Type of Project: Green Roof

Name of Project: New York Hospital, Queens

Location: Flushing, Queens

Use: Institution, Educational Size: 14,000 SF

Completion Date: 2012 Designer: Manhattan College

Project Description: Three separate roofs on The New York Hospital’s buildings are covered with LiveRoof sedum trays. The project was created by the Department of Environmental Protection as a pilot to measure the quantity of rain water green roofs retain. Manhattan College students created the design and carried out the monitoring and analyzation of the green roof.