Home
About Us
A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
SUCCESS STORIES
DATA
COMMUNICATIONS
Sustainability Office
Kagin Commons
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-696-8138
Comments & questions to:
sustainability@macalester.edu
|
Add your project to the list»
Green Roofs (more»): A student-led group installed the college's first green roof on the "fishbowl" between Turck and Doty residence halls in spring 2006. Later that year, they wrote a successful proposal for a $10,000 grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and installed a more extensive green roof atop Kagin Commons. The plantings used on green roofs reduce heating and cooling loads on a building and reduce the urban heat island effect, while increasing roof life span, reducing water runoff and filtering pollutants out of the air and water. The projects were a collaborative effort between MacCARES student group, the Environmental Studies Department, Facilities Management, and the Development Office. A presentation about the greenroof project is available here.
|
