To demonstrate and promote green roof research, education, and technology transfer in the Northeastern US.

1. Build a green roof research test facility
2. Gather data on how efficiently green roofs mitigate the volume of stormwater runoff
3. To compare green with non greened roofs for the purpose of gathering information on energy savings during the winter heating and the summer air conditioning seasons
4. To sample rainfall from greened and non greened roofs to determine the capacity of a green roof to cleanse rainwater, especially related to nitrogen, neutralize acid rain, and particulate pollution
5. Determine how effectively green roofs buffer acid rain
6. To evaluate the efficacy of porous expanded polypropylene (PEPP) as a green roof growing matrix
7. To evaluate research data so architects and engineers can develop design tools related to green roofs
8. Select plants adapted to green roofs
9. To evaluate green roof growing media and plant growth characteristics
10. To develop light weight modular green roof growing systems
11. To evaluate the economic advantages of green roofs
12. To evaluate the social impacts of green roofs
13. To calculate the aesthetic benefits of green roofs in the urban environment