General Scott Goes Green
7 07 2008
Who says that you can’t go green if you live in a large building? The residents of the General Scott Condo NW decided that when they needed to replace their roof this year that they would go green.
The renovation of the roof of the 1940s Art Deco building is being designed by French Studios Architecture and includes the largest green roof installation on a residential building in DC to date, certified sustainably harvested timber throughout, a cool roof with high-emissivity pavers and other impervious surfaces; and energy efficient custom low-energy, long-life led lighting to match the existing art deco fixtures.
We salute you General for going green! If more condo associations took a stand for the enviroment we could make DC look green from the sky! Check out another rendering of the rooftop after the jump…
[Rendering: French Studios Architecture]
Pretty cool stuff. I was wondering when we’d start seeing existing buildings in DC do green roofs.
now that’s an awesome roof. where is this condo?
oh, and to clarify, this is French Studios Architecture (www.frenchstudios.com) and not my company, STUDIOS architecture (www.studiosarchitecture.com) - mostly confusing because we have a Paris office.
Here is the Google Maps current view of the
roof
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