Roofs across Chattanooga continue to receive “green” makeovers with the number of green roofs increasing.
Now the Pioneer Building, home to CapitalMark Bank & Trust, has joined the list.
“It’s a new generation of awareness and social and environmental responsibility that people are starting to have,” said Chris Sterchi of Sterchi Construction, whose company installed the roof.
The green roof movement has been picking up speed in cities across America for more than a decade and is slowly being embraced by Chattanoogans as more are being constructed and as myths are dispelled, according to Jeff Cannon, a director of greenspaces. Other area green or vegetated roof projects have been carried out at such sites as Girls Preparatory School and Fidelity Trust Co.
The Pioneer project, funded by greenspaces, used LiveRoof, an already vegetated system, which constructs its sedum trays from recycled plastic. Sedum, a form of succulent vegetation, is often used for green roofs.