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Clinton Library Gets 'Green' Roof
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 Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:00 am Post subject: Clinton Library Gets 'Green' Roof |
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 Clinton Library Gets 'Green' Roof
Bill Clinton likes to brag about his presidential library being an eco-friendly building. Now even the roof is going green.Over the past two weeks, workers have been hoisting 90 species of plants and more than four truckloads of soil atop the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum to create a garden on an area surrounding Clinton's penthouse apartment.
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Bill Clinton likes to brag about his presidential library being an eco-friendly building. Now even the roof is going green.Over the past two weeks, workers have been hoisting 90 species of plants and more than four truckloads of soil atop the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum to create a garden on an area surrounding Clinton's penthouse apartment.Instead of bare concrete, the glass and steel building will be topped with strawberries, ferns, switch grass, roses and other greenery."This is just an area he can come and relax in and just enjoy the view," Clinton Foundation Facilities and Operations Director Debbie Shock said in a recent interview on the roof.However, it's not just for looks. That layer of soil and plants will provide insulation and capture rainwater that otherwise would just be wasted as runoff.Clinton -- who has used his nonprofit foundation to promote sustainable development and environmentally friendly building practices -- would like to see green roofs used nationwide. He recently announced a program through his foundation aimed at helping homeowners and commercial building owners modernize their buildings to reduce energy use."When President Clinton built his library here, part of what he wanted was something that would serve as an example to others, both in design and architecture, but also in sustainability and its footprint and its coexistence with the city landscape," Clinton Foundation spokesman Jordan Johnson said.The $165 million library complex is the first presidential library to earn an award from the U.S. Green Committee for environmental design. Flooring is made from recycled rubber tires, solar panels sit on another section of the roof and the parking lot has bicycle racks and charging stations for electric cars.When it opened in 2004, the library earned a "silver" rating under the Leadership Energy Environmental Design, the benchmark for environmentally friendly buildings. Earlier this month, it earned a "platinum" certification for continuing projects on its existing buildings.
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