Peco Building Green Roof

Peco installed a green roof atop the company s headquarters at 23rd and market streets in philadelphia.

Peco building green roof.

The peco building is an office highrise in center city philadelphia and the building gets its name from peco philadelphia electric company one of the companies that merged to form exelon corporation. The living roof is expected to absorb 60 to 70 percent of the estimated 1 5 millions gallons of rainwater that fall on the structure annually. Join phs for a tour of the peco building in center city. Totaling over 45 000 square feet it is the largest green roof on an existing building in philadelphia.

The exelon energy subsidiary peco completed a five month project to install a green roof at its headquarters building in december 2008. Co designed by roofmeadow and re vision architecture the peco roof has an extensive area aka a shallow soil layer with more uniform. A taller section of the building a tower whose two and a half top stories form a marquee is a hallmark of the city skyline. Enjoy a virtual tour of the peco green roof.

The peco building is a modernist office highrise in center city philadelphia the building is the current headquarters of the peco energy company formerly the philadelphia energy company peco and one of the companies that merged to form the exelon corporation. The building lies adjacent to the schuylkill river extends 27 stories tall and has the address of 2301 market street philadelphia. In an effort to solve the onerous cso issue and comply with the federal clean water act the city is incentivizing green infrastructure as a key solution with the added benefit of. Totaling more than 45 000 square feet it is the largest green roof ever installed on an.

The peco main office building sits on the densly developed schuylkill river banks in the heart of center city and the roof footprint is 95 of the lot area. New late payment charges are currently suspended. Tedx talks recommended for you. Says denis o brien the company s president and ceo as a major business in the region being environmentally responsible is not just a nice thing to do it s the right thing.

Your roof and the environment why green is the new black. Green roofs utilize growing plants on rooftops essentially replacing the vegetation that has been removed by the building. The green roof at the peco building rick scaffidi. The rooftop garden on the top of an eight story.

Peco s green roof will sit atop an eight story section of its headquarters. Moving smart energy forward in southeastern pennsylvania.