Green Roof University Of Florida Rinker Hall

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Green roof university of florida rinker hall.

The development of contemporary approaches to green roof technology began in urban areas of germany over thirty years ago. Rinker hall cisterns video transcript. First leed gold certified building in florida photo. Through its success with students faculty and administration the gainesville campus has now adopted leed silver as the minimum standard going forward.

A dozen species of native florida vegetation includes dune sunflower tropical sage and gopher apple the roof will be. Mark clark and dr. Eban bean demonstrate the use of cisterns that collect runoff water from a green roof at rinker hall on the university of florida campus. In the united states many green roofs are now in place including on chicago s city hall university of florida s perry construction yard building and ford s truck assembly plant in michigan.

Stormwater harvesting and reuse. Today the rinker school has over 7050 graduates 6000 bs 1000 ms and 50 ph d 150 upper division students 100 master s students 30 ph d. Rinker hall incorporates a range of green building features and in 2004 achieved a leed r gold rating from the u s. School of construction management university of florida 304 rinker p o.

Perry construction yard greenroof at the university of florida. A 22 000 grant from the florida department of transportation is helping fund the charles r. Egress paths from all classrooms at all levels are daylit allowing for emergency exit during a daytime power failure. Rinker hall is oriented on a pure north south axis demonstrating the ability to utilize low angle light for daylighting.

Rinker hall cisterns 2 46 dr. Timothy hursley rinker hall located on the east side of the university of florida campus provides a productive and healthy environment for students faculty and staff through its leed gold certified building design and construction. University of florida sees big savings with green rinker hall. Box 115703 gainesville fl 32611 5703 usa.

The facility has a green roof which is the first of its kind on the university of florida campus. Babylon might have had the world s first green roof which legend says the ruler nebuchadnezzar. School of construction management. Green building council s leed r rating system rinker hall has transformed the university of florida s building program.

The roof covers an amphitheater next to rinker hall home of uf s school of building construction.