{"id":6986,"date":"2010-05-14T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:09:56","slug":"bus-shelters-to-show-off-green-roof-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/05\/14\/bus-shelters-to-show-off-green-roof-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus shelters to show off green roof tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"height: 344px; width: 425px;\" href=\"&lt;span class=\"><br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fc9YHs3Jk1E\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fc9YHs3Jk1E\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least 6 bus shelters across the city have sprouted green roofs this week as part of a cute STM marketing campaign.<\/p>\n<p>At least the STM has got something in this vein worth promoting: in 2008 the STM installed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verdigo.ca\/2010\/02\/08\/garage-stm\/\">10,000 square foot green roof<\/a> atop a new garage built in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.<\/p>\n<p>Green roofs can help insulate a building and provide savings on heating and cooling. Also interesting for a garage, green roofs can help with sound-proofing : by some estimates a 12-cm substrate can reduce noise by 40 decibels. The plant covering can also reduce wear on the structure, although the weight of a green roof (45 lbs per square foot) can be a concern to those who dream of a green roof on an older buildings (in comparison, snow weighs about 15 lbs per cubic foot).<\/p>\n<p>From an environmental perspective, green roofs are absorbent, reducing the amount of rain water that winds up in our combined-sewer <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/02\/27\/our-sewage-plant-is-unfortunately-bigger-than-yours\/\">sewage treatment system<\/a> (pretty much all the rain and snow that falls on the island gets the same treatment process as our toilet water). Green roofs also reduce urban <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heat_island_effect\">heat-island effects<\/a> and help filter particulate pollution out of the air (again, relevant for a garage). For a ton more information about the qualitative and quantitative benefits of green roofs, see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenroofs.org\/index.php\/about-green-roofs\/green-roof-benefits\">green roofs for healthy cities.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though I question whether the STM really needs to prove they&#8217;re &#8220;green&#8221;, it <em>will<\/em> be nice to see a patch of grass in the landscape, even if it&#8217;s above our heads. Hm, I wonder what would happen if we tossed in some wildflower seeds?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 6 bus shelters across the city have sprouted green roofs this week as part of a cute STM marketing campaign. At least the STM has got something in this vein worth promoting: in 2008 the STM installed a 10,000 square foot green roof atop a new garage built in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. 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