Green Roof White Roof What’s the difference? 200 found out this past Wednesday.
As industry experts from Greensulate, Expo-Z, Bellett Construction, E4, NYSERDA and the city paerticipated in a discussion moderated by Barry Hersh of the Center for the Sustainable Built Environment at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.
What are the differences between green rooftops and white rooftops? Wednesday evening some 200 came to the 10th Fl of the Kimmel center at NYU and with the beautiful uptown skyline, including the empire State building, listened in rapt attention as the proponents of white roofs and green roofs discussed the merits and benefits of these two old but newly emerging roof technologies. The conclusion? That depends. Certainly having a green roof will likely have a greater impact but green roof are not always feasible and white roofs are definitely in order where weight is an issue. What remains true is that both offer significant advantages by lowering the rooftop temperatures and thereby our city’ temperature. There is much more but why not come to our events and become informed as well as meet others who believe in the Cleantech transformation.
