Six Acres of Living Roof

08 Feb, 2013

The Vancouver Convention Center's living roofVancouver, British Columbia’s con­ven­tion cen­ter has a roof that’s not just green, it’s alive. It is a liv­ing roof topped by it’s own ecosys­tem of nearly six acres of native plants and grasses.

In addi­tion to the liv­ing roof which houses thou­sands of indige­nous plants and recov­ers rain­wa­ter for irri­ga­tion. The coven­tion cen­ter also uses sea­wa­ter for heat­ing and cool­ing and on-site water treat­ment. And it has a fish habi­tat built into the build­ing foundations.

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