Fashion Institute of Technology

Project Overview

Green roof installation

Property

The Fashion Institute of Technology’s Shirley Goodman Resource Center at 200 West 27th Street, a six-story building that houses the School of Graduate Studies, the Museum at FIT, and the Gladys Marcus Library.

Highlights
  • 13,500-square-foot green roof system was part of a 22,500-square-foot roof replacement project.
  • The extensive green roof system is composed of 1′ x 2′ modular trays, six inches deep.
  • The trays contain an engineered soil and seven varieties of succulent, low-maintenance sedum plants, hardy enough to survive drought, cold, snow, and ice.
  • To comply with FIT’s recycling initiative, the existing roof ballast was removed, cleaned, and reinstalled instead of replaced.
Estimated Energy Cost Savings (Energy Audit)

$400,000