Don’t you just love social media?!
No sooner did I post my questions about the green bus shelter in East Liberty, then answers started to appear!!!
The project was brought about by East Liberty Development, Inc. in cooperation with the Sprout Fund‘s Spring program in an attempt to educate people on the street level about the benefits of green building design:
This particular solar panel produces energy to power a pump that pulls captured rainwater from the ground level back up to the green roof or to a nearby tree. Get it? Its self-powered and nothing is wasted. I’ve mentioned feedback loops before, and a green roof is a great visual example of how to close them.
Green roofs have many benefits, which are explained in the video by project leaders Loralyn Fabian and Katherine Camp:
fostering biodiverstiy mitigating stormwater runoff energy saving curbing the heat island effect education through signage on shelterYay for green infrastructure and sustainability awareness in urban projects!!!
Don’t you just love Pittsburgh? ♥
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