The stark, gray rooftop of the Langford Architecture Building on the
campus of Texas A&M University will turn green in the months and
years to come as students and professors from three academic disciplines
come together to create a “green roof.”
Green roofs are roofs that are either partially or completely covered
with vegetation. “Green roofs help cool rooftops, conserve energy,
prevent urban flooding, provide wildlife habitat and create urban green
space,” says Bruce Dvorak,
a professor in Texas A&M’s Department of Landscape Architecture
& Urban Planning, and one of three faculty members leading students
in the rooftop planting project.
The green roof project on Langford Building A is funded by a Tier One Program (TOP) grant, a funding initiative at Texas A&M designed to enhance students’ learning experiences.
(from left:) Texas A&M Professors Bruce Dvorak, Astrid Volder and Don Conlee
In addition to Landscape Architecture, students from the Department of Horticultural Sciences, led by Professor Astrid Volder, and the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, led by Professor Don Conlee,
are participating in the project, “designing, constructing, installing
and maintaining all elements of the green roof including physical
structures, instrumentation, planting and plant maintenance, and
associated data processing and display,” Dvorak explains. Read more and watch video here.
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