Chicago Exhibit Highlights New Directions in Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Living

A new exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry will be topped by energy-efficient, environmentally friendly roofing systems from Mule-Hide Products Co., Weston Solutions (Weston) and American Construction Metals (ACM).

The roof is being installed on a fully functioning, three-story modular and sustainable “green” home being built in on the Museum grounds located at 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. 

The home will be the centerpiece of an exhibit titled Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd and Warmed by People’s Gas. The exhibit is open through Jan. 4, 2009.

Visitors to the home will be able to stroll around the Mule-Hide Living Roof featuring the patented GreenGrid Modular Green Roof System. Created by engineering, roofing and horticultural experts, the system includes lightweight GreenGrid modules that arrive at the site pre-planted and ready to install. 

In the case of the Smart Home, 155 2 feet by 2 feet by 4 inches modules will be planted with Allium schoenprasum 'Forscate', Sedum album ‘Murale’, Sedum ‘Baileys Gold’, Sedum spurium ‘Fuldaglut’, Sedum sexangulare, Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’, Sedum spurium ‘Dragons Blood’ and Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’.

The GreenGrid modules will be placed on top of the white, .045-inch thick Mule-Hide TPO membrane. The membrane will be fully adhered to the Mule-Hide FR Deck Panel.

Exhibit Ticket Information

The Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit will require an additional ticket with a specified entry time. Tickets, which include Museum general admission, are available now and cost $23 for adults, $22 for seniors and $14 for children ages three to 11. Discounts are available for City of Chicago residents. Advance tickets are available online at www.msichicago.org

More information is available by calling 800/786-1492 or visiting www.mulehide.com.

More information about the GreenGrid system is available by calling 847/918-4000 or visiting www.greengridroofs.com.