and is generating interest and discussion about green roof technology green building techniques. This paper provides an overview of the project, its history and its relationship to the surrounding community of Nashville. It then reviews the process and techniques relating to the green roof specifically. Finally, an initial evaluation of the green roof is provided. Throughout the paper, what is emphasized is how this project was undertaken on two levels. The most obvious level is the rooftop itself, the technical aspects of installing a green roof on an existing building. The second level may well prove the more lasting and important level, however. This level relates to the partnerships that evolved over the course of the last two years, some directly and others indirectly, through the realization of Nashville’s first green roof.
In early October of 2002, our project team completed the installation of a 2,600 square foot green roof above an existing two-story building at the Neuhoff Meat Packing Plant, a redevelopment site in Nashville, Tennessee. We planted 1200 plants from 15 species of plants that belong to the threatened cedar glade plant community, endemic to Central Tennessee. Among those plants were the Tennessee coneflower and Purple Prairie Grass, both listed under The Endangered Species Act. The project’s success was built upon strong partnership building between team members, including a landscape architect, roof membrane supplier, horticulturalist, roofing contractor and owners. The project has received extensive coverage in the Nashville press and is generating interest and discussion about green roof technology green building techniques. This paper provides an overview of the project, its history and its relationship to the surrounding community of Nashville. It then reviews the process and techniques relating to the green roof specifically. Finally, an initial evaluation of the green roof is provided. Throughout the paper, what is emphasized is how this project was undertaken on two levels. The most obvious level is the rooftop itself, the technical aspects of installing a green roof on an existing building. The second level may well prove the more lasting and important level, however. This level relates to the partnerships that evolved over the course of the last two years, some directly and others indirectly, through the realization of Nashville’s first green roof.
Date
5/2003
5/2003
Author(s)
Eric Shriner
Eric Shriner
Page(s)
Keyword(s)
green roof; endangered plants; slaughterhouse; Tennessee
green roof; endangered plants; slaughterhouse; Tennessee