Malcolm X College Green Roof

Moody nolan landscape architect.

Malcolm x college green roof.

The bb5 filled the many installed green roof planter components. A 1 acre green roof incorporates prairie and woodland plantings including 4 oak trees. Green building council s illinois higher education sub committee. He has also worked for i go car sharing and was a consultant with allcell technologies.

Prior to joining city colleges brophy worked for green roof solutions a leading distributer of american made green roofing components. Green roof 127 spot parking lot and space reserved for 26 bicycles. Hitchcock design group green roof installer. Speedy gonzalez landscaping system.

Our customer sgl leveraged the finn bb5 bark blower from our rental fleet on the project. 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. The new facility. Some examples below include designs for a walkway through the olive harvey college wetland for students to better view the cattails and birds native to the wetland and an artist s rendering of a green roof on the new malcolm x college campus where trees will be planted to attract birds and milkweed will be grown to attract monarch butterflies.

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

City colleges of chicago architect. Malcolm x city college. The former malcolm x college building was demolished to make way for the new blackhawks training center. 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.