Green Roof Ford Rouge Plant

The 10 4 acre sedum roof insulates the building.

Green roof ford rouge plant.

Visit the ford motor company media website. To the relief of most people in southeast michigan the factory remains open. July 01 2003. Last month unveiled a huge green roof at its new truck plant in dearborn mich.

Gordon wright executive editor. A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a michigan winter. It s ten years since the start of construction of the green roof on top of the big river rouge plant. Kevin described it in treehugger in 2004.

In fact it s hardly green at all more like gray and brown though it still insulates the building below just as well. Within five days of the roof going down local killdeere had nested and laid their eggs in the sedum. The soils and grasses that comprise functional living roofs absorb water just like the soil and plants in a healthy landscape. The roof is covered with 10 4 acres of sedum a genus of perennial plants that tops a 3 in thick four layer system incorporating a root resistant membrane a drainage layer a fleece mat and a vegetation blanket see schematic.

The living roof s primary function is to collect and filter rainfall as part of a natural storm water management system. All courtesy of ford motor company and xero flor america except for the illustration from william. The idea made intuitive sense. Visit the ford living roof and benefits page and plan your visit during the ford rouge factory tour call center.

Ford s new rouge plant gets living roof. Working together the living roof porous pavement underground storage basins natural treatment wetlands and vegetated swales significantly reduce the amount of storm water flowing into the rouge river while also improving water quality.