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tally friendly roofs are now required by governmental mandate. Since 1970, the federal Environmental Pro-


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ter runoff, he explained. “Rather than replace the entire sewage infrastruc- ture this is a proactive ap- proach.” Barnett said it was in the year 2000 that the practice of installing green roofs took off, but the market has re- ally grown in the last three years. Philadelphia is tied to third place with New York City in the rank- ing of the country’s four green roof markets behind Wa s h i n g t o n , D.C. and Chi- cago, said Bar- nett. The 14,000 feet that the Barnes project covers weighs 350,000 pounds, or 175 tons. Next to it is a 750 kilowatt solar system. In contact with the roof beneath the greenery is a waterproof covering and atop that a layer of geo-textile drainage me- dium and a screen of mesh beneath the 30-to-36 inches of soil. Planted within that is se- dum, a desert succulent that can live throughout the sum- mer with very little water


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said Barnett. He added that it took Grass workers eight day to lay in the pieces of se- dum sod. Another three days were needed to plant anoth- er 11,000 ad- ditional


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plants, such as papri- ka and other perennials. Like any garden, the green roof needs regular tending, although, in this case, it is mostly weeding. Fertilizing, said Barnes, takes a more ex- perienced hand than normal earth-bound ground tenders. For if the wrong fertilizer is used, or if plants react nega- tively to an additive that is considered to be safe, the of- fending product is not going


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is not evident. Barnes said. It is visible, however, from the top of the apartment build- ing at 20th and Hamilton St. and from the condominium/ apartment buildings at 2401 and 2601 Pennsylvania Ave. Green is not the only color of the roof, though. A stone border rim the periphery of the sedum lawn, and paths of stone pavers criss-cross though the ground cover to


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allow for its maintenance. Moving that stone and many bags of soil from the trucks that brought it onto the top of the roof was physically the hardest part of the job, according to Barnett. Moving all of it from its initial resting place as the basic component of the earth’s surface to point hundreds of feet above it presented a challenge. The availability of a crane made that easier. However, because so many building trades were involved in the construc- tion at the same time, scheduling use of the crane and agreeing where it would sit without be- ing in anyone’s way became a point of negotia- tion. Cooperation


with the Roofers Union Local 30 and


other workers was also essential in finding a spot


to temporarily store the many bags of soil prior to their ascent. Pulling that off, he added, resulted in more than get- ting their own green work done on time. The “green” industry is too young to get the respect of other build- ing trades, Barnett said. “If you do the job right and do it fast, you’re going to get respect within the industry. That’s been an underlying goal of ours.”


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