Ford Truck Plant Green Roof

Below left is a photo from the 1930 s of what the plant used to look like compared to the plant in july 2004 right.

Ford truck plant green roof.

The 10 4 acre living roof is part of ford s redevelopment of the ford rouge center which includes a number of progressive environmental initiatives. The roof is composed of a drought resistant. First decided to install the green roof on the dearborn truck plant nearly two decades ago after taking a meeting with a man called william mcdonough. The river rouge plant also known as ford dearborn truck assembly plant won the 2004 green roofs for healthy cities award of excellence in the extensive industrial commercial category.

World s largest green roof ford s dearborn truck plant has the world s largest living roof according to guinness world records. At the time green roofs were virtually unknown in north america. Planted with a drought resistant groundcover called sedum the living roof spans 454 000 square feet or 10 4 acres and it. The rouge green roof marked its official tenth anniversary in april 2013.

An early example of commercial scale green roofing in north america the dearborn truck plant green roof is literally a text book lesson for sustainable architectural design and modern construction curricula. A key element in the project s innovative landscaped system for stormwater management the ford dearborn truck plant s green roof is 454 000 square feet. This makes it the largest green roof on a single building in north america and one of the five largest in the world. Closed 1989 radiators springs 1922 1989 demolished in 2004 e na halewood body assembly.

Green island ny u s. Follow up survey studies of the ford green roof led by michigan state university in 2008 and 2009 showed that 13 of the original 15 plant species were still present and covered approximately 95 of the 10 2 acre green roof area. In 2004 the 10 4 acre ford truck plant green roof was recognized in the guinness book of world records as the world s largest living roof and helped jump start the early north american green. Merseyside england sold 2008 ford anglia ford corsair ford escort ford capri ford orion jaguar x type land rover freelander range rover evoque 1963 2008.

Installed in 2003 the living roof on top of ford s dearborn truck plant is flourishing as an environmental touchstone amid the iconic rouge center.