Green Roof University Of Florida Rinker Hall

The roof covers an amphitheater next to rinker hall home of uf s school of building construction.

Green roof university of florida rinker hall. Today the rinker school has over 7050 graduates 6000 bs 1000 ms and 50 ph d 150 upper division students 100 master s students 30 ph d. Rinker hall cisterns video transcript. School of construction management university of florida 304 rinker p o. Mark clark and dr.

School of construction management. The 5 inch deep greenroof covers an amphitheater next to rinker hall home of uf s school of building construction. 2014 the school was renamed the m e. Rinker hall is oriented on a pure north south axis demonstrating the ability to utilize low angle light for daylighting.

Perry construction yard greenroof at the university of florida. A 22 000 grant from the florida department of transportation is helping fund the charles r. Rinker hall a three story 47 300 square foot building that houses the rinker school of building construction and includes a. The first building in the state of florida to be designed under the u s.

The facility has a green roof which is the first of its kind on the university of florida campus. A dozen species of native florida vegetation includes dune sunflower tropical sage and gopher apple the roof will be. First leed gold certified building in florida photo. Babylon might have had the world s first green roof which legend says the ruler nebuchadnezzar.

Eban bean demonstrate the use of cisterns that collect runoff water from a green roof at rinker hall on the university of florida campus. Green building council s leed r rating system rinker hall has transformed the university of florida s building program. Timothy hursley rinker hall located on the east side of the university of florida campus provides a productive and healthy environment for students faculty and staff through its leed gold certified building design and construction. Rinker hall cisterns 2 46 dr.

Box 115703 gainesville fl 32611 5703 usa. Rinker hall incorporates a range of green building features and in 2004 achieved a leed r gold rating from the u s. The development of contemporary approaches to green roof technology began in urban areas of germany over thirty years ago. Stormwater harvesting and reuse.

Through its success with students faculty and administration the gainesville campus has now adopted leed silver as the minimum standard going forward.