Green Roof building
site,
Russel Larson Agricultural Research Center |
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The facilities at the site include
6 small (6x8ft) buildings erected in 2000. Three buildings
have asphalt roofs and 3 have extensive green roofs. The
slope of all roofs is 8.33% (1:12), and the buildings
are oriented in a north-south direction. The green roofs
consist of 3.5in of an expanded clay mineral (Hydrolite,
Garick Corp., Pittsburgh, PA) green roof substrate placed
on top of a .75in drainage layer (Enkadrain 9615, Colbond,
Enka, NC). The green roofs are vegetated mainly with Sedum
spurium Bieb. with some Sedum album L. and Delosperma
nubigenum (Schltr.) L. Bol. and have covered 100% of the
surface. |
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| University Park Research Center |
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Our horticulture department is one of the largest departments
in the Eastern US. We have state of the art research facilities
including:
One acre of greenhouse space
Soil testing, plant analysis, and media testing labs
Outdoor sedum test beds
Controlled environment greenroof test beds |
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| Agricultural
and Biological Engineering Fabrication lab facilities |
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The facility provides
a full array to resources for fabrication, design and
maintenance of agricultural and engineering related projects. |
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| The
Building Environment Simulation and Testing Facility |
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Installation designed for full scale thermal
and air quality research. |
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| PSU
Horticulture Greenhouses |
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Located on the
University Park campus. Here, a standardized testing facility
measures the interaction or roof slope and medium composition
on storm water runoff. |
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 Agricultural
Analytical Services |
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Provides a wide
range of testing services for soils, plants, bio-solids,
and other agricultural materials. The CFGRR is currently
working in cooperation with lab director Dr. Ann Wolf
to develop substrates testing procedures similar to those
used by FLL. |
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| Penn
State Institutes of the Environment |
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A major goal of
this group is to improve our understanding of the biological
and physical environment and its impact on individual
and social well-being. They equally seek to better understand
the relationships between human society and the environment,
and develop innovative approaches to achieving societal
goals for the environment |
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| Center
for Plasticulture |
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Working with petroleum
based products in the development of green roof technology. |
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| LEED |
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Penn
State University is a member of this US Green Building
Council |
