Mit Green Building Roof

The 7 000 square foot green roof is one of many green features of the e62 building at mit s sloan school of management.

Mit green building roof.

They moved from building 24 whose roof had meteorological instruments on it in those days. Photograph by flickr user joey rozier. The cecil and ida green building also called the green building or building 54 is an academic and research building at the massachusetts institute of technology mit in cambridge massachusetts the building houses the department of earth atmospheric and planetary sciences eaps. The mit uhf repeater association maintains the w1xm repeater which is located on the top of the green building.

The roof which is planted with sedum absorbs rainwater and reduces runoff and stress on drain pipes. Pei who received a. Doing research 277 feet off the ground a tour of the green building roof with the mit radio society. Meteorology earth sciences.

It is one of the tallest buildings in cambridge. W1xm 449 725 114 8 hz ctcss. The architects of the project are moore rubel yudell architects and planners of santa monica california and bruner cott associates of cambridge massachusetts. Green roofs and leed certification.

In addition to high efficiency replacement windows and an improved thermal envelope the building is equipped with a monitoring. As the most energy efficient building on campus mit sloan s new home is equipped with numerous sustainability features including a green roof. An mit alumnus im pei has designed a series of facilities for the university as well as the masterplan for its southeast. Green building by im pei 1964.

Weather underground provides local long range weather forecasts weather reports maps tropical weather conditions for locations worldwide. The green building was designed by i. Leadership in energy and environmental design. Morris and sophie chang building building e52.

Much later the two departments were merged into the present single department in the building. The first leed platinum certified building on the mit campus the morris and sophie chang building building e52 excels in the leed certification categories of energy efficiency transportation and water efficiency.