Peco Building Green Roof

The plants which trap dust absorb carbon dioxide release oxygen and create habitat.

Peco building green roof.

Peco green roof tour enjoy the 45 000 square feet of vegetation on the roof of peco s building at 23rd and market street. The peco building is a modernist office highrise in center city philadelphia the building is the current headquarters of the peco energy company formerly the philadelphia energy company peco and one of the companies that merged to form the exelon corporation. Substrate which supplies water and nutrients to plant roots ensures gas exchange at the roots and provides anchorage to support plants. In an effort to solve the onerous cso issue and comply with the federal clean water act the city is incentivizing green infrastructure as a key solution with the added advantage of providing additional environmental benefits for the adjacent cityscape.

Among the most successful projects miller cites are the relatively small 2500 sq ft. Totaling more than 45 000 square feet it is the larg. The peco main office building sits on the densly developed schuylkill river banks in the heart of center city and the roof footprint is 95 of the lot area. In the effort to encourage a critical mass of enlightened philadelphians to support the development of urban roof top landscapes the peco green roof is proving to be a key player.

The city of philadelphia is plagued with a serious water pollution problem as the result of a centuries old combined sewer system. A taller section of the building a tower whose two and a half top stories form a marquee is a hallmark of the city skyline. The peco main office building sits on the densely developed schuylkill river banks in the heart of center city and the roof footprint is 95 of the lot area. The living roof is expected to absorb 60 to 70 percent of the estimated 1 5 millions gallons of rainwater that fall on the structure annually.

Totaling over 45 000 square feet it is the largest green roof on an existing building in philadelphia. Peco installed a green roof atop the company s headquarters at 23rd and market streets in philadelphia. Join phs for a tour of the peco building in center city. Participants must be 18 years or older.

In an effort to solve the onerous cso issue and comply with the federal clean water act the city is incentivizing green infrastructure as a key solution with the added benefit of providing additional environmental benefits for the adjacent cityscape. Says denis o brien the company s president and ceo as a major business in the region being environmentally responsible is not just a nice thing to do it s the right thing. The peco main office building sits on the densely developed schuylkill river banks in the heart of center city and the roof footprint is 95 of the lot area. Peco s green roof will sit atop an eight story section of its headquarters.