Manhattan Convention Center Green Roof

The javits center s green roof was installed a few years later as part of a 463 million project that was part face lift part green roof sustainability project.

Manhattan convention center green roof.

11 2019 published 6 46 am edt jun. Javits convention center s green roof is home to birds bats and bees by roger clark published 6 46 am et jun. Javits convention center is new york city s largest venue for conventions trade shows and special events with 840 000 gross square feet of exhibit space and its massive 297 000 square foot green roof. On the javits center s rooftop 17 stories above the hustle and bustle of midtown manhattan lies a green space about the size of five football fields.

Join us for a members only tour of the second largest green roof in the united states led by the project architect on the javits center renovation. Excerpt from project profile. We have 29 species of birds and now we have over 148 seagull nests which all contain two to three eggs per nest said richard brown chief engineer of the javits center. Home to 26 bird species five bat species and thousands of honeybees the javits center green roof has become a sanctuary for wildlife all while helping to reduce energy consumption throughout the convention center on manhattan s west side.

These newborn gulls have a penthouse pad on the green roof of the javits convention center. From april to october the javits center offers free tours of its 6 75 acre green roof one of the largest of its kind in the united states. The jacob javits convention center is a major convention center on 11th avenue between 34th and 38th streets on the west side manhattan new york city. Javits convention center green roof is the most studied green roof in the city.

11 2019 updated 7 33 am et jun. Meet the newest residents of the west side of manhattan. The camera in real time shows a view of the green roof of the center and the skyscrapers of manhattan.