Radio Milwaukee Green Roof

Mpm was awarded a grant from the milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district s 2011 regional green roof initiative program a program that aims to keep water out of the regional sewer system by capturing it on rooftops.

Radio milwaukee green roof.

The building the soon. The deeper the growing media the more water the plants can manage. On the rooftop of milwaukee public school s variety aaa wyms fm s building in milwaukee s walker s point neighborhood sits 2 422 square feet of green space. The dream is becoming a reality with the help of a grant from the milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district.

Aside from the positive environmental. We ll start downstairs viewing our performance space and on air studios and end on the green roof weather permitting a unique rooftop space offering views of the hoan bridge the summerfest grounds walker s point and downtown milwaukee. Milwaukee s mm schranz roofing began installation of the roof began on tuesday and is expected to be completed by friday assuming the weather cooperates. Green roofs are built as a system in layers that include plants special lightweight soil and watertight membranes.

The plants evapotranspire release moisture back into the atmosphere through their leaf systems. This week we spoke with chris schultz and bill graffin from mmsd to learn more about green roofs and the benefits for 88nine and our neighbors. Radio milwaukee is taking advantage of a 12 110 grant from the milwaukee metropolitan sewage district which offers 5 per square foot of installed green roofing as a way to reduce run off and. A green roof manages water by absorbing it into the lightweight growing media soil and the plants.

On the way he stopped by radio milwaukee 88 9 where ken sumka gave him an early spring tour of their rooftop performance space and green roof which was built with help from an mmsd grant.