Green Roof University Of Florida Rinker Hall

The roof covers an amphitheater next to rinker hall home of uf s school of building construction.

Green roof university of florida rinker hall.

2014 the school was renamed the m e. The 5 inch deep greenroof covers an amphitheater next to rinker hall home of uf s school of building construction. Box 115703 gainesville fl 32611 5703 usa. In the united states many green roofs are now in place including on chicago s city hall university of florida s perry construction yard building and ford s truck assembly plant in michigan.

The facility has a green roof which is the first of its kind on the university of florida campus. Today the rinker school has over 7050 graduates 6000 bs 1000 ms and 50 ph d 150 upper division students 100 master s students 30 ph d. A 22 000 grant from the florida department of transportation is helping fund the charles r. First leed gold certified building in florida photo.

The first building in the state of florida to be designed under the u s. The development of contemporary approaches to green roof technology began in urban areas of germany over thirty years ago. Green building council s leed r rating system rinker hall has transformed the university of florida s building program. Perry construction yard greenroof at the university of florida.

University of florida sees big savings with green rinker hall. School of construction management. Babylon might have had the world s first green roof which legend says the ruler nebuchadnezzar. Eban bean demonstrate the use of cisterns that collect runoff water from a green roof at rinker hall on the university of florida campus.

Rinker hall cisterns 2 46 dr. Stormwater harvesting and reuse. Rinker hall incorporates a range of green building features and in 2004 achieved a leed r gold rating from the u s. A dozen species of native florida vegetation includes dune sunflower tropical sage and gopher apple the roof will be.

Egress paths from all classrooms at all levels are daylit allowing for emergency exit during a daytime power failure. Rinker hall cisterns video transcript. Through its success with students faculty and administration the gainesville campus has now adopted leed silver as the minimum standard going forward. Rinker hall is oriented on a pure north south axis demonstrating the ability to utilize low angle light for daylighting.

Rinker hall a three story 47 300 square foot building that houses the rinker school of building construction and includes a.