Green Roof Ford Rouge Plant

Ford s new rouge plant gets living roof.

Green roof ford rouge plant.

Kevin described it in treehugger in 2004. All courtesy of ford motor company and xero flor america except for the illustration from william. Working together the living roof porous pavement underground storage basins natural treatment wetlands and vegetated swales significantly reduce the amount of storm water flowing into the rouge river while also improving water quality. The living roof s primary function is to collect and filter rainfall as part of a natural storm water management system.

Gordon wright executive editor. The 10 4 acre sedum roof insulates the building. In fact it s hardly green at all more like gray and brown though it still insulates the building below just as well. Ford rouge plant in 2019 green roof in 2019 in 1999 architect william mcdonough entered into an agreement with ford motor company to redesign its 85 year old 1 212 acre 490 ha rouge river facility.

July 01 2003. Visit the ford living roof and benefits page and plan your visit during the ford rouge factory tour call center. A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a michigan winter. To the relief of most people in southeast michigan the factory remains open.

It s ten years since the start of construction of the green roof on top of the big river rouge plant. The idea made intuitive sense. The roof is covered with 10 4 acres of sedum a genus of perennial plants that tops a 3 in thick four layer system incorporating a root resistant membrane a drainage layer a fleece mat and a vegetation blanket see schematic. Last month unveiled a huge green roof at its new truck plant in dearborn mich.

Within five days of the roof going down local killdeere had nested and laid their eggs in the sedum. A green roof was the most compelling solution to the stormwater problem at the rouge.