College selects LiveRoof for new green roofs.

Community College of Philadelphia has selected the LiveRoof Hybrid Green Roof System from LiveRoof, LLC for two new green roofs on its main campus. LiveRoof, with plants grown locally by Creek Hill Nursery, will be installed on the College’s new Pavilion Building (a 7,900-square-foot green roof) and on an addition to the Bonnell Building (a 3,600-square-foot green roof).

“LiveRoof is complete on the day it is installed — not two or three years later if the plants mature and fill in,” said Gary Bixby, director of facilities planning and construction management, Community College of Philadelphia. “With LiveRoof, the college immediately gets 100 percent of the roof protection, energy conservation and stormwater management benefits from our investment in green roofs. Our neighbors in the high-rise buildings next to the campus also get to enjoy the view of lush green space right away.”  

LiveRoof maintains a network of regional growers across the U.S. and Canada. LiveRoof plants are locally adapted, selected and grown with local horticultural expertise for every LiveRoof project. Creek Hill Nursery distributes the LiveRoof System and grows the plants for green roof installations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and parts of New Jersey.