Malcolm X College Green Roof

A 1 acre green roof incorporates prairie and woodland plantings including 4 oak trees.

Malcolm x college green roof.

Green building council for its successful efforts to make the new building opened in january 2016 a sustainable addition to the community reports the weekly citizen. Green roof 127 spot parking lot and space reserved for 26 bicycles. Prior to joining city colleges brophy worked for green roof solutions a leading distributer of american made green roofing components. Our customer leveraged the finn bb5 bark blower from our rental fleet on a chicago green roof project.

He has also worked for i go car sharing and was a consultant with allcell technologies. Hitchcock design group green roof installer. Chicago s malcolm x college recently received leed gold certification from the u s. The new facility.

Moody nolan landscape architect. Speedy gonzalez landscaping system. Two custom seating areas serve as outdoor classrooms with the balance of the area framed by seatwall planters and a mix of movable tables and chairs. Several features aim to minimize the amount of energy consumed by the college including a series of green roofs a rain water harvesting system and white reflective membrane roofs that deflect sunlight and significantly reduce the energy load on the building.

Green building council s illinois higher education sub committee. The former malcolm x college building was demolished to make way for the new blackhawks training center. The bb5 filled the many installed green roof planter components. Malcolm x city college.

The 3rd floor green roof is mxc s heart. Our customer sgl leveraged the finn bb5 bark blower from our rental fleet on the project. City colleges of chicago architect. The new malcolm x college has a cool student accessible green roof irrigated by a rainwater harvesting system.