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The rooftop garden mitigates the urban heat island effect by replacing what was a ballasted, black tar roof with green plants. The garden absorbs less heat from the sun than the tar roof, keeping City Hall cooler in summer and requiring less energy for air conditioning.
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3 paź 2012 · This map and corresponding dataset provide the location, satellite images and square footage of existing green roofs within the City of Chicago.
Project Description: Chicago’s most famous rooftop garden sits atop City Hall, an 11-story office building in the Loop. City Hall and the adjacent Cook County building appear to most people as one building spanning a city block bounded by LaSalle, Randolph, Clark and Washington streets.
The City of Chicago's Green Roof dataset and corresponding map provides the location, satellite images, and square footage of existing green roofs within the City of Chicago.
16 lis 2022 · With over 500 green roofs and 13 rooftop farms, the city is one of the greenest in America, reaping the benefits of biodiversity, mitigating rainwater runoff and the urban heat island effect and saving thousands of dollars in utility bills.
