The Music City Convention Center itself was slated to have a predominantly green roof in the planning stages, which was consistent with what Nashvillians said they expected during community meetings on the proposed facility. But it is news when developers follow through with the concept promised without pressure, and Karl Dean gave signals early on that there would probably be cuts to the green roof.
Sure enough, the developers cut the green section of the roof from 70-something-percent to 20-something-percent, so it sounds like more of a green hip or drip edge than it does a "green roof". Undeterred by the underwhelming shrinkage of green, Hizzoner is now promoting solar panels for the roof (paying an energy company $125 per hour to install) and calling it "a roof is unlike any other roof that has ever been built in Nashville".
Can't wait to see how the Courthouse spins the efficiency of the Omni.
It looks like that $125/hr is to for professional time to develop the solar panel desgin and installation plan, not actual installation.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of vague, to say that it will be less efficient "due to the architecture." What does that mean? No place to put a water run-off tank? Efficient window glazing too expensive? Interesting, but no details are provided to support the statement.
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