Enviroscapes Blog

In September and October we’ll be spending a lot of time in Washington state building greenroofs. First, right after Labor Day we’ll be travelling to Bellingham, Wa. to install a 3,000 sq.ft. greenroof on the remodeled Miller Hall at Western Washington University.  Then, later in September, we’ll be in Seattle installing a 30,000 sq.ft. greenroof at Denny Middle School, by far our biggest installation to this point.  Both projects are Xeroflora America installations, and both will be installed in conjunction with Snyder Roofing.  When October is finished we’ll have grown our installed base to right around 50,000 sq.ft.!

Here’s a link to last Friday’s Oregonian and the article about the Ecotrust ecoroof replacement -

http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2010/08/hopes_run_high_for_portlands_e.html

The Ecotrust ecoroof renovation was completed in June with great results!  We have enjoyed good press coverage and a nice article in the Sustainability section of the Oregonian was published today.

We also had a very nice posting in Brian Libby’s Portland Architecture BLOG, you can check that out here: http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/

Last but certainly not least the Portland Business Journal printed this piece last Friday http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/07/ecoroof_redux_at_ecotrust.html

Please check out the articles and drop back for more news and updates on our projects, there’s a lot of activity planned for the fall!

We are extremely pleased to announce the lauch of PDX Ecoroof, a turn-key solution for retrofitting existing commercial roofs to lightweight, extensive ecoroofs.  Our partner in this program is Western Architectural, a local leader in the field of waterproofing and building envelope consulting.  Western Architectural will provide architectural/structural evaluation of candidate buildings, while Enviroscapes Northwest will lead ecoroof design and installation services.  Between the two of us we offer one-stop shopping for building owners, developers, property managers, anyone with an interest in taking advantage of the economic and enviromental benefits of ecoroofs.

Come to our free seminar on June 9th at the Ecotrust Building to learn more about this exciting program!  Call Melissa Mitchell at 503-297-0665 or Jon Crumrine on 503-828-8389 for details.

Enviroscapes Northwest is excited to announce that we have been selected to re-do the ecoroof at the Jean Vollum Capital Center (the Ecotrust Building) in Portland’s Pearl District.  The high-profile building was completely re-constructed 10 years ago and was one of the first LEED Gold certified projects in the U.S.  Among the many energy saving and greenbuilding features of the building  it also incorporated one of Portland’s first lightweight extensive ‘ecoroofs’.  Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons the ecoroof never flourished, and over time became something of a muddy eyesore rather than the beautiful stromwater management system originally envisioned.  Now, Enviroscapes Northwest will apply our expertise and industry leading greenroof design and construction capability to remove and re-install the ecoroof at the Ecotrust Building.  This is a very exciting project and we’re very proud to have been selected to recreate the greenroof and give Ecotrust the ‘ecoroof’ they always wanted.

Check back for additional posts describing our progress at Ecotrust!

This is the first post of the Enviroscapes blog. We’ll keep you updated on news of the business as well as interesting information from the world of greenroofs and sustainable construction. Please check back soon to see what’s going on!