This YouTube video shows us the Living Roof at BRIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IMJHHL3HVRs#!
Information on their website regarding the sustainability is as follow:
Through careful site design, responsible landscape management, and
conscientious human behavior, BRIT seeks to reduce its footprint on the
natural world as well as protect and restore ecosystem services. The new
BRIT building was designed to accomplish several key goals: reduce
energy and water consumption, enhance indoor environmental quality, and
use recyclable and renewable materials. This was achieved through
daylighting, photovoltaic panels (solar energy), low-flow and low-energy
fixtures, low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) materials, wool and
linen furnishings, certified wood products, and recycled-content steel
and rubber, to name a few. In addition, the BRIT landscape—with its
native plants, vegetated walls, bioswales, living roof, and retention
pond—was designed to eliminate use of potable water, reduce overall
maintenance costs, curb energy consumption, extend the life of building
materials, mitigate urban heat island effects, and manage onsite storm water. But our sustainable campus means little if the people using
it are personally wasteful. Therefore, BRIT’s employees and users are
encouraged to model sustainable personal practices, such as recycling,
composting, and water and energy conservation.
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