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Originally Posted by BIBI
Ford's or GM's (cant remember) production building in Detroit have green roofs. On the long therme, its simply more efficient cause you dont have to change the roof cover every 15-20 year). Also, its offer a great protection in summer for the extreme heat. Also a major point is that big building aint a dead zone anymore, life can grow.
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Yeah , It's the FORD plant. I saw a documentary about it a while back.
Stores water as well as adding thermal insulation and helping the air conditioning costs and heating costs as another benefit.
Good to see industry getting aware and acting on this.
Fly into any major city and the area of roofing over factories and warehouses is vast.
Peter.